Our Catechism (selections)

What is God?
 God is a spirit, Whose being, wisdom, power, holiness, justice, goodness, and truth are infinite, eternal, and unchangeable.

Is there more than one God?
 There is only one, the living and true God.

How many persons are in the one God?
 Three persons are in the one God, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. These three are one God, the same in substance and equal in power and glory.

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What is sin? 
Sin is disobeying or not conforming to God's law in any way.

Did all mankind fall in Adam's first disobedience?
 Since the covenant was made not only for Adam but also for his natural descendants, all mankind sinned in him and fell with him in his first disobedience.

Who is the redeemer of God's chosen ones?
 The only redeemer of God's chosen is the Lord Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God, Who became man. He was and continues to be God and man in two distinct natures and one person forever.

How did Christ, the Son of God, become man?
 Christ, the Son of God, became man by assuming a real body and a reasoning soul. He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit in the womb of the Virgin Mary, who gave birth to Him; yet He was sinless.

How was Christ humiliated?
 Christ was humiliated: by being born as a man and born into a poor family; by being made subject to the law and suffering the miseries of this life, the anger of God, and the curse of death on the cross; and by being buried and remaining under the power of death for a time.

How is Christ exalted? 
Christ is exalted by His rising from the dead on the third day, His going up into heaven, His sitting at the right hand of God the Father, and His coming to judge the world at the last day.

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What benefits do believer receive from Christ in this life?
 The benefits that in this life are: the assurance of God's love, peace of conscience, joy in the Holy Spirit, and growing and persevering in grace to the end of our lives.

What benefits do believers receive from Christ when they die?
 When believers die, their souls are made perfectly holy and immediately pass into glory. Their bodies, which are still united to Christ, rest in the grave until the resurrection.

What benefits do believers receive from Christ at the resurrection?
 At the resurrection, believers, raised in glory, will be publicly recognized and declared not guilty on the day of judgment and will be made completely happy in the full enjoyment of God forever.

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What does God require from us to escape His anger and curse, which we deserve for our sin? 
To escape God's anger and curse, which we deserve for our sin, God requires from us faith in Jesus Christ and repentance unto life along with diligent involvement in all the external ways Christ uses to bring us the benefits of redemption.

What is faith in Jesus Christ?
 Faith in Jesus Christ is a saving grace, by which we receive and rest on Him alone for salvation, as He is offered to us in the gospel.

What is repentance unto life?
 Repentance unto life is a saving grace, by which a sinner, being truly aware of his sinfulness, understands the mercy of God in Christ, grieves for and hates his sins, and turns from them to God, fully intending and striving for a new obedience.

What are the ordinary, external ways Christ uses to bring us the benefits of redemption?
 The ordinary, external ways Christ uses to bring us the benefits of redemption are His regulations, particularly the word, sacraments, and prayer, all of which are made effective for the salvation of His chosen ones.

What authority from God directs us how to glorify and enjoy Him?
 The only authority for glorifying and enjoying Him is the Bible, which is the word of God and is made up of the Old and New Testaments.

What does the Bible primarily teach?
 The Bible primarily teaches what man must believe about God and what God requires of man.

What are the sacraments of the New Testament?
 The sacraments of the New Testament are baptism and the Lord's Supper.

What is prayer? 
Prayer is offering our desires to God in the name of Christ for things that agree with His will, confessing our sins, and thankfully recognising His mercies.

Our Denomination

Presbyterian Church in America (PCA)

Our Confession of Faith

When the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America was formed in 1788, it adopted (with minor revisions) the Westminster Confession of Faith and the Larger and Shorter Catechisms (1647) as its secondary standards (the Bible itself being the only infallible rule of faith and practice).

Read the Westminster Confession.