ANCIENT CREEDS

The ecumenical creeds of the early Church have always served as the doctrinal boundaries of Christian orthodoxy. Together with the historic church, we confess the Apostles' and Nicene Creeds as accurate representations of the orthodox Christian faith that should be confessed by all Christians:

The Apostles' Creed

(A.D. 2nd Century)
I believe in God, the Father Almighty;
​Maker of heaven and earth,
and in Jesus Christ, His only begotten Son, our Lord;
who was conceived by the Holy Ghost,
born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, dead, and buried.
He descended into Hades.
On the third day, He rose again from the dead.
He ascended into heaven,
and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty;
from there, He shall come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and the live everlasting. Amen!

Nicene Creed

Of Constantinople (A.D. 325)
I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible.
 
And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God, begotten of His Father before all worlds, God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God, begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father; by whom all things were made; who, for us men and for our salvation, came down from heaven, and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the virgin Mary, and was made man; and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate; He suffered and was buried; and the third day He rose again, according to the Scriptures, and ascended into heaven, and sits at the right hand of the Father; and He shall come again with glory to judge both the living and the dead; whose kingdom shall have no end.
 
And I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord and Giver of Life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son; who with the Father and the Son together is worshiped and glorified; who spoke by the Prophets. 
 
And I believe in one holy, catholic* and apostolic church; I acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins; and I look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen!

(* "catholic" means universal)

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STATEMENT OF FAITH

We affirm these principles as essential doctrinal truths. This is our Statement of Faith that all members must affirm:

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