 
Our Doctrine is 'Catholic', Evangelical and Reformed
Our Theology is 'Catholic'
... in that it reaffirms the classic doctrines of historic
Christian orthodoxy such as those defined by the Apostles'
Creed and the great ecumenical councils of the first
millennium of Christian history such as the Councils of Nicea,
Chalcedon, and Constantinople. These catholic doctrines
include such affirmations as the Trinity, the deity of Christ,
the atonement of Christ, and other doctrines that are integral
to historic Christianity.
Our Theology is Evangelical
... in that it affirms with historic Protestantism such vital
doctrines as Sola Scriptura and Sola Fide. Sola Scriptura
refers to the article that the Bible as the inspired, infallible, and
inerrant Word of God is the sole written revelation that rules the
faith and practice of the Christian community and alone can
bind the conscience. Sola Fide refers to the doctrine of
justification by faith alone whereby the believer is justified
by God by the free grace of God by which He imputes the
righteousness of Christ to the believer. The sole ground of our
justification is the merit of Jesus, which is imparted to all who
put their trust in Him. Though good works flow necessarily
and immediately from all justified persons, these works are not
the meritorious grounds for our justification.
Our Theology is Reformed
... in that in addition to catholic and evangelical doctrine
the distinctive doctrines of the magisterial Reformers such
as Luther, Calvin, Knox, and others, are also embraced in
a way that distinguishes the Reformed tradition from other
Protestant bodies. Reformed theology places great
emphasis on the doctrine of God, which doctrine is
central to the whole of its theology. In a word, Reformed
theology is God-centered. The structure of the Biblical
covenant of grace is the framework for this theology. The
concept of God's grace supplies the core of this theology.
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