Statement of Faith
We believe in God, the Eternal Spirit, Father of our Lord
Jesus Christ and our Father, and to his deeds we testify:
Jesus Christ and our Father, and to his deeds we testify:
He calls the worlds into being, creates man in his own
image and sets before him the ways of life and death.
image and sets before him the ways of life and death.
He seeks in holy love to save all people from aimlessness
and sin.
and sin.
He judges men and nations by his righteous will declared
through prophets and apostles.
through prophets and apostles.
In Jesus Christ, the man of Nazareth, our crucified and
risen Lord, he has come to us and shared our common lot,
conquering sin and death and reconciling the world to himself.
risen Lord, he has come to us and shared our common lot,
conquering sin and death and reconciling the world to himself.
He bestows upon us his Holy Spirit, creating and renewing
the church of Jesus Christ, binding in covenant faithful people
of all ages, tongues, and races.
the church of Jesus Christ, binding in covenant faithful people
of all ages, tongues, and races.
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He calls us into his church to accept the cost and joy of
discipleship, to be his servants in the service of men, to
proclaim the gospel to all the world and resist the powers of
evil, to share in Christ's baptism and eat at his table, to join him
in his passion and victory.
discipleship, to be his servants in the service of men, to
proclaim the gospel to all the world and resist the powers of
evil, to share in Christ's baptism and eat at his table, to join him
in his passion and victory.
The Statement of Faith was approved
on July 6,1959 at a General Synod of
Reformed, Congregational, Christian
and Evangelical churches in Oberlin,
Ohio.
on July 6,1959 at a General Synod of
Reformed, Congregational, Christian
and Evangelical churches in Oberlin,
Ohio.
The Statement of Faith was written
to express the common faith of the
newly formed United Church of
Christ, a merger of the Evangelical &
Reformed Church and the
Congregational Christian Churches.
to express the common faith of the
newly formed United Church of
Christ, a merger of the Evangelical &
Reformed Church and the
Congregational Christian Churches.
He promises to all who trust him forgiveness of sins and
fullness of grace, courage in the struggle for justice and peace,
his presence in trial and rejoicing, and eternal life in his
kingdom which has no end.
fullness of grace, courage in the struggle for justice and peace,
his presence in trial and rejoicing, and eternal life in his
kingdom which has no end.
Blessing and honor, glory and power be unto him. Amen.
The General Synod delegates
"responded to the agreement on the
Statement of Faith by standing and
joining voices in singing the
Doxology."
"responded to the agreement on the
Statement of Faith by standing and
joining voices in singing the
Doxology."
The Statement of Faith is not a
creed, but a testimony of faith.
creed, but a testimony of faith.
The Statement of Faith recounts
the Deeds of God as expressed in
the Bible, and tells it in narrative
form.
the Deeds of God as expressed in
the Bible, and tells it in narrative
form.
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