What Do We Believe?

The only criteria for membership in this or any Presbyterian Church is to accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior.  Beyond that, officers of the church (ministers, elders, deacons) are expected to hold to the essential tenants of the Reformed tradition. 

In its confessions, the Presbyterian Church (USA) expresses the faith of the Reformed tradition.  Central to this tradition is the affirmation of the majesty, holiness, and providence of God who creates, sustains, rules, and redeems the world in the freedom of sovereign righteousness and love.  Related to this central affirmation of God's sovereignty are other great themes of the reformed tradition:
 

1- The election of the people of God for service as well as for salvation;

2- Covenant life marked by a disciplined concern for order in the church according to the Word of God;

3- A faithful stewardship that shuns ostentation and seeks proper use of the gifts of God's creation;

4-The recognition of the human tendency to idolatry and tyranny, which calls the people  of God to work for the transformation of society by seeking justice and living in obedience to the Word of God.