We believe

We believe that the Bible is the infallible Word of God. We submit ourselves to the Bible because these are words from the mouth of God. We believe that the Holy Bible has the ultimate authority over doctrine and life. We are a Biblical church. (2 Timothy 3:16-17)

We also believe that our worship should be regulated by scripture. We see Sunday worship as a time for corporate participation as an assembled portion of the body of Christ. We see each element of Sunday worship not as a passive observation, but a time of joyful communion with God and His people. We are a liturgical church. (Hebrews 10:24)

We believe that worship is to be a reflection of the Gospel’s impact on our lives and the humble awe of God’s work in the lives of His people. We are a Gospel church. (1 Corinthians 9:22-23)

We believe that the greater Church has been called to be ambassadors for Christ; a testimony of God’s work of redemption. We believe that the missional call of the Church is to preach the Gospel to all people, to serve in the places we have been planted, and bring forth the peace and salvation of God. We are a missional church. (Isaiah 52:7)

We are part of the federation of Canadian Reformed Churches. They keep us accountable in faithfully preaching and teaching. We seek to remain faithful to the gospel that has been handed down to us by the church of all ages in the ecumenical creeds: the Apostles’ Creed, the Nicene Creed, and the Athanasian Creed. As a federation, we subscribe to the Heidelberg Catechism, the Belgic Confession, and the Canons of Dordt. These confessions are written summaries of interpretations of Scripture to relevant issues being addressed at the times they were written as well as today. We are a confessional church. (Hebrews 12:1-2)

We believe Christ has given us the sacraments of baptism and the Lord’s Supper as reminders of His forgiveness and free grace through the work of Christ on the cross and in His resurrection. We are a sacramental church.

Within our federation we practice what is called closed communion—seeing the Lord’s Supper as foremost being a fellowship of those within our church and secondly within our federation and sister churches. We seek first the unity of our churches within communion. We by no means seek to say that others are not believers nor within a true and godly church, but this is how the federation has seen fit to protect the unity and purity of the Lord’s Supper.