I believe in God, the eternal source of all that is and all that live, the one in whom I live and move and have my being.
I believe in Christ, the creative Word eternally alive, by which creation comes into being, who speaks to me and dwells in me that I might know the love of God and praise my Maker.
I believe in Holy Spirit, the Breath by which creation is enlivened and through whom
humankind receives the image of God, by whose life-giving guidance I am enabled to love God, myself and my neighbor.
I believe in this God, the Triune One, whose relational nature is described in the holy name, Father-Son-Holy Spirit.

I believe in Jesus, the Eternal Word called Christ the Son, who became human, whose life demonstrates the will of God to be with us and united to us, whose death was inevitable but whose execution on the cross was the unspeakable culmination of sin’s power, whose resurrection is God’s final defeat of sin and proves that love wins. In Jesus, we see the life that we are called to live.

I believe in Holy Spirit, the eternal dwelling of God with all creation, and our guide into the Way, the Truth, and the Life of Christ. Through the work of Holy Spirit, we become partners with God in the creative power of reconciliation. The Spirit empowers us to grow in gratitude, responding to the grace and love of God. We give thanks when by faith, we offer mercy to the poor, when in hope we seek justice for captive, when through love we walk humbly among our neighbors in peace.

I believe faith is a gift of God’s grace and self-revelation. I believe the Bible is the authoritative witness to the fullest revelation of God in Jesus Christ. The sacraments of the church, gifts of grace from the Spirit, are baptism and the Lord’s Supper. In baptism God
offers a visible consecration of our inheritance as adopted children of God. In the celebration of the Lord’s Supper, God meets us in the entirety of Christ’s life, Christ’s body and blood (the bread and wine), to manifest in visible and intimate form the unbreakable covenant of God to be reconciled to us and to unite us to one another. We taste and see how good God is and know, in the breaking of bread, the eternal presence of God-with-us.

I believe the Presbyterian Church (USA), in which I serve, is one of God’s beloved communities meant to be a sign, symbol, and foretaste of the kin-dom of God, demonstrating in our covenant life, our stewardship, our confessions of faith and repentance, the gift of God for the people of God. Our ecumenical life, our inter-religious activity, our social advocacy, and many other ministries of mercy and justice, are one branch of God’s family, all grafted onto the true vine, Jesus Christ, who alone is head of the church. To him be all praise and
glory, now and forever, amen.