At Veritas Church, we value sound doctrine. Without sound doctrine, how will we deal with the troubles of this life, how will we organize ourselves as a church, how will we view children, and politics, and the family, and work, and dating, and decision making, and entertainment, and finances, and marriage, and education? The following is a survey of what we believe and teach as a church.
A creed is a brief statement of Christian belief. Everyone has creeds and confessions – They are either private or public. Those without creeds and confessions have creeds and confessions in the sense that they have beliefs about what the Bible teaches. We just write them down. Our entire church (members that is) agrees on the doctrine articulated in the following creeds:
Veritas Church Doctrinal Statement
A confession is a summary of what the Bible teaches. Our elders agree on even more than the doctrine articulated in the aforementioned creeds and statements. As elders are responsible for shepherding and teaching a flock, it’s imperative that they are drawing from the same theological well, and so we must agree on far more.
Our elders hold to the London Baptist Confession of 1689 as one of the most accurate expressions of what the Bible teaches. We openly and publicly promote this confession, as we want to be open and public about what we believe. This way our doctrine can be examined and evaluated and tested. When a church does not claim to hold to a confession they simply avoid their doctrine being known, evaluated, or scrutinized. As well, holding to a historic confession helps bring us into continuity with the historic church. We are standing on the shoulders of godly men and women who have gone before us.
Our Church Constitution describes how we apply our beliefs to our daily life as a church. It provides the framework for us to fulfill the biblical mandate concerning an orderly church life as a fellowship of God’s people.