What We Believe
At Christ the King, we hold firmly to these commitments
WE ARE BIBLICAL
We believe that the Bible is God's word. God inspired men to write each of the 66 books in our Old and New Testament, and therefore the Bible is without error and everything it teaches is true.
Because it is God's word, we are dedicated to the Bible as the only rule and direction for our faith and life. In everything we do, whether on Sunday mornings or throughout the week, we seek to conform our lives to God's holy standard.
WE ARE REFORMED AND CONFESSIONAL
Though Scripture alone is sufficient for us, we are not sufficient for it. Therefore, we happily confess and believe in the historic and ecumenical creeds of the church (the Nicene Creed, the Apostles' Creed and the Athanasian Creed).
In particular, we belong to the Reformed family of churches. Our beliefs are summarized in a collection of documents called the Westminster Standards, to which all of our elders subscribe. These standards consist of the Westminster Confession of Faith, and the Larger and Shorter Catechisms. These documents form the basis of what we believe about God and His Word. We also benefit from another collection of Reformed documents called the Three Forms of Unity (the Heidelberg Catechism, the Belgic Confession, and the Canons of Dort).
We believe that all of these documents, creeds, and confessions are faithful interpretations of Scripture, though are never placed above Scripture. They are not inspired, but they are inspiring. They are not the Bible, but they are Biblical.
The word “Presbyterian” simply means that we are governed by elders who have been called to serve the church. Put another way, this means that we are not a one-man or a one-church show. At the local church level, we are governed by a plurality of elders (called the Session). These men share in the work of governing and providing spiritual oversight to the congregation.
We are also a congregation of the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA), and a member of the PCA's Hills and Plains Presbytery. The PCA was formed in 1973 but has its roots in the Protestant Reformation of the 16th and 17th centuries. You can learn more about the history of our denomination here.
When God saves us, we are not only reconciled to Him, but we are also made into a family with one another. As members of the household of God, we are called to love, serve, and build up one another. And that's what we seek to do at Christ the King.
Because of this commitment, every Sunday at Christ the King is a family Sunday. We love having our littlest members with us, and we encourage parents to keep their children with them throughout the service (though we do have a wonderful nursery downstairs for children four and under if needed).