We are congregational in parish leadership and episcopal in confession wide leadership. Each parish has ministers and deacons that works together with the congregation. Each parish is part of a regional diocese headed by a bishop who supports and assists the parishes under his responsibility. All bishops form the Puritan Church Synod which guides the doctrine of the church. Bishops are elder pastors who offer leadership advice and mentoring to pastors.
We stand firm in our beliefs which are summed up in our creed that firmly grounded in the Gospel of Christ and the Epistles of the Apostles:
We believe in God, the Father Almighty,
the Maker of heaven and earth,
and in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord:
and in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord:
Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost,
born of the virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, dead, and buried;
born of the virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, dead, and buried;
He descended into hell.
The third day He arose again from the dead;
He ascended into heaven,
and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty;
from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.
and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty;
from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.
We believe in the Holy Ghost;
the holy catholic church;
the communion of saints;
the forgiveness of sins;
the resurrection of the body;
and the life everlasting.
the holy catholic church;
the communion of saints;
the forgiveness of sins;
the resurrection of the body;
and the life everlasting.
Amen.
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