Creeds

Scriptural Creeds/Affirmations of Faith:

• Colossians 1:15-20

• Philippians 2:6-11

• 1 Timothy 3:16

• 1 Corinthians 15:3-4

Apostles Creed - note the use of 'descended to the dead' and 'apostolic church'

I believe in God, the Father Almighty,

creator of heaven and earth.

I believe in Jesus Christ,

God’s only Son, our Lord,

who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,

born of the Virgin Mary,

suffered under Pontius Pilate,

was crucified, died, and was buried;

he descended to the dead.

On the third day he rose from the dead;

he ascended into heaven,

and is seated at the right hand of the Father;

from there he will come to judge

the living and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit,

the holy apostolic Church,

the communion of saints,

the forgiveness of sins,

the resurrection of the body,

and the life everlasting. Amen.

A short creed from Sunday Services:

We believe in God the Father,

maker of all things.

We believe in his Son Jesus Christ,

Lord and Saviour of the world.

We believe in the Holy Spirit,

giver of life and light.

We belong to the Church,
God’s family everywhere. Amen. 

Affirmation of Faith

We believe in one God
    Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
He is the true and living God,
    worthy to receive glory and honour and power.
He created all things,
    by his will they existed and were created.
We believe in the Lord Jesus Christ;
    all things came into being through him.
He is the image of the invisible God
    the firstborn of all creation.
In him all things in heaven and on earth
    were created.
He himself is before all things,
    and in him all things hold together.
Being in the form of God, he emptied himself,
    he took the form of a slave,
    and was born of human likeness.
Being found in human form, he humbled himself
    he became obedient to the point of death – even death on a cross.
Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures;
    he was buried;
    he was raised on the third day
    according to the Scriptures.
God also highly exalted Jesus:
    he gave him the name that is above every name.
God has put all things under his feet:
    he made him the head over all things for the church, which is his body.
We believe that Jesus died and rose again:
    through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have died.
As all die in the sin of Adam,
    so we will be made alive in Christ.
Thanks be to God
    who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

[Rev 4:11, 1 Tim 6:15-16, Jn 1:1-3, Col 1:15-17; Phil 2:5-9, 1 Cor 15:3-4, 22, 57, Eph 1:22-23, 1 Thess 4:14]