What is a REFORMED church? To figure out what a REFORMED church is,
first you need to look at our history...
"Three noteworthy events mark the dawn of United States history--the settlement of
Jamestown in Virginia; the arrival of the Pilgrims in Massachusetts; and the establishment
of New Amsterdam, now New York City, by Dutch colonists. Commercial reasons,
not religious, compelled the Dutch to settle the area. But with these pioneers came
their church--a church that has survived on these shores continuously for nearly
four hundred years--the Reformed Church in America."
Now that you know that the REFORMED church has been around as long as other churches,
what do we BELIEVE in?
"The final authority in the Reformed faith is Holy Scripture, the living Word of God,
spoken to everyone through the Holy Spirit of God. The Holy Spirit takes the Word of God
and makes it real and actual in our lives. This has always been and will always be the
authentic wellspring of Reformed faith."
The following creeds and confessions are statements of Reformed beliefs:
Three historic creeds:
Three historic documents: