A Vision You Can Embrace
Our vision is to fill North America with churches which will be
communities of believers captivated by the majesty of God the Creator
and Redeemer; and (as a result) content to be servants of Jesus Christ
and his followers and committed to bring the hope of the gospel to a
world which has lost hope.
We want to be faithful to our Lord Jesus Christ. Not only do we
believe his written word and try to follow it as closely as possible,
but also we make it our ambition to depend on Christ and love him. This
motivation alone will produce a godly zeal to spread the gospel, build
Christ's church, and promote exuberant Christian living.
Christ calls us to a living faith, expressed in deeds and words. We
seek to obey what we profess to believe. We want to tell the world of
the greatness of our sovereign Lord and to call all people to join in
praising him. The grace and love of God compel us to live joyfully in
all godly aspects and callings of life, as heirs with Christ of all
creation and citizens of his kingdom.
Convictions You Can Trust
- We believe that the Bible is the authoritative Word of God,
without error in all that it teaches.
- We believe that what the Bible teaches is summarized best by the
Westminster Confession of Faith.
- We believe in the sovereign grace of God in creation and
redemption, expressed by way of Covenant.
- We confess the life, death, resurrection, and second coming of
Jesus Christ, the God/man, for the salvation of his people.
- We believe that it is the powerful Holy Spirit who brings men
and women to faith in Jesus and gives them gifts for service in his
church.
- We understand that justification is by grace alone, through
faith alone, in Christ alone.
- We recognize the Church as the Body of Christ and the fellowship
of God's people. To strengthen his church, Christ has given us the
celebration of the Lord's Supper and covenant Baptism.
A Mission You Can Join
Our 1400 churches and missions in Canada and the United States
support the following ministries:
- Foreign Missions
523 career missionaries serving in 58 countries
113 two-year missionaries serving in 23 countries
3100 summer missionaries 1998 (two-month, two-week)
- Home Missions
150 Anglo church planters
50 church planters working in multi-cultural/non-anglo populations
330 new churches started in the last 5 years
45 new churches started in '97
70 new churches started in '98
- Denominational Institutions
Covenant College
Covenant Theological Seminary
The PCA Is…
- Historic
We are committed to the timeless message of the Bible, which was
taught by the early church, and emphasized in the Protestant
Reformation.
- Progressive
We believe that God's unchanging message is so life changing,
satisfying, and fulfilling that it must be communicated to each
generation in contemporary language, forms, and styles.
- Unique
Not only is this combination of historic faith with contemporary
flavor unique, but so is the fact that the PCA is international in
scope. We work with believers from many countries to plant churches
around the world. We have cooperative agreements with almost 60
Christian denominations and organizations for a worldwide mission
focus.
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