We believe the Bible to be the only inerrant Word of God. It is our only ultimate and infallible authority for faith and practice.
All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work. (II Timothy 3:16-17)
While we hold to Scripture as the ultimate authority, in order to make the official stance of our leadership clear, we have adopted several historical confessions and creeds. This leaves little ambiguity on where we stand, and what position we will be preaching and teaching from. It provides accountability for the leadership to the congregation, and to each other.
Keep in mind that members and visitors do not need to fully align at all points (although the basics of Christianity are important for membership).
We are a Reformed confessional church, and those in leadership positions must subscribe to one on the Reformed confessions (or a reasonable mixture of them), such as the Westminster Confession of Faith, the 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith, the Savoy Declaration, the Three Forms of Unity, etc. with allowance for normal exceptions.
We are fully in agreement with the following creeds.
On church government, we are Reformed Congregational and have adopted the London Baptist Confession at this point (we have opted to adopt the LBC at this point rather than the Savoy Declaration, as it is a more clear statement).
This means that while not formally affiliated with any denomination, we have a plurality of elders of equal authority, and have committed to work on resolving any issues not able to be resolved internally with any trinitarian local church in line with basic orthodox beliefs. Members who feel that they need outside help can request outside assistance, and our elders are willing to sit down with a mediator in the event this is helpful.