The session of Foster-Tukwila Presbyterian Church meeting this 8th day of May, 2001 joins faithful believers throughout the Church in confessing:
- That Jesus Christ alone is Lord of all and the way of salvation.
- The Holy Scripture is the triune God’s revealed Word, the Church’s only infallible rule of faith and life.
- That God’s people are called to holiness in all aspects of life. This includes honoring the sanctity of marriage between a man and a woman, the only relationship within which sexual activity is appropriate.
We express this confession in order to "contend for the faith that was once for all entrusted to the saints" [Jude 3]. In doing so, we contend with hearts compelled by the love of Christ [II Corinthians 5:14]. Therefore, we make this commitment with hands raised in praise to our Lord Jesus Christ, not with hands clinched in fleshly combat. Our desire is to be faithful to Jesus Christ, not to be divisive.
We therefore, in this spirit, announce our commitment to the Confessing Church Movement and we implore all Presbyterians who share these historic Christian convictions to:
- Renew their individual commitments to the above confessions.
- Urge their session and presbytery to affirm these confessions and to declare that they will not ordain, install or employ in any ministry position any person who will not affirm them.
- Urge the 2001 General Assembly to instruct the General Assembly Council to require that all program personnel uphold these confessions and ensure that these confessions are followed faithfully in all programs and polices of the Presbyterian Church (USA).
Clerk of Session
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