Our church affirms the Baptist Faith and Message (current edition) as our primary statement of faith. At the same time, we gladly stand within the historic stream of Christian orthodoxy as reflected in the Apostles’ Creed and the Nicene Creed, and within the historic Baptist tradition expressed in the Second London Baptist Confession of Faith (1689) For a brief summary of the essential doctrines we affirm, the Abstract of Principles reflects the basic theological commitments that shape our teaching and ministry.