The Supremacy of Scripture
We affirm that the Bible is the only infallible, inerrant rule of faith and practice, the final authority on all matters of which it speaks.
Core Values
Westminster Association of Churches
The Westminster Association of Churches (WAC), which has united with the Berean Network, is a fellowship of confessional and complimentarian churches formed as a safe haven for likeminded congregations leaving the EPC. The necessary legal paperwork has been filed and we are hard at work shaping our denominational future. We believe the Lord has given us a positive vision for the future built around the church, the home, and our call to the nations.
01The Supremacy of Scripture02The Historic Reformed Faith03Engaged Presbyterian Polity04Committed Complementarianism05The Issue of Our Age: Biblical Sexuality & Ordination
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Our Core Values
The Historic Reformed Faith
We affirm Reformed covenant theology and subscription to the Westminster Confession of Faith and its catechisms (with allowance for clearly defined exceptions).
Engaged Presbyterian Polity
Not only do we affirm a plurality of elders (teaching and ruling) in all courts of the church, but we are strictly committed to a 2 RE to 1 TE parity at all meetings of the upper courts and a balanced model of representation resulting in all churches having an equal vote regardless of size or ordained staff. In line with this, we are committed to a “bottom-up” governance that prioritizes the local church session while limiting the terms and structure of the upper courts.
Committed Complementarianism
We affirm our God created humanity as male and female, equal in dignity and worth, yet distinct in their God-given callings. Faithfully embracing God's design for us as male and female is essential to Christian obedience. God has called men to the role of spiritual leaders in the home and the church, beginning with husbands sacrificially loving their wives as Christ loved the Church, and then fathers raising their children in the love and discipline of the Lord. Women are called to the essential and beautiful role of helper as wives and mothers within the home, as well as women sharing their gifts within and beyond the church, the household of God.
The Issue of Our Age: Biblical Sexuality & Ordination
We affirm God’s good design for humanity as male and female and uphold the biblical sexual ethic of chastity in singleness and fidelity in covenanted marriage between one man and one woman. We also affirm that unnatural sexual attractions, desires, and/or practices necessarily disqualify men from ordination.
Areas of Charity
Gifts of the Holy Spirit
Church Sessions are able to discern for themselves from Scripture the place of spiritual gifts in the local church and worship provided the use of gifts never contradicts the Scriptures.
The Office of Deacon
Church Sessions are able to discern whether to have deacons and if women are eligible for the office of deacon.
Sunset Clause For Female Ruling Elders
Women currently serving a term on a local Church Session as a ruling elder when joining the WAC will have the opportunity to complete their current term (without voice or vote in the upper courts of the church during this time).
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