El Camino Presbyterian Church

El Camino Presbyterian Church 7526 Calle Real, Goleta, CA 93117 (805) 968-0113Worship_2.html

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Foundations

Our Standards

As Christians we are committed to the authority of the Bible as our primary standard of faith and life. With the whole Church we confess the faith as articulated in the Apostles' and Nicene Creeds of the early Church. As Presbyterians we also hold to the Westminster Confession of Faith and Catechisms as secondary standards, which are received by every ordained person "as containing the system of doctrine taught in Holy Scripture."

While the Westminster Confession and Catechisms give a full and systematic expression of the Christian (and Reformed) Faith, the following have particularly characterized the Reformed tradition:

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  1. BulletOur Standards

  1. Bulletan emphasis on the sovereignty of God in salvation and history,

  1. Bulletan emphasis on the free grace of God in Jesus Christ,

  1. Bulletan understanding of God's dealings with man as covenantal,

  1. Bulletan acknowledgment of God's election of a people to worship and serve him and to exist as a light to the nations,

  1. Bulleta comprehensive understanding of the lordship of Jesus Christ in all areas of life, and

  1. Bulleta Christ-centered view of the Bible which understands the whole of Scripture as a record of salvation history (God's acts to redeem his fallen creation in and through Jesus Christ).