About Us

Providence is a member of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church denomination. We are a Biblical, Confessional, and Reformed church and we subscribe to the Westminster Confession of Faith and Catechisms, which are linked below for you.

While Scripture is the only infallible rule for faith and practice, we believe that these secondary standards contain the system of doctrine, which is taught in Scripture. Here is a brief summary of some of the major points of our doctrine, quoted from "Welcome to the OPC."

• Doctrine of Scripture. The Word of God, which consists of the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, is the only rule to direct us how we may glorify and enjoy God. Inspired by God, the Bible is entirely trustworthy and without error, and its teachings are to be believed and obeyed.
• Doctrine of God. God is a Spirit, infinite, eternal, and unchangeable, in his being, wisdom, power, holiness, justice, goodness, and truth. The one true God is personal, yet beyond our comprehension. He is completely self-sufficient and unbounded by space or time. In the unity of the Godhead there are three "persons": the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. These three are one God, the same in substance, equal in power and glory.
• Doctrine of Creation. God created the heavens and the earth, and all they contain out of nothing, by the word of his power, in the space of six days, and all very good. After God had made all other creatures, he created man, male and female, after his own image.
• Doctrine of Sin. Sin is any lack of conformity unto, or transgression of, the law of God. Because of the sin of the first man (Adam), all mankind is corrupt by nature, dead in sin, and subject to the wrath of God.
• Doctrine of Salvation. By a covenant of grace, God has established that sinners may receive forgiveness and eternal life through faith in Jesus Christ. Faith in Christ has always been the only way of salvation for fallen sinners.
• Doctrine of Christ. Christ, the Son of God, became man by taking to himself a true body and a reasoning soul, being conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit in the womb of the Virgin Mary and born of her, yet without sin. He lived a sinless life and died on a cross, bearing the sins of his people and received God’s wrath for them. He rose from the dead and ascended into heaven, where he sits as Lord and rules over his kingdom. He will return to judge the living and the dead, bringing his people with glorious, resurrected bodies into eternal life, and consigning the wicked to eternal punishment.
• Doctrine of Justification. Justification is an act of God’s free grace, whereby he pardons all our sins, and accepts us as righteous in his sight, only for the righteousness of Christ imputed to us, and received by faith alone.
• Doctrine of Adoption. Adoption is an act of God’s free grace, whereby we are received into the number, and have a right to all the privileges, of the sons of God.
• Doctrine of Sanctification. Sanctification is the work of God’s free grace, whereby we are renewed in the whole man after the image of God, and are enabled more and more to die unto sin, and live unto righteousness.
• Doctrine of the Sacraments. A sacrament is a holy ordinance instituted by Christ, wherein by sensible signs, Christ, and the benefits of the new covenant, are represented, sealed, and applied to believers. There are two sacraments in the New Testament, baptism and the Lord’s Supper.