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- “Kirk” is a Scots word that means church.
- We are Presbyterian, which means that we are a church that is governed by elders. In every local congregation, we have elders who are appointed to rule the church. When they meet, it is called a “Kirk Session,” which is an official and private court of the church. The minister of a congregation is known as the “Teaching Elder”. In the Presbyterian Church we are linked with other congregations through the formation of the Presbytery, which is a higher and public court of the church.
- We are Reformed which means that we stand in the tradition of the Reformation that swept Western Europe in the 16th Century. After 200 years of being affiliated with the Church of Scotland, the Kirk is now a congregation within the Evangelical Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
- Our long range plan is to form a Bahamian Presbytery within the EPC.
- We believe the 66 books of the Bible are the Word of God.
- We believe in one Sovereign God who created and who redeems, and who has eternally existed as Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
- We believe that God reigns in all the events of this world and is working all things toward the consummation of his Kingdom.
- We believe that humanity through sin is estranged from natural relationship with God.
- We believe in the reality of the virgin birth, sinless life, obedient death and victorious resurrection of Jesus Christ.
- We believe that the life, death and resurrection of Jesus were essential for the salvation of human souls.
- We believe that people are brought to faith by the power of the Holy Spirit working in their lives.
- We believe that those who profess faith in Christ must be faithful to His commands.
- We believe that Jesus will return to the earth in a visible and unmistakable way to fulfill His glorious and eternal purposes.
