What We Believe

Statement of Faith

The Transforming Center affirms the Apostles’ Creed as a historic expression of Christian faith, and also receives with gratitude the United Church of Canada’s new creed as a faithful, contemporary witness to the same living God. Rooted in the historic faith expressed in the Apostles’ Creed, this new creed is a prayerful and timely articulation of Christian faith for our present moment—a Spirit-led, contemporary expression that speaks to today’s church and world as all creeds are intended to do.

A New Creed

We are not alone,
    we live in God's world.

We believe in God:
    who has created and is creating,
    who has come in Jesus,
        the Word made flesh,
        to reconcile and make new,
    who works in us and others
        by the Spirit. 

We trust in God. 

We are called to be the Church:
    to celebrate God's presence,
    to live with respect in Creation,
    to love and serve others,
    to seek justice and resist evil,
    to proclaim Jesus, crucified and risen,
        our judge and our hope. 

In life, in death, in life beyond death,
    God is with us.
We are not alone. 

    Thanks be to God. 

United Church of Canada,  http://www.united-church.ca/beliefs/creed

The Apostles' Creed

I believe in God, the Father Almighty,
Creator of Heaven and Earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, the Lord.
He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit
And was born of the Virgin Mary.
He suffered under Pontius Pilate,
Was crucified, died and was buried.
He descended to the dead.
On the third day he rose again.
He ascended into heaven,
And is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
The holy catholic Church,
The communion of saints,
The forgiveness of sins,
The resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting.
Amen.

What we Believe about Spiritual Transformation: Biblical and Theological Perspectives

At the link below, you can access a summary of the core beliefs that form the foundation of our approach to spiritual transformation (spiritual formation).

The Apostles' Creed

I believe in God, the Father Almighty,
Creator of Heaven and Earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, the Lord.
He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit
And was born of the Virgin Mary.
He suffered under Pontius Pilate,
Was crucified, died and was buried.
He descended to the dead.
On the third day he rose again.
He ascended into heaven,
And is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
The holy catholic Church,
The communion of saints,
The forgiveness of sins,
The resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting.
Amen.

What we Believe about Spiritual Transformation: Biblical and Theological Perspectives

At the link below, you can access a summary of the core beliefs that form the foundation of our approach to spiritual transformation (spiritual formation).