Purpose

The purpose or mission of Church Alive is to make a clear, Biblical witness to Jesus Christ crucified, risen and exalted; to encourage rigorous theological enquiry and discussion; to challenge doctrinal inadequacies; to encourage spiritual growth through prayer, Bible learning, sacramental worship and other means of grace; and to encourage a truly prophetic approach to the culture and society in which we live.

Faith

Church Alive's Statement of Faith consists of the Preamble and Twenty Articles of the Basis of Union, which brought Methodists, Presbyterians, Congregationalists and local union congregations together to form The United church of Canada in 1925. This doctrinal statement acknowledges the teaching of the great creeds of the ancient Church (Manual 1995, p. 13, sec. 2.0). Subordinate statements of faith are the "15 Affirmations for Lent 1974" and "A Covenant" signed by twenty Commissioners of the 1990 General Council. For the text of these statements please click on Faith Statements here.