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Worship: What we believe. 
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We believe a church should be
a community of people trying to live and treat each other the way Jesus lived
and treated people. South Ridge is a ministry of
the First Presbyterian Church of Ambler. As such, we are part of the
Reformed tradition. Here are three key principles from our church's
constitution:
1. "The Church universal consists of all persons in every nation ... who profess faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior and commit themselves to live in fellowship under his rule." (G-4.0101)
2. "God alone is Lord of the conscience, and hath left it free from the doctrines and commandments of men which are in anything contrary to his Word, or beside it, in matters of faith or worship" (G-1.0301)
3. "...the Holy Scriptures are the only rule of faith and manners; that no Church governing body ought to pretend to make laws to bind the conscience in virtue of their own authority..." (G-1.0307)
In short, our stance is much like that of John Chrysostom (374 A.D. - 407 A.D.) who wrote:
"In essentials, unity. In non-essentials, charity. In all things, Jesus Christ."
The beliefs of our church over its history are contained in our BOOK OF CONFESSIONS. The very first entry, The Apostles' Creed, is perhaps the most succinct statement of what we believe.
I believe in God
the Father Almighty,
Maker of heaven and earth,
And in Jesus Christ
his only Son our Lord;
who was conceived
by the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, dead, and buried;
he descended into hell;
on
the third day
he rose again from the dead;
he ascended into heaven,
and sits on the right hand of
God the Father Almighty;
from there he shall come to judge
the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit;
the holy church;
the communion of saints;
the forgiveness of sins;
the resurrection of the body;
and the life everlasting.
Amen.
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South Ridge - an Alternative Contemporary Worship Service for families and singles seeking Christian churches in the Ambler, Montgomery County Pa area.