Affirmations Regarding Marriage, Sexuality and Gender Identity
This document presents the Covenant Protestant Reformed Church's official doctrinal position on marriage, sexuality, and gender identity, grounded in Scripture and the Three Forms of Unity. It articulates the church's understanding of marriage as a lifelong covenant between one man and one woman, reflecting biblical creation ordinances and Christ's relationship with the church. The resource serves as an important statement on contemporary ethical issues from a confessional Reformed perspective.
Basis The doctrinal basis of the Covenant Protestant Reformed Church (CPRC) in N. Ireland is the inspired and infallible Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, as summarized and systematized in the Three Forms of Unity: the Belgic Confession (1561), the Heidelberg Catechism (1563) and the Canons of Dordt (1618-1619). The Holy Bible’s teaching in specific areas is also officially set forth in our eleven historic Reformed forms (Form for the Administration of Baptism, Form for Public...