Fullerton Presbyterian Church is a member of the Korean Presbyterian Church Abroad (KPCA), whose beliefs are summarized in the KPCA Creed (see below). We also abide by the Westminster Confession of Faith and Catechisms.

Statement of Faith

<aside> <img src="/icons/heart_gray.svg" alt="/icons/heart_gray.svg" width="40px" /> Grace Alone

Salvation is the free gift of God to man. It is given by God’s Grace alone and not through any merit on the part of the Christian. (Ephesians 2:8-9)

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We are judged righteous in the sight of God purely on the basis of our faith. The atoning sacrifice of Christ leads to righteousness being imputed to us as sinners through a legal declaration by God. This is often stated as Justification by faith alone. There is a clear distinction between Justification and Sanctification, the latter being the growth in holiness arising from the work of the Holy Spirit in the Christian. (Galatians 3:11)

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Christ is the one Mediator between God and man and our salvation is accomplished only through His atoning death on the cross and resurrection. (1 Timothy 1:5; Acts 4:12)

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Scripture (The Old Testament and The New Testament) alone is the only infallible source of divine revelation and the final authority for matters of faith and practice. (2 Timothy 3:16-17)

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Every aspect of the Christian life is to be seen as giving glory to God. “Man’s chief end is to glorify God and to enjoy Him forever.” In essence, this summarizes the other four statements above. (1 Corinthians 10:31; 1 Peter 4:11)

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Korean Presbyterian Church Abroad (KPCA) Creed

  1. The Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are the Word of God, the only inerrant, perfect rule of faith and deed.
  2. There is only one God, and man shall worship only Him alone; God is the Spirit, self-existent and omnipresent, distinguishing Himself from all other gods. The creator God is infinite, eternal and unchangeable in His being, wisdom, power, holiness, justice, goodness and love.
  3. There are three Persons in the Godhead: the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit; He is the triune God, one in trinity, equal in power and glory.
  4. God created all things visible and invisible by the power of His Word and preserves and governs them, but God in His nature causes no sin. He acts all things by His plan according to His own will and governs all things to fulfill His purpose which is good, wise and holy.
  5. God created man, after His own image in knowledge, righteousness and holiness with dominion over every living thing. All men of the world are of sole source: that is same native and brother.
  6. Our first parents, being left to the freedom to choose between good and evil, through the temptation, transgressed the commandment of God. All mankind, descending from Adam by ordinary generation, sinned in him and fell with him in transgression. The man, having the possibility to commit a crime except the original sin and corrupted the nature of mankind has intentionally committed sin: so we are justly liable to God’s just displeasure and punishments in this world and that which is to come.
  7. God sent His eternal, only begotten Son, Jesus Christ to the world to save man from sin, the corruption and the punishment there-of, to give eternal life in His infinite love; in Jesus Christ God became flesh and through Him can man be saved. The eternal Son became true man and possessed two distinctive personhoods in His nature, eternally as true God and true man, in two distinct natures, and one person forever. He being conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit, in the womb of the Virgin Mary, of her substance, born of her, yet without sin. He obeyed perfectly the law of God, offered His body, became a true and perfect sacrifice and satisfied divine justice. For the purpose of reconciliation between God and man, He was crucified on the cross, died and buried. On the third day, He rose again from the dead. He is sitting on the right hand of God making intercession for his people. From thence He shall come for the resurrection of the dead and to judge the world.
  8. The Holy Spirit being out of God the Father and God the Son, works salvation in man, convicts man of his sin and misery, enlightens man’s heart to know Christ, renews man’s will, exhorts him, empowers him to accept Jesus Christ who freely offers man the Gospel in grace, and also works in us to bear the fruit of God’s righteousness.
  9. Before God created the world, He elected in His love His own people to make them holy and blameless. He predestined and adopted His children through Jesus Christ according to His pleasure and will, to the praise of the glory of His grace bestowed freely in one He loves. However, the perfect salvation offered freely is so ordered to all mankind that they may repent of their sins, believe in the Lord Jesus Christ as their Savior, rest upon Him and follow Him, obey the revealed will of God, be humble and conduct themselves in holiness, to the extent that whoever believes in Christ and is obedient to Him shall be saved. The particular benefits that are accompanied with justification, adoption as God’s children, sanctification and glorification are for the believers who are assured with God’s salvation and joy in this world. The means of the grace to the call of office by the Holy Spirit are the Bible, sacraments and prayer in particular.
  10. The sacraments instituted by Christ are baptism and the Holy Communion; baptism of washing with water to be administered in the name of God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, is the sign and seats of joining us in union with Christ, and the promise for our regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit and God’s possession of us. Baptism shall be administered to those who make confession of faith in Christ, and to their children; Holy Communion as partaking of the bread and the cup shall be observed in remembrance of Christ’s death, and in the witness of the seal for the benefit derived from Christ’s death with which the believers are in union. The Holy Communion shall be observed by God’s people until the day of the Lord’s coming, and is a sign of a promise of more faithful service unto the Lord and a sign of communion with the Lord and His people, who believe in Him, and rest upon His atonement from which God’s benefit flows to us. The benefits of the sacraments are not found in the sacraments themselves or any virtue of him by whom the sacraments are being administered, but only in the blessing by Christ and the working of the Holy Spirit in those who by faith receive the sacraments.