Defining "Confessional" and "Reformed"

One question that people have is "what does it mean to be a Confessional Reformed Church?"

Here is how one pastor responds:

We are a Christian Church that believes in the Bible. We hold fast to "the faith that was once and for all delivered to the saints" (Jude 3). We confess and believe all that is taught in the Old and New Testaments, which are the inspired and infallible word of God. We summarize Scriptural teaching regarding the holy Trinity and Christ in the great ecumenical creeds of the ancient church:

The Ancient Ecumenical Creeds
-The Apostles' Creed
-Nicene Creed
-Athanasian Creed

-Definition of Chalcedon

We also confess the Three Forms of Unity
-The Heidelberg Catechism
-The Belgic Confession
-The Canons of Dort

We confess to believe that these creeds and confessions are biblical; that is, they are faithful summaries of the teaching of Scripture.

We believe the Bible teaches us that we are saved by grace alone, through faith alone, in the perfect righteousness of Christ alone, to the glory of God alone. As a historic, Confessional Reformed church, we trace our heritage from the Apostles through the ancient church to the Protestant Reformation.