Statements of Faith (combined)

All of the confessions of significance to the Presbyterian Church, including Kupu Whakapono, and other relevant statements, can be downloaded as a single document set out in three sections as below: 

  • SECTION A | Subordinate Standards | The Kupu Whakapono and Commentary (2010) are subordinate standards of the Church, together with its historic Reformed standards, the Westminster Confession of Faith (as interpreted by the Declaratory Act) and the Larger and Shorter Catechisms.
  • SECTION B | Catholic Creeds | As part of the one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church, we continue to confess the Apostles’ and Nicene Creeds.
  • SECTION C | Other confessional statements | The Church also recognises as authoritative statements of our Reformed heritage: The Scots Confession (1560), The Heidelberg Catechism (1563), The Second Helvetic Confession (1566). Other adopted confessions by our Church are The Faith We Affirm Together (1968), A Simple Contemporary Statement of Faith (1969), and An Affirmation of Faith (1993).

DOWNLOAD HERE THE STATEMENTS OF FAITH DOCUMENT