Naturally, the first book on our bookshelf is the Holy Bible,
available in a large number of translations.
Here are a few links in English ....
American
Standard Version of the Holy Bible
Bible
Gateway
The
World English Bible
The
Talking Bible
Our Church Hymnal is
Hymns,
Psalms, and Spiritual Songs, also known as
The
Presbyterian Hymnal, published by Westminster/John Knox
Press.
We are a congregation in the New
York Synod of the Reformed
Church in America. Our congegration's mission
statement is posted in this web site. Our denominational.Statement
of Belief, our statement concerning What
we Believe about the Sacraments, and our denominational
Mission
Statement are posted on the denomination website.
The Reformed Church in America (RCA)
is administered by the General
Synod Council. The RCA web site contains Reports
from the Council as well as the Book
of Church Order.
The Reformed Church in America
accepts three confessional statements as expressions of its basic
beliefs: these are the Belgic
Confession, the Heidelberg
Catechism, and the Canons
of Dort.
The Reformed Church also affirms three creeds that arose in the
early church, the Apostles'
Creed, the Athanasian
Creed, and the Nicene
Creed.
In 1978 the Reformed Church approved Our
Song of Hope as a contemporary statement of faith in its
ministry of witness, teaching, and worship.
The Reformed Church in America is a member of the World
Communion of Reformed Churches. The Communion has posted
its Constitution,
as well as news about the Communion.
The Reformed Church in America maintains affiliations with other
Christian Denominations. One document that describes this is the
Formula
of Agreement between the Evangelical
Lutheran Church in America, the Presbyterian
Church (U.S.A.), the Reformed Church in America,
and the United
Church of Christ. The Reformed Church in America also
maintains a denominational partnership with the Christian
Reformed Church.
The RCA is also affiliated
with the National
Council of Churches which provides a news
service, and the World
Council of Churches which provides access to its
libraries
and its publications.
Google
provides links to web sites that refer to our church.