The word "reformed" is indeed essential for today. It simply means "back to the original form," that is, the form which God Himself intended and revealed in His Word, the Bible. The word "reformed" points to the Word of God as the solid foundation of th e Church with Jesus Christ as its only head. These truths were again discovered during the years of the Reformation by men such as John Calvin.

With the Church of all ages, we confess with heart and mouth one of the great and well known creeds of Christendom, "The 12 Articles of Faith," commonly called the Apostles' Creed.