ABOUT THE WESTMINSTER STANDARDS

The Westminster Confession of Faith is an excellent summary of the Bible’s teaching, long valued by Christians as a concise guide upholding the truth as it is in Jesus, and in doing so, refuting the errors which have over the centuries assailed His Church on earth. The Confession and the other Westminster Documents were composed during the Puritan Era in Britain, a time of unparalleled blessing in which the mighty works of God were seen in the preaching and practice of the churches of the United Kingdom. 

In 1643 the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament at Westminster in England, acknowledging that “amongst the infinite blessings of Almighty God upon this nation, none is nor can be more dear to us than the purity of our religion”. So they thought it “fit and necessary to call an Assembly of learned, godly, and judicious Divines to give their advice and counsel”. An assembly of some of the most experienced and godly pastors of Scotland, England and Ireland therefore met together at Westminster for a period of about six years primarily to draw up a Confession of Faith which would purify the Church of England from unscriptural forms of government and worship, thus uniting the Churches of the three Kingdoms in doctrine and practice, according to the Word of God.