Confession Of Faith

 A.C.Pike

A Confession of Faith is important. Not just because it identifies believers with a certain denomination. (Anglicans and the 39 Articles, Baptists and the London Baptist Confession of Faith, Dutch Reform and the Three Forms of Unity, Congregationalists and the Savoy Declaration, Lutherans and the Book of Concord, and Presbyterians and the Westminster Confession of Faith), but because Creeds and Confessions help to guard against and protect worshipers from false doctrines and heresies.

I particularly recommend the Westminster Confession of Faith for several reasons:

One) It contains a section by section defence of Christian topics along with a comprehensive list of Christian subjects that are supported with scriptural references.

Two) It contains both the Larger and Shorter Catechisms that can be used in both corporate and family worship as part of a catechism class.

Three: It contains the whole of the divines. These are: 
1) The Epistle to the Reader.
2) The Confession.
3) The Larger and Shorter Catechisms.
4) The Sum of Saving Knowledge.
5) National Covenant.
6) Solemn League and Covenant.
7) A Solemn Acknowledgment. 
8) The Public Worship of God.
9) The Form of Presbyterian Government.
10) The Directory of Family Worship.
11) A Table.

Here is a link to all of the main Protestant Creeds and Confessions: https://reformed.org/historic-confessions/