What We Believe

The Members and Directors of Wesley Institute subscribe to the Wesley Institute Constitution which affirms their commitment and responsibility in Clause 7.3 (w) to:

“maintaining the academic ethos of the Company (Wesley Institute), its staff and its students with fidelity to the Scriptures as the Word of God, with reference to the Apostles’ and Nicene Creeds and with reference to the obedience and freedom of faith found in the Reformation witnesses.”

The Apostles' Creed
“I believe in God, the Father Almighty, the Maker of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ, His only
Son, our Lord who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the virgin Mary, suffered under
Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried. He descended into hell. The third day He arose
again from the dead. He ascended into heaven, and sits on the right hand of God the Father
Almighty. From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy catholic church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness of
sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting.”

The Nicene Creed
I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and
invisible. And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before
all worlds; God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God; begotten, not made, being of one
substance with the Father, by whom all things were made.

Who, for us men and for our salvation, came down from heaven, and was incarnate by the Holy
Spirit of the virgin Mary, and was made man; and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate; He
suffered and was buried; and the third day He rose again, according to the Scriptures; and ascended
into heaven, and sits on the right hand of the Father; and He shall come again, with glory, to judge
the quick and the dead; whose kingdom shall have no end.

And I believe in the Holy Ghost, the Lord and Giver of Life; who proceeds from the Father and the
Son; who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified; who spoke by the
prophets.

And I believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church. I acknowledge one baptism for the
remission of sins; and I look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come.”