Our Common Faith (An Affirmation of Faith)

We believe in God our loving Parent,
the gracious creator of all things.
We believe in Jesus our Savior and Lord,
God's chosen and unique Child,
who was born of the Holy Spirit and Mary;
who was anointed to preach good news to the poor,
proclaim liberty to the captives,
to open the eyes of those who do not see,
to let the oppressed go free,
and proclaim the day of God's favor,
who suffered under Pontius Pilate,
who was crucified, died, and was buried,
who descended to the dead,
who on the third day rose again
who ascended into heaven
and ministers together with God our Maker
Christ will come to judge the living and the dead,
to reconcile all things in heaven and on earth,
and to make all things new.
We believe in the Holy Spirit,
the giver of all life,
who creates one holy people,
God's boundless Church,
who builds a communion between all believers,
past and present, living and dead, near and far,
who offers forgiveness for all wrongs,
who grants resurrection to our bodies
and the undying life of the world to come.
Amen.

--compiled from various sources, but based on the structure of the Apostles' Creed