Position Papers

What Is “Full Subscription?”

Submitted by Dr. James M. Renihan | Confessional subscription employs three main terms in its nomenclature: absolute, strict/full, and loose. CBA has adopted the middle position . . . Read more (Click here for printable PDF)

The Continuance of Revelatory Gifts in the Present Day

In light of present-day claims for the continuance of revelatory gifts, even by those who believe in a closed canon and who profess the Reformed faith, it is incumbent upon CBA to publish its position on such matters for greater understanding and unity among its member churches. . . . Read more (Click here for printable PDF)

The Regulative Principle of Worship

…The purpose of this position paper is to identify those parts of the confession that have a bearing upon the regulative principle of worship, to clarify the meaning of those statements and to answer questions concerning this principle through affirmations and denials of particular positions. Read more (Click here for printable PDF)

The Doctrine of Divine Impassibility

Our Confession unequivocally affirms that God is “without . . . passions”(2LCF 2.1). This is an affirmation of the classical doctrine of divine impassibility (DDI) consonant with the unified voice of historic confessional Reformed theology . . . (Click here for printable PDF)