Modern Affirmation of Faith of the United Methodist Church

Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is the one true church, apostolic and universal, who holy faith let us now declare:

• We believe in God the Father, infinite in wisdom, power, and love, whose mercy is over all his works, and whose will is ever directed to his children' good.
• We believe in Jesus Christ, Son of God and Son of man, the gift of the Father's unfailing grace, the ground of our hope, and the promise of our deliverance from sin and death.
• We believe in the Holy Spirit as the divine presence in our lives, where we are kept in perpetual remembrance of the true of Christ, and find strength and help in time of need.
• We believe that this faith should manifest itself in the service of love as set forth in the example of our blessed Lord, to the ed that the kingdom of God may come upon the earth.  Amen.