THEOLOGY - continued

You chose, “It is a document written to give guidelines or directions for what church members believe and don’t believe.” This is the correct answer. Covenant is an important Biblical and theological concept. As the New Covenant is the center of the Christian faith so the Covenant of The United Church is at the very center of the church’s life and witness. The church is bound by the covenant as it sets the perimeters of our faith without being specific on details.

No covenant, creed or doctrinal statement is the belief system of an individual or the church as a whole. All creeds or covenants are human words, concepts and images. The creeds and covenants are signs that point us in the direction of our beliefs. They are not the beliefs themselves.

Now let’s begin to see what guidelines are found in the Covenant.