collectively confirmed in the hearts and minds of the people of God as they gather is the truth about he who is truth: Jesus (John 14:6). When we gather as members of a local church, we are gathering around a central set of beliefs, a central and unified confession that defines us. It is not our gathering that defines us, but our belief. And it is this central confession of Christ as Savior and Lord that becomes the central focus around which all elements of the church are to be developed and taught.