Annunciation Rectory, 87 Beacon St, Florence, MA 01062, US

Florence Congregational Church accepts as a statement of faith the Kansas City Creed adopted by the National Council of Congregational Churches on October 25, 1913. We believe in God the Father, infinite in wisdom, goodness, and love ; and in Jesus Christ, His Son, our Lord and Savior, who for us and our salvation lived and died and rose again and liveth evermore ; and in the Holy Spirit, who taketh of the things of Christ and revealeth them to us, renewing, comforting, and inspiring the souls of men. We are united in striving to know the will of God taught in the Holy Scriptures, and in the purpose to walk in the ways of the Lord, made known or to be made known to us. We hold it to be the mission of the Church of Christ to proclaim the gospel to all mankind, exalting the worship of the one true God, and laboring for the progress of knowledge, the promotion of justice, the reign of peace, and the realization of human brotherhood. Depending, as did our fathers, upon the continued guidance of the Holy Spirit to lead us into all truth, we work and pray for the transformation of the world into the Kingdom of God ; and we look with faith to the triumph of righteousness and the life everlasting. We believe in God the Father, in Jesus Christ His only begotten Son, in the Holy Spirit, in the authority of the Holy Scriptures, in the worth of worship, and in the value of the sacraments. Each member shall have the undisturbed right to follow the Word of God according to the dictates of his own conscience, under the enlightenment of the Holy Spirit, as did the Pilgrims of Colonial times and the early Christians. We solemnly covenant to study the peace, purity, and well-being of this church ; to attend its services ; to support its worship and ordinances ; to love its members as our brothers and sisters in Christ ; and to honor our Lord, as we may be able by an upright life.