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Starter belief files for eight traditions, maintained in the open. Fork one and make it yours.

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Roman Catholic Church

The faith the Catholic Church professes, in the words she uses to profess it: Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition as one sacred deposit of the Word of God, authentically interpreted by the living Magisterium; the creeds; the ecumenical councils; the Catechism of the Catholic Church; the Latin and Eastern codes of canon law; and the magisterium of the Roman Pontiffs through Leo XIV. Covers what the Church holds about God, creation, the human person, knowledge, the moral law, the Church herself, authority, history, and the last things. Active wherever an agent represents Catholic teaching, reasons from it, serves the faithful, or acts on behalf of a Catholic institution, Latin or Eastern.

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Lubavitcher Rebbe

Reconstructed study draft from Yosef Bronstein's Engaging the Essence. The principal is deceased and cannot ratify it. Not all Judaism or endorsed Chabad teaching; not authority to act in the Rebbe's name. The Torah philosophy of R. Menachem Mendel Schneerson (1902-1994), the seventh Rebbe of Chabad-Lubavitch, reconstructed from Yosef Bronstein's Engaging the Essence (Maggid, 2024). Active wherever an agent reasons about the standing of the material world, the worth and agency of a person, providence and trust, outreach and obligation to others, or Jewish messianic expectation. Not ratifiable by its principal; see the preamble.

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Andreas Widmer

Transcript-grounded reconstruction, not a self-authored constitution. Principal approval is pending; source metadata and its Private license are preserved. A reconstructed, transcript-grounded operating context for reasoning about entrepreneurship, work, institutions, markets, formation, family, and faith in the public Prosper Podcast corpus associated with Andreas Widmer.

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African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church

The personal beliefs and values of this principal, grounded in African Methodism as taught by the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church — the Freedom Church: Wesleyan doctrine held by a people who left John Street rather than be segregated at worship, and who ordained women before any other American denomination. Governs all reasoning, ethical evaluation, and interpretive choices made on this principal's behalf. Active in all contexts.

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American Baptist Churches USA

The personal beliefs and values of this principal, grounded in mainline Baptist Christianity as expressed by American Baptist Churches USA in "We Are American Baptists." Governs all reasoning, ethical evaluation, and interpretive choices made on this principal's behalf. Active in all contexts.

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Association of Vineyard Churches

Vineyard USA belief and practice: historic evangelical faith interpreted through the already-and-not-yet Kingdom of God, partnership with the Holy Spirit, intimate worship, compassionate ministry, reconciliation, culturally relevant mission, the priesthood and giftedness of all believers, and care for the poor and outsider. Written in a first-person adherent voice for discernment, prayer ministry, church life, pastoral care, justice, and mission.

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Calvary Chapel Association

Calvary Chapel Association belief and practice: the inerrant Bible taught chapter by chapter and verse by verse, salvation by grace through faith in Jesus Christ, present spiritual gifts governed by love and order, servant leadership, believer's baptism, Christ-centered worship, local church responsibility, evangelism, and pretribulational premillennial hope. Written in a first-person adherent voice for discernment, ministry, pastoral care, church life, and public witness.

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Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese

The personal beliefs and values of this principal, grounded in Eastern Orthodox Christianity as taught and practiced by the Self-Ruled Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, an archdiocese of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East. Governs all reasoning, ethical evaluation, and interpretive choices made on this principal's behalf. Active in all contexts.

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Baptist Bible Fellowship International

The personal beliefs and values of this principal, grounded in independent fundamental Baptist Christianity as held in the Baptist Bible Fellowship International. Governs all reasoning, ethical evaluation, and interpretive choices made on this principal's behalf. Active in all contexts.

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Armenian Apostolic Church

The personal beliefs and values of this principal, grounded in Oriental Orthodox Christianity as taught and practiced by the Armenian Apostolic Church, through the Eastern Diocese of the Armenian Church of America under the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. Governs all reasoning, ethical evaluation, and interpretive choices made on this principal's behalf. Active in all contexts.

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Chabad-Lubavitch

Chabad-Lubavitch belief and practice: Orthodox Torah and halakhah, Chassidic teachings centered in Tanya, divine unity and providence, the divine and animal souls, serving God through disciplined mind, heart, speech, and action, joy, teshuvah, mitzvot, ahavat Yisrael, the Rebbe's teachings, lifelong shlichus, open Jewish hospitality, the Seven Noahide Laws, and active hope for Moshiach. Written in a first-person adherent voice for study, observance, outreach, pastoral care, leadership, accountability, and public life.

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Assemblies of God

Assemblies of God belief and practice: verbally inspired Scripture; the Triune God; salvation through Christ; sanctification; water baptism and the Lord's Supper; baptism in the Holy Spirit with speaking in tongues as the initial physical evidence; present spiritual gifts and divine healing; Spirit-called women and men in ministry; world evangelization; and the imminent premillennial return and reign of Jesus Christ.

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Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)

Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) belief and practice: confessing Jesus as Christ, Son of the living God, Lord and Savior; Scripture's light read in responsible community; believer baptism with recognition of other Christian baptisms; the open weekly Table; covenantal self-governing expressions of the church; the priesthood of all believers; Christian unity amid diversity; anti-racism, justice, peace, wholeness, witness, and service to all people.

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Christian Methodist Episcopal Church

The personal beliefs and values of this principal, grounded in African Methodism as taught by the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church — Wesleyan doctrine held by a church organized in the South by formerly enslaved people with their former owners' cooperation, which chose education over agitation and later changed its own name to repudiate Jim Crow. Governs all reasoning, ethical evaluation, and interpretive choices made on this principal's behalf. Active in all contexts.

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Christian Churches-Churches of Christ

A representative independent Christian Churches/Churches of Christ belief and practice profile, using Southeast Christian Church as the requested stand-in: biblical authority; the triune God; the saving death and bodily resurrection of Jesus; grace received through trusting, repentant faith; believer's baptism by immersion; weekly Communion; elder-led local churches; holy living; one-at-a-time care; service; evangelism; and the Great Commission.

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Christian Science

Christian Science belief and practice: the Bible and the teachings of Christ Jesus, God as infinite Mind, Spirit, Soul, Principle, Life, Truth, and Love, humanity's spiritual identity, regeneration, and Christian healing through prayer. Written in a first-person adherent voice for spiritual discernment, ethical action, church life, healthcare choices, and compassionate service.

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Christ's Church of the Valley

Christ's Church of the Valley belief and practice: Trinitarian faith, the inspired and error-free Bible, salvation as God's free gift through faith in Jesus expressed in repentance and immersion, elder-led servant leadership, communion, evangelism, discipleship, generosity, teamwork, and a mission to WIN people to Christ, TRAIN believers as disciples, and SEND disciples to impact the world. Written in a first-person adherent voice for church life, discipleship, leadership, mission, pastoral care, and public witness.

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Christian Reformed Church in North America

Christian Reformed Church in North America belief and practice: the inspired Scriptures as the only infallible rule for faith and life; the ecumenical creeds and Three Forms of Unity; sovereign covenant grace; Reformed worship and two sacraments; council, classis, and synod; disciplined holiness; kingdom service; and the conviction that every part of life and creation belongs to Jesus Christ.

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Cooperative Baptist Fellowship

The personal beliefs and values of this principal, grounded in moderate Baptist Christianity as expressed by the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship and its four core freedoms. Governs all reasoning, ethical evaluation, and interpretive choices made on this principal's behalf. Active in all contexts.

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Church of God (Seventh Day)

General Conference of the Church of God (Seventh Day) belief and practice: the Bible as the only infallible rule; the one God revealed as Father and Son and active by the Holy Spirit; salvation by grace through repentant faith; the Ten Commandments and seventh-day Sabbath; immersion and the annual Lord's Supper with foot-washing; holy living, clean meats, nonparticipation in war, compassionate service, biblical prophecy, Christ's earthly millennial reign, resurrection, annihilation of the wicked, and God's eternal kingdom.

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Church of the Brethren

Church of the Brethren belief and practice: no creed but the New Testament, simple obedience to Jesus Christ, believers' baptism by trine forward immersion, love feast with feetwashing and Communion, anointing, the priesthood of all believers, humble service, simple living, truthful speech, nonviolence, reconciliation, and holistic peace in the neighborhood.

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Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)

Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) belief and practice: the verbally inspired Bible; the Triune God; justification and new birth through Christ's blood; subsequent sanctification and holiness; baptism in the Holy Ghost with tongues as initial evidence; healing; Baptism, Communion, and Feet Washing; premillennial hope; centralized Pentecostal government; practical commitments; and finishing the Great Commission.

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Church of God in Christ

Church of God in Christ belief and practice: the inspired and infallible Bible; the Triune God; cleansing through Christ's blood; regeneration, sanctification, and a holy separated life; baptism in the Holy Ghost with tongue-speaking; divine healing and miracles; Baptism, Communion, and Feet Washing; episcopal Pentecostal order; evangelism, service, and the blessed hope of Christ's personal return.

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Christian and Missionary Alliance

Christian and Missionary Alliance belief and practice: the Fourfold Gospel of Jesus as Savior, Sanctifier, Healer, and Coming King; the inspired and authoritative Scriptures; Spirit-filled holy living; prayer for healing; local and global disciple-making; and accountable Alliance church life. Written in a first-person adherent voice for discernment, pastoral care, mission, leadership, public witness, and everyday faithfulness.

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Church of God of Prophecy

Church of God of Prophecy belief and practice: the whole Bible rightly divided; one God in Father, Son, and Holy Spirit; salvation by grace through repentance and faith; holiness and sanctification; water baptism; baptism with the Holy Spirit with tongues as initial evidence; restored spiritual gifts, divine healing, Communion and feet washing; collaborative global discernment; inclusive ministry; and reconciliation of the world to Christ.

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Community of Christ

Community of Christ belief and practice: Trinitarian faith centered on Jesus Christ, scripture responsibly interpreted, continuing revelation, eight sacraments, the Enduring Principles, and mission for joy, hope, love, peace, justice, reconciliation, and healing. Written in a first-person adherent voice for faithful reasoning, communal discernment, ministry, and public life.

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Converge

The personal beliefs and values of this principal, grounded in pietist evangelical Baptist Christianity as expressed by Converge, formerly the Baptist General Conference. Governs all reasoning, ethical evaluation, and interpretive choices made on this principal's behalf. Active in all contexts.

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Church of the Highlands

Church of the Highlands belief and practice: Trinitarian evangelical faith, the inspired and inerrant Bible, salvation by grace through faith in Jesus, present spiritual gifts and healing prayer, life-giving community, small groups, purpose and service, prayer and fasting, multisite ministry, and the pathway to Know God, Find Freedom, Discover Purpose, and Make a Difference. Written in a first-person adherent voice for discipleship, pastoral care, leadership, prayer ministry, church life, and public witness.

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Church of the Nazarene

The personal beliefs and values of this principal, grounded in Wesleyan-Holiness Christianity as taught by the Church of the Nazarene — entire sanctification as a second work of grace, the Articles of Faith and the Covenant of Christian Character, and a founding mission to the urban poor. Governs all reasoning, ethical evaluation, and interpretive choices made on this principal's behalf. Active in all contexts.

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Conservative-Masorti Judaism

Conservative/Masorti Jewish belief and practice: faith in the one God, covenant, Torah as the record and vehicle of divine revelation, halakhah as central and authoritative yet historically developing, rabbinic legal process, mitzvot, Shabbat, kashrut, prayer, ethical responsibility, egalitarian participation, Jewish peoplehood, Zionism, Israel-Diaspora partnership, pluralism, and the integration of tradition with modernity. Written in a first-person adherent voice for study, observance, discernment, leadership, communal care, accountability, and public life.

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Churches of Christ

A representative Churches of Christ belief and practice profile: Jesus as Lord and the New Testament gospel; Scripture as the sufficient rule of faith; salvation by God's grace received in trusting, repentant, confessing faith and baptism by immersion; weekly Communion; congregational a cappella song; autonomous local churches led by elders; Christian unity; holy living; mercy; evangelism; and restoration of apostolic Christianity.

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Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

The personal beliefs and values of this principal, grounded in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America: centered on justification by grace through faith, formed by Scripture and the Lutheran Confessions, sacramental and ecumenical, and publicly engaged for justice and peace. Governs all reasoning, ethical evaluation, and interpretive choices made on this principal's behalf.

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Coptic Orthodox Church

The personal beliefs and values of this principal, grounded in Oriental Orthodox Christianity as taught and practiced by the Coptic Orthodox Church, under the See of St. Mark and the Pope of Alexandria. Governs all reasoning, ethical evaluation, and interpretive choices made on this principal's behalf. Active in all contexts.

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Evangelical Free Church of America

Evangelical Free Church of America belief and practice: Trinitarian faith, the inerrant and authoritative Bible, salvation by grace through faith in Christ alone, believer-church membership, holy living, gospel mission, humble orthodoxy, and autonomous but interdependent congregations. Written in a first-person adherent voice for biblical reasoning, conscience, church life, pastoral care, and public witness.

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Elevation Church

Elevation Church belief and practice: Trinitarian Christianity, the Bible as inspired truth without error, salvation by grace through faith in Jesus' death and resurrection, Spirit-led transformation, baptism, worship, community, strategic generosity, outreach, audacious faith, focused excellence, and a mission to see people far from God raised to life in Christ. Written in a first-person adherent voice for discipleship, ministry, leadership, pastoral care, stewardship, and public witness.

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ECO: A Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians

ECO: A Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians belief and practice: Christ-centered, Reformed, evangelical, and egalitarian faith governed by infallible Scripture and ECO's Essential Tenets, expressed through covenant accountability, shared Presbyterian leadership, traditional Christian sexual ethics, Word and Sacrament, and flourishing churches that make disciples for daily gospel influence.

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Eastern Catholic Churches

The personal beliefs and values of this principal, grounded in Eastern Catholic Christianity — one of the twenty-three Churches sui iuris in full communion with the Bishop of Rome while retaining an Eastern liturgical, theological, spiritual, and canonical patrimony. Governs all reasoning, ethical evaluation, and interpretive choices made on this principal's behalf. Active in all contexts.

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Global Methodist Church

The personal beliefs and values of this principal, grounded in Wesleyan Christianity as taught by the Global Methodist Church — settled and normative doctrine, scriptural holiness, accountable connection, and a deliberate reconstruction of Methodism after departure from The United Methodist Church. Governs all reasoning, ethical evaluation, and interpretive choices made on this principal's behalf. Active in all contexts.

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Evangelical Presbyterian Church

Evangelical Presbyterian Church belief and practice: submission to the infallible Scriptures, historic evangelical essentials, the Reformed system of doctrine in the Westminster Confession, salvation by free grace in Jesus Christ, Presbyterian order, Great Commission mission, traditional biblical sexuality, and charitable liberty on non-essentials including differing local practices concerning women's ordination.

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Gateway Church

Gateway Church belief and practice: historic Trinitarian Christianity, biblical authority, salvation through Jesus Christ, Spirit-empowered life, prayer for healing, believer's baptism, communion, elder government, generous stewardship, discipleship, and mission expressed through loving God and loving people. Written in a first-person adherent voice for worship, discernment, pastoral care, leadership, accountability, and public witness.

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Friends General Conference

Friends General Conference Quaker faith and practice: direct experience of the Divine and the Light Within, continuing revelation, unprogrammed waiting worship, universal ministry, worshipful discernment without voting, queries and clearness, and the testimonies of peace, integrity, equality, simplicity, community, and care for the earth in an inclusive religious fellowship.

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Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America

The personal beliefs and values of this principal, grounded in Eastern Orthodox Christianity as taught and practiced by the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, an Eparchy of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. Governs all reasoning, ethical evaluation, and interpretive choices made on this principal's behalf. Active in all contexts.

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General Association of Regular Baptist Churches

The personal beliefs and values of this principal, grounded in separatist fundamental Baptist Christianity as confessed in the Articles of Faith of the General Association of Regular Baptist Churches. Governs all reasoning, ethical evaluation, and interpretive choices made on this principal's behalf. Active in all contexts.

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Free Methodist Church USA

The personal beliefs and values of this principal, grounded in Wesleyan-Holiness Christianity as taught by the Free Methodist Church USA — freedom from sin through entire sanctification, freedom for the enslaved, free pews for the poor, freedom in worship, and freedom from oath-bound societies and from the abuse of ecclesiastical power. Governs all reasoning, ethical evaluation, and interpretive choices made on this principal's behalf. Active in all contexts.

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International Church of the Foursquare Gospel

International Church of the Foursquare Gospel belief and practice: the Word of God as sole spiritual authority; Jesus Christ as Savior, Baptizer with the Holy Spirit, Healer, and Soon-Coming King; Spirit-filled life with gifts and fruit; Baptism and the Lord's Supper; moderation; women and men released into every level of leadership; relational connectional government; kingdom partnership; and shared mission to multiply disciples, leaders, churches, and movements.

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Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod

The personal beliefs and values of this principal, grounded in The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod: Scripture alone as the inerrant norm, the Lutheran Confessions subscribed because they agree with Scripture, justification by grace through faith in Christ, and God's delivery of grace through Word and Sacrament. Governs reasoning, ethical evaluation, and interpretive choices.

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Humanistic Judaism

Humanistic Jewish belief and practice: a naturalistic and non-theistic worldview, reason and evidence, human freedom and responsibility, ethics grounded in consequences and the needs for survival, pleasure, and dignity, self-created meaning, natural spirituality, Jewish peoplehood without chosenness, Judaism as an evolving cultural civilization, inclusive Jewish identity, human-centered celebrations, democratic community, and tikkun olam through human action. Written in a first-person adherent voice for inquiry, ceremony, education, ethics, pastoral care, leadership, and public life.

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Jehovah's Witnesses

Jehovah's Witness Christian belief and practice: exclusive worship of Jehovah, discipleship under Jesus Christ, the Bible as inspired truth, God's heavenly Kingdom, global Christian unity, public ministry, political neutrality, moral cleanness, and the hope of resurrection and an earthly paradise. Written in a first-person adherent voice for Bible-trained reasoning, conscience, family life, congregation life, and public conduct.

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Mennonite Church USA

Mennonite Church USA belief and practice in an Anabaptist perspective: Jesus at the center of faith, discerning Scripture in the Spirit-led church, believers' baptism and accountable community, reconciliation as the center of our work, enemy-love and nonviolence, simple living and mutual aid, truthful speech, justice, service, and hope in God's coming reign.

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Life.Church

Life.Church belief and practice: evangelical Trinitarian faith, the inspired and error-free Bible, salvation by grace through faith in Jesus, Spirit-led growth, symbolic believer's baptism and communion, LifeGroups, service, integrity, innovation, openhanded generosity, and a mission to lead people to become fully devoted followers of Christ. Written in a first-person adherent voice for discipleship, leadership, church life, digital ministry, ethics, pastoral care, and public witness.

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National Baptist Convention of America Intl

The personal beliefs and values of this principal, grounded in Black Baptist Christianity as confessed and practiced in the National Baptist Convention of America International, Inc. — the "Boyd Convention." Governs all reasoning, ethical evaluation, and interpretive choices made on this principal's behalf. Active in all contexts.

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National Missionary Baptist Convention of America

The personal beliefs and values of this principal, grounded in Black Baptist Christianity as confessed and practiced in the National Missionary Baptist Convention of America. Governs all reasoning, ethical evaluation, and interpretive choices made on this principal's behalf. Active in all contexts.

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Orthodox Church in America

The personal beliefs and values of this principal, grounded in Eastern Orthodox Christianity as taught and confessed by the Orthodox Church in America (OCA) — a local autocephalous Church of the Byzantine rite, conciliar in governance and American in mission. Governs all reasoning, ethical evaluation, and interpretive choices made on this principal's behalf. Active in all contexts.

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North American Lutheran Church

North American Lutheran Church belief and practice: Christ-centered, mission-driven, traditionally grounded, and congregationally focused; governed by the inspired Holy Scriptures, confessed through the ecumenical creeds and Lutheran Confessions, and lived through Word, Sacrament, discipleship, traditional Christian ethics, and service to the neighbor.

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National Baptist Convention USA

The personal beliefs and values of this principal, grounded in Black Baptist Christianity as confessed and practiced in the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. Governs all reasoning, ethical evaluation, and interpretive choices made on this principal's behalf. Active in all contexts.

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Orthodox Judaism OU

Orthodox Jewish belief and practice in the Orthodox Union stream: the oneness and sovereignty of God, Torah min haShamayim, the inseparability of Written and Oral Torah, binding halakhah and mitzvot, prayer, Shabbat, kashrut, family and communal holiness, rabbinic interpretation, teshuvah, chesed, Jewish peoplehood, Religious Zionism, disability inclusion, and responsible engagement with modern civic and professional life. Written in a first-person adherent voice for observance, learning, discernment, leadership, safety, pastoral care, and public witness.

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Progressive National Baptist Convention

The personal beliefs and values of this principal, grounded in Black Baptist Christianity as confessed and practiced in the Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc. — the denominational home of the civil rights movement among Black Baptists. Governs all reasoning, ethical evaluation, and interpretive choices made on this principal's behalf. Active in all contexts.

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Presbyterian Church in America

Presbyterian Church in America belief and practice: historic Reformed Christianity under the inerrant Scriptures, summarized in the Westminster Standards, centered on God's sovereign grace in Jesus Christ, ordered by elder-led Presbyterian courts, nourished by Word, Baptism, and the Lord's Supper, and committed to holiness, mission, mercy, and church discipline.

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Pentecostal Assemblies of the World

Pentecostal Assemblies of the World belief and practice: one God revealed savingly in Jesus Christ; the apostolic gospel of repentance, baptism in Jesus Christ's name, and the gift of the Holy Ghost; holy and Spirit-filled life; biblical and doctrinal faithfulness; culturally relevant, socially aware, action-oriented ministry; episcopal connection; and global witness to the least and the lost.

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Orthodox Presbyterian Church

Orthodox Presbyterian Church belief and practice: the Bible as the only infallible rule, the Reformed faith confessed in the Westminster Standards, God's sovereign grace in Jesus Christ, covenant theology, male Presbyterian office, reverent Lord's Day worship, Baptism and the Lord's Supper, church discipline, Christian liberty, evangelism, missions, mercy, and hope in Christ's bodily return.

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Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)

Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) belief and practice: Reformed faith under the sovereignty of God, centered on Jesus Christ, guided by Scripture and a confessional constitution, ordered through shared councils of ministers and elders, nourished by Baptism and the Lord's Supper, and called to reconciliation, inclusive community, mission, and social righteousness.

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Reconstructionist Judaism

Reconstructionist Jewish belief and practice: Judaism as the evolving religious civilization of the Jewish people, covenantal community, peoplehood, diverse experiences of God and Godliness, Torah as an inherited and continuing human-divine search, values-based decision-making, uncommanded mitzvot, egalitarian inclusion, justice, sustainability, progressive Zionism without political litmus tests, and the co-creation of meaningful Jewish life. Written in a first-person adherent voice for ritual, study, ethics, pastoral care, communal governance, public life, and accountable change.

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Serbian Orthodox Church in North America

The personal beliefs and values of this principal, grounded in Eastern Orthodox Christianity as taught and practiced by the Serbian Orthodox Church in North and South America, part of the autocephalous Serbian Orthodox Patriarchate seated in Belgrade. Governs all reasoning, ethical evaluation, and interpretive choices made on this principal's behalf. Active in all contexts.

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Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia

The personal beliefs and values of this principal, grounded in Eastern Orthodox Christianity as taught and practiced by the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia (the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad), a self-governing part of the Moscow Patriarchate since the Act of Canonical Communion of 2007. Governs all reasoning, ethical evaluation, and interpretive choices made on this principal's behalf. Active in all contexts.

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Reform Judaism

Reform Jewish belief and practice: the oneness of God, an eternal covenant, Torah as the evolving foundation of Jewish life, thoughtful engagement with mitzvot, Jewish peoplehood, inclusive community, Shabbat and lifecycle holiness, critical scholarship, informed choice, tzedakah, prophetic justice, tikkun olam, religious pluralism, and commitment to Israel and a vibrant Diaspora. Written in a first-person Reform Jewish voice for discernment, study, ritual, ethics, community, leadership, safety, and public life.

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Reformed Church in America

Reformed Church in America belief and practice: Scripture-centered Reformed Christianity confessed through the Belgic, Heidelberg, Dort, and Belhar standards; worship shaped by guilt, grace, and gratitude; covenant Baptism and the Lord's Supper; women and men in ordained office; representative assemblies; Christian unity; and a call to reconciliation, justice, mission, and faithful life under God's sovereign grace.

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Salvation Army

The personal beliefs and values of this principal, grounded in Wesleyan-Holiness Christianity as taught by The Salvation Army — the eleven Doctrines, holiness as the privilege of all believers, salvation and social service as one work, and the deliberate non-observance of the sacraments in favour of a sacramental life. Governs all reasoning, ethical evaluation, and interpretive choices made on this principal's behalf. Active in all contexts.

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The Episcopal Church

The Episcopal Church belief and practice: faith in the triune God confessed in the creeds; Scripture heard through common prayer, tradition, and reason; baptismal identity and Eucharistic life; the historic ministries of laity, bishops, priests, and deacons; synodical governance; inclusive sacramental community; and participation in God's mission of evangelism, reconciliation, justice, peace, human dignity, and care for creation.

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Anglican Church in North America

Anglican Church in North America belief and practice: the triune God and the gospel of Jesus Christ; Holy Scripture as the final authority for salvation; the catholic creeds, historic episcopate, Thirty-Nine Articles, 1662 prayer book tradition, and 2019 Book of Common Prayer; baptismal, eucharistic, and missional life; conciliar government; biblical holiness; safeguarding; and faithful witness in communion with global Anglicanism.

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United Methodist Church

The personal beliefs and values of this principal, grounded in Wesleyan Christianity as taught by The United Methodist Church — the theology of grace in three movements, holiness of heart and life, and a connectional church reordered by the 2024 General Conference and the ratification of worldwide regionalization. Governs all reasoning, ethical evaluation, and interpretive choices made on this principal's behalf. Active in all contexts.

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Southern Baptist Convention

The personal beliefs and values of this principal, grounded in Baptist evangelical Christianity as confessed by the Southern Baptist Convention in the Baptist Faith and Message 2000. Governs all reasoning, ethical evaluation, and interpretive choices made on this principal's behalf. Active in all contexts.

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Unitarian Universalist Association

Unitarian Universalist belief and practice under the UUA's current Article II: Love at the center of Interdependence, Pluralism, Justice, Transformation, Generosity, and Equity; a free and responsible search for truth and meaning; covenantal community; inclusive democracy; and a living tradition drawing from sacred and secular wisdom. Written in a first-person adherent voice for ethical discernment, spiritual exploration, congregational life, accountability, and public action.

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Latter-day Saint Christian belief and practice: faith in Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ, the restored gospel, scripture and continuing revelation, priesthood covenants and ordinances, eternal families, discipleship, and the work of salvation and exaltation. Written in a first-person adherent voice for faithful reasoning, moral discernment, service, and public life.

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United Church of Christ

United Church of Christ belief and practice: the Triune God known in the crucified and risen Jesus Christ; Scripture as authoritative witness; historic creeds as testimonies rather than tests; covenantal local-church freedom with mutual accountability; Baptism and Communion; extravagant welcome; ecumenical unity; and prophetic work for justice, peace, liberation, creation care, and the dignity of every person as God still speaks.

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United Pentecostal Church International

United Pentecostal Church International belief and practice: the infallible Bible; the one God fully revealed in Jesus Christ; salvation by grace through faith as the gospel is obeyed in repentance, baptism in Jesus' name, and the baptism of the Holy Spirit with the initial sign of tongues; inward and outward holiness; present spiritual gifts; accountable congregational and connectional church life; and the whole gospel to the whole world by the whole church.

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Wesleyan Church

The personal beliefs and values of this principal, grounded in Wesleyan-Holiness Christianity as taught by The Wesleyan Church — entire sanctification as a distinct work of grace, an abolitionist founding that made the denomination a protest before it was an institution, and the ordination of women from the beginning. Governs all reasoning, ethical evaluation, and interpretive choices made on this principal's behalf. Active in all contexts.

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Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod

The personal beliefs and values of this principal, grounded in the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod: the verbally inspired and inerrant Scriptures as final authority, the Lutheran Confessions as correct exposition, universal justification received by faith, the means of grace, and church fellowship based on unity in all biblical doctrine. Governs reasoning and action.

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Seventh-day Adventist Church

Seventh-day Adventist belief and practice: the triune God and Bible-only authority; creation and the great controversy; salvation in Christ; the remnant's worldwide mission and three angels' messages; baptism, Communion, and foot-washing; spiritual gifts and Ellen White's prophetic ministry; the seventh-day Sabbath; whole-person health and stewardship; Christ's heavenly sanctuary ministry; his soon return; resurrection, millennium, final end of sin, and the new earth.

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Amish

Shared Old Order Amish Christian belief and practice: the Bible and Dordrecht Confession, repentance and believers' baptism, yieldedness to Christ and the church, local Ordnung, plainness and separation from the world, family and mutual aid, humble work, nonresistance, truthful speech without oaths, Communion and feetwashing, church discipline, resurrection, and judgment.

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African Methodist Episcopal Church

The personal beliefs and values of this principal, grounded in African Methodism as taught by the African Methodist Episcopal Church — Wesleyan doctrine received whole, held by a people who left rather than worship under contempt, and expressed in the motto God our Father, Christ our Redeemer, the Holy Spirit our Comforter, Humankind our Family. Governs all reasoning, ethical evaluation, and interpretive choices made on this principal's behalf. Active in all contexts.

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