An important part of our tradition of the United Church of Christ is that we are non-creedal and non-doctrinal, meaning that we do not require specific set of beliefs. Our roots are in the Puritans and Pilgrims, for whom religious freedom recognized that each of us are on unique journeys of belief and faith, and that we gather as a church to be in dialogue about what we believe. We are covenanted to challenge and support one another in our beliefs and our faith journeys. We like to say in the UCC that we have no tests of faith, only testimonies of faith. Membership is not based on acceptance of a belief system, but a desire to join a community that strives together to get closer to God’s truth than any of us can do alone, while serving our community with acts of love.