Belhar Confession

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Christian confession of faith Reformed confession doctrinal statement

The Belhar Confession is a Christian doctrinal statement originating in South Africa that emphasizes unity, reconciliation, and justice in opposition to apartheid and racial segregation within the church.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Belhar Confession canonical 4
The Confession of Belhar 1
The Confession of Belhar (PCUSA version) 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian confession of faith ⓘ
Reformed confession ⓘ
doctrinal statement ⓘ
addresses doctrinal justification of apartheid ⓘ
structural injustice ⓘ
adoptedBy Dutch Reformed Mission Church ⓘ
Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa ⓘ
affirms God’s concern for the poor and oppressed ⓘ
reconciliation in Christ ⓘ
the church’s calling to stand against injustice ⓘ
the unity of the church as both gift and obligation ⓘ
callsFor repentance for complicity in racism ⓘ
resistance to injustice ⓘ
solidarity with victims of oppression ⓘ
visible unity of the church ⓘ
condemns any doctrine that sanctions racial separation ⓘ
ideologies that legitimate injustice ⓘ
countryOfOrigin South Africa ⓘ
draftedBy Dutch Reformed Mission Church ⓘ
emphasizes church unity ⓘ
justice ⓘ
reconciliation ⓘ
genre confessional document ⓘ
historicalContext struggle against apartheid in South Africa ⓘ
influenced global Reformed churches ⓘ
language Afrikaans ⓘ
English ⓘ
opposes apartheid ⓘ
racial segregation in the church ⓘ
originatedIn Belhar ⓘ
Cape Town ⓘ
Dutch Reformed Mission Church ⓘ
Western Cape ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
theologicalFamily Reformed tradition ⓘ
theologicalTheme Trinitarian basis of unity ⓘ
confession as public witness ⓘ
preferential concern for the marginalized ⓘ
topic ecclesial unity ⓘ
racial justice ⓘ
reconciliation ministry of the church ⓘ
social justice ⓘ
usedAs confessional standard in some Reformed denominations ⓘ
usedBy Christian Reformed Church in North America ⓘ
Presbyterian Church (USA) ⓘ
surface form: Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)

Reformed Church in America ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Reformed Church in America → hasConfession → Belhar Confession ⓘ
World Communion of Reformed Churches → hasDocument → Belhar Confession ⓘ
Accra Confession → relatedTo → Belhar Confession ⓘ
Book of Confessions → hasPart → Belhar Confession ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Confession of Belhar
Book of Confessions → hasPart → Belhar Confession ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Confession of Belhar (PCUSA version)
Afrikaner churches → keyDocument → Belhar Confession ⓘ