Trusting in our Triune God, we call on all Christians to renounce this error and work for justice, wholeness, and peace for all.

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We belong to Jesus Christ, not to anyone or anything else. We are called to influence the public square through persuasion rather than coercion, to work for unity among all people and nations, to reconcile everyone, and to stand in God's Spirit without the corrupting influence of temporal power. Christian Nationalism represents a false church, fundamentally distorting the gospel.

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The church must invite the state to greater nobility, freeing the enslaved, relieving the oppressed, comforting the afflicted. We have a necessary voice in the public debate but, as Christ's body, gathered around Word and sacrament, we must not conflate national identity with God's reign, lest we mute our prophetic voice and replace discipleship to Jesus Christ with political ambition.

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We believe:

God governs this world through both church and state. The church is to affirm authentic faith and show fruits of the Spirit, seeking wholeness and care for everyone. The state is to work for the safety, security, and peaceful order of all those under its care. Full humanity is both spiritual - instructing us in faith and righteousness - and political - educating us to be citizens. We must not misapply to politics God's call to spiritual freedom.

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We, the delegates to the 219th General Synod of the Reformed Church in America, declare the doctrine of Christian Nationalism to be opposed to the gospel of Jesus Christ.

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