The Trinity Catechism was produced by the elders of Trinity Fellowship Churches to be used by individuals, families, and churches seeking to grow in Christ. Historically, catechisms are a complement to a confession of faith, combining doctrine and more practical matters of the Christian life.
Catechisms can be helpful in a variety of ways. They have great benefit if they are read as part of a person’s devotional time with the Lord, reading a question or two at a time as a daily or weekly habit. The catechism (or a portion of it) could be memorized so that key doctrines are more accessible. For family worship, a person might read the question, have his family read the answer, and then they could together look up the Scriptures listed (or some of them) for further discussion. In a church a question or two could be read as part of the Lord’s day gathering. Teaching through the catechism could also be the subject of a discipleship class. For all these settings, the Scripture references are provided to support each question and answer and also to allow for further study of the topics.
The Trinity Catechism, like The Trinity Confession of Faith, is built on the work of others. Of the 104 questions, about half are taken from other catechisms. Forty-five come directly from the 1647 Westminster Shorter Catechism, six from Benjamin Keach’s 17th century Baptist Catechism, four from John Piper’s 1986 A Baptist Catechism, 1 and one is from the 1563 Heidelberg Catechism. Twenty-one are original with The Trinity Catechism, and the remaining 27 come from the WSC but with sometimes significant changes.
May the Lord use this means of grace to build up his people for the glory of his name.
The elders of TFC
June 2024