Adolescents are brought up in the faith in their parental home, in divine service, and through religious education in the Church. Besides serving to prepare for confirmation, Confirmation Instruction – as the last phase of religious education in the Church – serves primarily to ensure that the confirmands

• know the essential principles of our doctrine, in particular the ten Articles of Faith,
• appreciate the value of faith,
• earnestly endeavour to conduct their lives in accordance with the gospel, and
• align their lives with the goal of our faith, the return of Christ.