[3][citation needed] Non-subscribing Presbyterians continue to maintain a strong commitment to the worship of God, the person of Christ, and the centrality of Scripture.

This is in accordance with 'The Constitution and Code of Discipline' (1997) of the denomination, which states: "That the Scriptures of the Old and New Testament are the rule of Christian Faith and Duty under the teaching of our Lord Jesus Christ" and "That it is the inalienable right of every Christian to search these records of Divine Truth for his instruction and guidance, to form his own opinions with regard to what they teach and to worship God in sincerity, agreeably to the dictates of his conscience, without privation, penalty or inconvenience by his fellow-men.

The Church has its origins with early 18th-century Presbyterian ministers who refused to subscribe at their ordination to the Westminster Confession, a standard Reformed (Calvinist) statement of faith; and who were placed, in 1725, in the Presbytery of Antrim.

[10] In 1725, the Synod of Ulster formed a new Presbytery of Antrim, consisting of the following 16 congregations: Newtownlimavady, under Joseph Osborne, is included in a list given by James Armstrong in A summary history of the Presbyterian churches in the City of Dublin.

[17] However, William Dool Killen in History of the congregations of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland[18] states that Osborne's ordination by the Presbytery of Antrim occurred after 1740.