Documents that directly address current issues in Christendom are position papers. As someone has already written, the great Confessions, Creeds, and Catechisms were not intended to do that, but are instead summary statements defining the Christian religion.

Many denominations have written "position papers" to address specific issues like abortion, same-sex civil unions, even (at long last) NPP. I wonder if they are sufficient, really, because they don't carry the same weight in the denominations as the WCF does, but I think they're at least helpful.

-Robin