Why was there no formal church doctrines or creeds for Christ followers to maintain and accept in the days of Jesus?

This is a fun question. Matter of fact this could be considered one of those trick questions. You know, like why do chickens have lips? They don’t, yet people will ponder why! It’s funny how many people that call themselves Christian couldn’t answer the doctrines and creeds question. It’s not that they did not understand the creeds. They hadn’t considered the life of the first followers and the unique opportunity they had to walk and talk with Jesus. So let’s process together. Back in the day, Jesus was alive and kickin’, so he was able to personally resolve any doubts or questions and even correct wrong understandings (we sure could use his help today). Furthermore, our creeds include the brutal death and beautiful resurrection of Jesus himself, so for followers to adopt and profess them while Jesus was living would not only be creepy but also sound foolish.

One last thing, even though there were not doctrines or creeds per say, Jesus did require one thing of all that wanted to follow. It was that they needed to trust and believe in him.