Statement of
Faith
We
believe in God, the almighty creator of heaven and
earth.
We
believe in the tri-unity of God. We believe that God
is eternally One, and also eternally the Father, the
Son and the Holy Spirit - the three being distinct,
but not separate. Each Person of the Godhead
coexists from everlasting to everlasting.
We
believe in the promised Messiah, Jesus, God’s only
begotten son, God come in the flesh. He was
conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin
Mary. He suffered under Pontius Pilate. He was
crucified, died and buried. On the third day, He
rose again. Soon afterward He ascended into heaven.
Now He is seated at the right hand of the Father and
He will return to judge both the living and the dead
and reign for evermore.
We
believe all mankind are sinful and are therefore
subject to God’s wrath and condemnation.
We
believe that everyone is in need of God’s salvation.
Mankind is absolutely unable to fulfil the heavy
demands of God’s righteousness, holiness and glory.
Therefore, God, in sending His Only Begotten Son,
has accomplished redemption for us through the
shedding of Jesus’ blood. Because of His Son’s
death, God has forgiven us of our sins, reconciled
us to Himself, and justified us by making Him our
righteousness.
We
believe that salvation is a gift received by faith
alone, in Messiah alone, and is expressed in the
individual’s recognition and repentance of sin, and
the acceptance of the risen Messiah as Saviour, Lord
and God.
We
believe in the supreme Lordship of Jesus Christ,
before whom every knee in heaven and on earth will
bow. And that there is no other name under Heaven by
which we can approach the holy throne of God. Jesus
Christ is the one and only mediator between God and
man.
We
believe that immediately upon death, the soul of the
believer is absent from the body, and present with
the Lord.
We
believe in the ongoing work of sanctification by the
Holy Spirit after redemption for the purpose of
producing life changing fruit: love, joy, peace,
longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness
and self-control.
We
believe that the 66 books of the Biblical Canon, from Genesis
to Revelation are the exhaustive, inerrant and
inspired word of God.
We believe that the
true Gospel works everywhere, during any time in
history, and in whatever situation we find
ourselves.
It never changes to suite "new" doctrines
or societal changes over time.
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