STATEMENT OF FAITH

What We Believe

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THE BIBLE

We believe that the Bible is the inspired Word of God, that it is inerrant and infallible, the supreme and ultimate authority in all matters of faith and conduct, understood only through the illumination and teaching of the Holy Spirit.

 

THE GODHEAD

We believe that the Godhead exists co-equally in three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and that these three are one God, sovereign in creation, providence, and redemption.

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THE LORD JESUS CHRIST

We believe in the true and full deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His real and complete humanity, in His sinless life, in His authoritative teaching, in His substitutionary and atoning sacrifice through His shed blood, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, in His heavenly intercession, in His personal visible return to the earth to establish His glorious eternal kingdom.

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THE HOLY SPIRIT

We believe in the deity of the Holy Spirit who proceeds from the Father and the Son. The Holy Spirit's work is to convince the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment, to teach, to guide into all truth, to bring the word of Christ to remembrance, to glorify Christ, to show things to come, to produce fruit in the life of the believers, to equip believers for effective service and ministry.

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MANKIND

We believe in the total depravity of fallen nature, rendering men subject to the wrath of God.

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SALVATION

We believe that salvation is available to all, that it includes justification, sanctification, and glorification, that repentance for sin and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ are essential to salvation, that the repentant sinner is thus justified by faith alone, that this is evidenced in holy living.

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THE CHURCH

We believe in the unity and priesthood of all true believers in Christ.

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THE COMMISSION

We believe that the commission of the Lord Jesus Christ to all believers is 'Go ye into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature' - 'Teach all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost' - teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you.'

 

THE FUTURE STATE

We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ will return in glory to establish his Kingdom and that there will be a new heaven and  a new earth. We believe in the resurrection of the just and unjust, the eternal blessedness of the redeemed in Christ and the eternal judgement of those who ignore or who have rejected the offer of salvation.