Statement of Beliefs
Our ‘Statement of Beliefs’ reflects the core truths that shape our faith and guide our community. These foundational principles, rooted in Scripture and in unity with the historic Christian church, unify us as we follow Jesus together. Statement of Faith:
1. We believe that the Scriptures, consisting of the 66 books of the Old and New Testaments, are the inspired and infallible Word of God. The Bible is authoritative, unchanging, and serves as the foundation for all Christian faith and practice.
2. We believe that there is one God who created all things and exists eternally in three persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.
3. We believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. Further more, we believe in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His
miracles, in His victorious and atoning death, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, His constant intercession, and in His future return.
4. We believe in the person of the Holy Spirit, His regenerating work and His indwelling presence in the true believer at salvation; we believe in the baptism of the Spirit and the continuation of His power to produce fruit, distribute gifts, and enable signs, wonders and miracles today.
5. We believe in the existence of an evil spiritual being known as the devil who rebelled against God, taking a multitude of angels with him. He was cast out of God’s presence and is at work with his demonic hosts to establish his counter-kingdom of darkness on the earth. Satan was judged and defeated at the cross of Christ and will, at the end of the age, be cast into the lake of fire.
6. We believe that humanity was created in the image of God, but voluntarily sinned when tempted by Satan and fell short of God’s righteousness. All human beings descend from Adam and are sinners by nature and by choice, resulting in their spiritual death and their essential need for the new birth, which comes by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone.
7. We believe that God will judge the living and the dead. All those who are saved will live forever with Him in the new heavens and new earth, but all those who don’t believe in Jesus will face an irreversible punishment for their sin and rejection of God.
8. We believe in the Church being the body of Christ, with Jesus as the Head, and each member being an active part of a local church, functioning as the priesthood of all believers and fulfilling the Great Commission for the advancement of God’s kingdom.
9. We believe that water baptism by full immersion for those that profess faith in Christ Jesus and the Lord’s Supper are the two ordinances of the church to be observed until Christ returns. They are not a means of salvation, but are sacramental channels of God’s sanctifying grace and blessing to those who have personally and consciously placed their faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour.
10. We believe that biblical marriage consists only of a faithful, heterosexual union between one biological male and one biological female. We affirm marriage is the only legitimate and appropriate context for a sexual relationship.
