THE
BIBLE
We
believe the Bible, as originally given, to be without error, the fully inspired
and infallible Word of God and the supreme and final authority in all matters of
faith and conduct.
THE TRINITY
We
believe that the Godhead exists co-equally and co-eternally in three persons
Father, Son and Holy Spirit and that these three are one God, sovereign in
creation, providence and redemption.
THE SAVIOUR
We
believe in the true and proper 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 and in His second advent to receive His
Church.
THE HOLY SPIRIT
We
believe in the deity of the Holy Spirit who proceeds from the Father and the Son
and the necessity of His work in conviction of sin, repentance, regeneration and
sanctification, and that the believer is also promised an enduement of power as
the gift of Christ through the baptism in the Holy Spirit with signs following.
Through this enduement the believer is empowered for fuller participation in the
ministry of the Church, its worship, evangelism and service.
MANKIND
We
believe in the universal sinfulness of all men since the Fall, rendering man
subject to God's wrath and condemnation.
SALVATION
We
believe in the necessity for salvation of the repentance towards God and faith
in the Lord Jesus Christ by which the sinner is pardoned and accepted as
righteous in God's sight. This justification is imputed by the grace of God
because of the atoning work of Christ, is received by faith alone and is
evidenced by the Fruit of the Spirit and a holy life.
THE CHURCH
We
believe in the spiritual unity and the priesthood of all believers in Christ and
these comprise the universal Church, the Body of Christ.
THE MINISTRY
We
believe in the ministries that Christ has set in His Church, namely, apostles,
prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers, and in the present operation of the
manifold Gifts of the Holy Spirit according to the New Testament.
THE ORDINANCES
We
believe in the baptism of believers by immersion in water in obedience to the
command of Christ and in the commemoration of Christ's death by the observance
of the Lord's Supper until His return.
THE COMMISSION
We
believe that the gospel embraces the needs of the whole man and that the Church
is therefore commissioned to preach the gospel to the world and to fulfil a
ministry of healing and deliverance to the spiritual and physical needs of
mankind.
THE COMING KING
We
believe in the personal, physical and visible return of the Lord Jesus Christ to
reign in power and glory.
THE FUTURE STATE
We
believe in the resurrection of the dead and in the final judgement of the world,
the eternal conscious bliss of the righteous and the eternal conscious
punishment of the wicked.