We Believe

• That the whole Bible is inspired by the Holy Spirit and is the ultimate authority for everything that we believe and practise.
  2 Tim. 3:16-17, 2 Peter 1:21
• That the sovereign God is one, in three co-equal eternal persons, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, who act together in creation, providence and redemption.
  Matt. 28:19, Col. 1: 12-16
• That Jesus Christ is truly God and truly man. We believe in His virgin birth, His sinless life, His sacrificial death in our place, His bodily resurrection, His bodily return to heaven and His continuous role representing us before the Father.
  John 1: 1-14, 2 Cor. 5:21, Rom. 8:34, 1 Tim. 3:16
• That the Holy Spirit is a Person who has a necessary role in our conversion, our new birth and in setting us apart for God.
  John 3: 5-7, John 14: 16-18, John 15: 26
• That in His death and resurrection the Lord Jesus Christ took our place, making full payment for our sin. For those who exercise faith in Him, He secures forgiveness, a right relationship with God and everlasting life.
  Rom.3:23-26, 2 Cor. 5:21, 1 Peter 1:3, 1 Peter 2:24
• That humankind, originally created for a relationship with God, has become sinful by nature and practice, unable by any personal merit or effort to restore that relationship.
  Gen. 1:26-31, Rom. 3:23, Titus 3:3-7
• That those who reject the gift of eternal life in the Lord Jesus Christ will be eternally separated from God.
  John 3:36, Rev. 20:11-15
• That salvation is initiated solely by the grace of God, accomplished through the work of God the Son and applied by the Holy Spirit. It is a free gift accepted by faith and includes a new life, the removal of guilt, being set apart for God and eventual conformity to the character of the Lord Jesus Christ.
  Eph. 2:8-10, Rom. 8:28-30
• That every believer, regardless of social class, ethnicity or gender has direct access to pray to God and to worship Him through the sole mediation of the Lord Jesus Christ.
  Acts 10: 34-35, 1 Cor. 12:13, Eph. 2: 16-18, 1 Tim. 2:5
• That Satan is a person, opposed to God and His people, sworn to enslave and destroy the human race; that his ultimate purpose has been brought to nothing by the Lord Jesus Christ.
  Gen. 3:1-15, Matt. 4:1-11, Rev.20:10, Coloss. 2:15
• That at the end of history all people will be raised from the dead, those who have been made right with God to everlasting life and the others to everlasting punishment.
  Matt. 25:31-46, John 5:28-29, Rev. 20:10-15
• That the Lord Jesus Christ will personally return for His people and will reign in righteousness.
  1 Thess 4:13-18, 2 Thess 2:1-8, Rev. 22:12, 17-20
• That believers’ baptism and the sharing of the Lord’s Supper are a regular and normal expression of Christian faith and fellowship.
  Matt. 28:19-20, Luke 22:19-20, 1 Cor. 11: 23-26
• That the Church is the company of all who have received new life through faith in Christ, formed by His Spirit into one body, of which He is the Head, and that the Church is commissioned to make disciples of all nations.
  Eph. 3: 4-10, Matt 28: 19-20
• That God’s created differences between male and female reflect His original creation design and are meant for human good and human flourishing. While physical anomalies and psychological conditions exist, they do not nullify the God appointed link between biological sex and identification as male or female, nor do they exclude such a person from being treated with dignity and welcomed into God’s family.     Matt. 19: 4-6, Eph. 5: 28-29, 1 Tim 2: 15, Gen. 1: 26 – 28, Gen. 3: 20, Gen. 5: 1-5,
• That Marriage as ordained by God and commanded in the Scriptures, is a lifelong covenant between one man and one woman at the exclusion of all others and thus we do not recognise any other union as marriage. For this reason, we believe the biblical view that monogamous, heterosexual relationships are God’s exclusive ideal for marriage and for the raising of a family.                                             Gen. 2: 23-25, Heb. 13: 4
• That God created us sexual beings and sexual expression is a gift from God, best enjoyed according to the plans of the giver. Sin distorts sexual desires away from the marriage covenant and towards all kinds of sexual immorality. This distortion includes both heterosexual and homosexual immorality both of which are denounced in the Bible. We believe it is God’s will for us to abstain from all sexual practice outside of marriage.                                                                                                                                                                                              Rom. 1: 18-27, 1 Thess. 4: 1-8, Gen. 18: 20-21, Gen. 19: 1-29