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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 blood shed, in His bodily resurrection,
in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, in His heavenly
intercession and 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 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 that 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 in water
in obedience to the command of Christ and 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.
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