What we believe
Our belief.
The timeless truth we believe about God and His creation, as revealed through His Word.
Our statement of faith is essentially a summary of what we believe as a church. Truth is not relative or a fad; it is timeless. John Wesley said, “If it is new, it is not true, and if it is true, it is not new.” This is what we believe to be God’s truth regarding Himself and His creation, as referenced by His Word.
The Bible
We believe the Bible, including the Old and New Testament, to be God’s Holy Scriptures. Verbally inspired by God, they serve in their original writings as God’s inerrant and infallible self-disclosure, functioning as God’s totally relevant final authority and transforming power for the Christian faith and life.
The Godhead
We believe the Godhead is triune, one God eternally existing in three persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit; co-existent, co-equal and co-eternal, having the same attributes and perfections.
God the Father
We believe God the Father is the Sovereign Creator of all things, that through the creative and sustaining power of His Word He brought creation into being. He is faithful to every promise and works all things together for the good of those that love Him and in His astounding grace gave His Son, Jesus Christ, to redeem a lost and broken world.
God the Son
We believe that Jesus Christ is God the Son, that He was the eternal Word made flesh, supernaturally conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. He is fully God and fully man, and through Him all things were created. Through His death on the cross, as a propitiationary and substitutionary sacrifice, and through His physical resurrection, He accomplished our redemption and justification. And ascending into heaven, He is highly exalted at God’s right hand, where, as our High Priest, He acts on our behalf in relation to God.
God the Holy Spirit
We believe that God the Holy Spirit convicts mankind of sin, of righteousness and of judgement. By His powerful and mysterious work, He regenerates spiritually dead sinners by awakening in them repentance and faith, baptising them into Christ, renewing, sanctifying and adopting believers into God’s family. Furthermore, the Holy Spirit leads believers to bear spiritual fruit and gives them supernatural gifts.
Mankind
We believe that mankind was created—both male and female—as image bearers of God and as the crown of His creation. But through Adam’s sin, mankind rebelled against God, inherited a sinful nature and became alienated from God. As a result, mankind is unable in himself to be reunited with God.
The Gospel
We believe that the Gospel is the good news revealed in the birth, life, death, resurrection and ascension of Jesus Christ. In mankind’s rebellion against God, people became His enemies. But God, being rich in mercy and love, sacrificed His only begotten, perfect Son Jesus Christ on the cross to satisfy His holy justice. Through the cross, the righteousness of Christ is imputed to those who believe and the sin of mankind is imputed to Jesus Christ.
Salvation
We believe that salvation is the free gift of God, provided by grace alone, through faith alone, because of Christ alone and for the glory of God alone. This salvation is made possible because of Christ’s substitutionary death, whereby His righteousness is imputed to the believer. As a result, the believer is declared justified and receives the free gift of eternal life.
The Church
We believe that the Church is the body of Christ, made up of all Christians everywhere, and is the one true church. This universal church finds its expression in local communities of baptised believers unified through faith in Christ, committed to His teachings, obeying all His commands and seeking through love to bring the Gospel to the world. Local churches are autonomous, led by a plurality of male elders, and called to witness to their commitment to Christ through believer’s baptism and regular celebration of communion. We believe that marriage is consummated before God between a man and a woman, and is a prophetic picture of Christ, His bride the Church and the wedding feast to come. We believe God’s grace calls believers everywhere to say no to ungodliness. Where God’s grace is abused, the local church has a responsibility to deal with such sin as described in Scripture.
The Consummation
We believe that the consummation of all things includes the visible, personal and glorious return of Jesus Christ, the resurrection of the dead, the renewal of all things and the judgement of the just and unjust, leading to the fulfilment of the promise of the New Heaven and the New Earth.