Our belief statement

We believe:

• The Bible as originally given is the divinely inspired Word of God, which reveals God clearly. It is the supreme authority and can be relied on in all matters of faith and conduct today.

• God is the sovereign creator. He is one and yet three persons; the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, living and interrelating in perfect unity forever.

• All people are by nature sinful, rebellious and dead towards God. They are guilty before God and stand condemned to hell.

• God in his love sent his Son, Jesus Christ. He was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of a virgin Mary. He is human, yet without sin.

• God’s chosen people are redeemed from the penalty and power of sin only by Christ’s single, perfect sacrificial death which was sufficient for all people. He willingly acted as our representative and substitute before God. Our redemption is not by works, but by God’s unmerited grace.

• Jesus Christ rose from the dead in bodily form and ascended to heaven and is seated with all authority at the right hand of the Father as the one true mediator between God and people.

• By God’s mercy, his Holy Spirit brings about spiritual rebirth in his people by granting the individual sinner repentance towards God and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ through God’s Word.

• The Holy Spirit indwells and works in believers to empower them to live godly lives, to give gifts for the ministry of the church, to inspire love for one another and to bring glory to the Lord Jesus Christ.

• According to his promise, Jesus will return personally and visibly for the final judgement of all people. Those who are his will be rescued from his wrath and raised to be with him forever. This is the Christian’s great hope and confidence.