
We believe...
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In the scriptures of the Old
and New Testaments in their original writing as
fully inspired of God, and accept them as the
final authority for faith and life
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In one God eternally existing
in three persons – Father, Son and Holy
Spirit
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That the Lord Jesus Christ
was begotten by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin
Mary, and is true God and true man!
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That God created man in His
image, that man sinned and thereby incurred the
penalty of death, physical and spiritual; and
that all human beings inherit a sinful nature,
which issues in actual transgression involving
personal guilt
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That the Lord Jesus Christ
died for our sins, a substitutionary sacrifice
according to the scriptures, and that all who
believe and trust in Him are justified on the
grounds of His shed blood
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In the bodily resurrection
of the Lord Jesus Christ, His ascension into heaven,
and His present life as our High Priest and Advocate
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In the personal return of
the Lord Jesus Christ
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In the personality of the
Holy Spirit, His regenerating work and abiding
presence in the true believer. That the Holy Spirit
indwells all true believers and that He has been
sent to be the Comforter and Empowerer of the
Christian Church, to produce the fruit and the
gifts of the Holy Spirit according to scripture
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That all who repent of their
sin and receive the Lord Jesus Christ by faith
are born again of the Holy Spirit and thereby
become children of God
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That all Christians are called
to a life of holiness, devotion to the Lord Jesus
Christ and service to Him
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In the resurrection of both
the just and the unjust, the eternal blessedness
of the redeemed and the eternal banishment from
God of those who have rejected the offer of salvation
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That the whole company of
those who have accepted the Lord Jesus Christ
as their Saviour, been redeemed by Him and regenerated
by the Holy Spirit, form one true Church, and
that the local church on earth should take its
character from this concept. Therefore the new
birth and personal confession of faith in Christ
are essentials of Church membership
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In the priesthood of all believers
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That the Lord Jesus Christ
appointed two ordinances, baptism and the Lord's
table, to be observed as acts of obedience and
as a perpetual witness to the cardinal facts of
the Christian faith; that baptism is the immersion
of the believer in water as a confession of identification
with Christ in burial and resurrection; and that
the Lord's table is partaking of the bread and
the cup as symbols of the Saviour's broken body
and shed blood, in remembrance of His sacrificial
death until His return
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That the ascended Christ has
given various ministries or ministers to the Church
in order to bring all believers to the place of
Christian maturity in understanding the truth
and the performance and function of the ministry
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