This is Our Full Statement of Faith

Before God, we confess the faith of the Apostles, as we are taught in The Holy Scriptures.

We believe in one God, the Creator, Keeper and Perfector of heaven and earth. He is spirit, unique, existing as three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. He is eternal, unchangeable, omniscient, almighty, omnipresent, of endless love, truth and faithfulness, perfect in wisdom, justice and holiness.

We believe in Jesus Christ, our Lord, the only begotten Son of God, conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary, true God and true man. We believe that He was crucified and died to redeem us to God, that He was bodily risen from the dead and ascended to heaven, now sitting at the right hand of God the Father. We believe that He will return in glory to be united with His church, to establish His reign of peace and to judge the rebellious at the final judgement.

We believe in the Holy Spirit, who gives life through His work of rebirth and holiness. Every believer is baptised with the Holy Spirit and therefore incorporated in the body of Christ, the church. He wants to fill every believer, lead them in truth, give them strength and enable them to bear fruit for the glory of God.

We believe that the whole Bible (the 66 books of the New and the Old Testament) is the word of God, inspired by the Holy Spirit and therefore without error and the only infallible rule for faith and life.

We believe that man, created in the image of God, fell out of his sinless state through his own fault; therefore all have sinned and are lost and unable to save themselves. We believe that the Bible teaches us about an eternal punishment in hell for those who do not trust in the Lord Jesus for their personal salvation.

We believe that man is saved by God's grace alone, not by anything in man, or done by man. It is God who calls man to repentance and gives him faith to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ for salvation.

We believe that Satan, a fallen angel and adversary of God, is the instigator of the fall and is still trying to ruin (corrupt) man by leading him to sin through his lies. His destination is the final judgement and eternal punishment.

We believe that all the dead are going to be resurrected bodily, the believers to enter eternal glory, the unbelievers to eternal punishment.

We believe that Jesus Christ has established the symbols of baptism and the Lord's Supper: baptism as a testimony of the union of the believer with Christ in His death and resurrection, communion as a remembrance, as a symbol of the new covenant, as a proclamation of Jesus' death on the cross, in the anticipation of His return.

We believe that the church of Jesus Christ is made up of those which He has called out of the kingdom of darkness, who proclaim His name in faith, who are purified by His blood and born again by His Spirit. All those who belong to His church are called to lead a holy life, to be filled with the Holy Spirit, to abstain from everything that dishonours God and to consecrate themselves to everything that brings glory to God through obedience to His Word. The church has been called to preach the Gospel and make disciples world-wide.
 

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