What We Believe

 Statement of Doctrines 

1. The Godhead
The unity of the Godhead and the divine co-equality of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit; the sovereignty of God in creation, providence and redemption. 

2. The Lord Jesus Christ
The true and proper Deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, His virgin Birth; His real and perfect manhood; the authority of His teaching and the infallibility of all His utterances; His work of atonement for sinners of mankind by His vicarious sufferings, His death, His bodily resurrection and His ascension into Heaven; His present priestly intercession for His people. 

3. The Holy Scriptures
The full inspiration of the Holy Scriptures; their authority and sufficiency as not only containing but being in themselves the Word of God; the reliability of the New Testament in its testimony to the character and authorship of the Old Testament; and the need of the teaching of the Holy Spirit to a true and spiritual understanding of the whole. 

4. Sin
The reality of original sin in consequence of the fall and the necessity of regeneration. 

5. Justification
The justification of the sinner solely by faith through the atoning merits of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. 

6. The Holy Spirit
The necessity of the work of the Holy Spirit in conversion and sanctification; also in ministry in worship and in the exercising of spiritual gifts through the body of believers. 

7. Marriage
Sexual intimacy is a gift from God and is to be enjoyed exclusively within the context of marriage. Marriage is, by definition, heterosexual and between one man and one woman. Marriage ultimately serves as a type of the union between the Lord Jesus Christ and his Church. 

8. The Future
The future return of the Lord Jesus Christ in glory.