What we belief in

The Scriptures

We believe that "all Scripture is given by inspiration of God," by which we understand the whole Bible is inspired in the sense that holy men of God "were moved by the Holy Spirit" to write the very words of Scripture (2 Timothy 3:16-17). We believe that the whole Bible in the originals is therefore without error. We believe that all Scriptures center about the Lord Jesus Christ in His person (John 1:1-3,10,14,17) and no portion, even of the Old Testament, is properly read or understood until it leads to Him.

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Godhead

We believe that the Godhead eternally exists in three persons—the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. These three are one God, having precisely the same nature, attributes and perfections, and worthy of precisely the same homage, confidence and obedience (Matthew 28:18-19; Mark 12:29; John 1:14; Acts 5:3-4; 1 Corinthians 13:14; Hebrews 1:1-3; Revelation 1:4-6).

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Salvation

We believe that, owing to universal death through sin, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless being born again; and that no degree of reformation however great, no attainments in morality however high, no culture however attractive, no baptism or
other ordinance however administered, can help the sinner to take even one step toward heaven. We believe also that our redemption has been accomplished solely by the blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, who was made to be sin and was made a curse for us, dying in our stead. 

 

We believe that the new birth of the believer comes only through faith in Christ and that repentance is a vital part of believing, and is in no way a separate and independent condition of salvation; nor are any other acts, such as confession, baptism, prayer, or faithful service to be added to believing as a condition of salvation (John 1:12; 3:16, 18,36; 5:24; 6:29; Acts 13:39; 16:31; Romans 1:16-17; 3:22, 26; 4:5; 10:4; Galatians 3:22).

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Holy Spirit

We believe that the Holy Spirit, the third Person of the blessed Trinity, though omnipresent from all eternity, took up His abode in the world in a special empowering sense, on the day of Pentecost according to the divine promise (Acts 2). He dwells in every believer and, by His baptism unites all to Christ in one body and that He as the indwelling One, is the source of all power and all acceptable worship and service. We believe that He never takes His departure from the church, nor from the feeblest of the saints but is ever present to testify of Christ; seeking to occupy believers with Him and not with themselves nor with their experiences.

We believe that His abode in the world in this special sense will cease when Christ comes to receive His own at the completion of the church (John 14:16-17; 18:7-15; 1 Corinthians 6:19; Ephesians 2:22; 2 Thessalonians 2:7). 

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Our comprehensive Statement of Faith is available on request.