The following summary Statement of Faith indicates the distinctive beliefs that all who would be church members would subscribe to.
1.0 Statement of Faith
The Church has as its basis of faith the Baptist Confession of Faith of 1689.
All who come into membership of the Church assent to the following summary of
our belief.
We believe in:
1.1 The full and verbal inspiration of all the Old Testament and New Testament
Scriptures as originally given, and these alone, being in themselves the
complete Word of God, without error, and wholly reliable in both fact and
doctrine. Their final authority and perpetual sufficiency in all matters of
faith, church order and personal and social conduct.
1.2 The one true and living God, inexpressibly glorious and infinite in all his
attributes and worthy of all honour, love and obedience. The unity of the
Godhead and divine co-equality of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit
eternally. The Sovereignty of God in creation, providence and redemption.
1.3 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 substitutionary death on the cross as being the
full, sufficient and only atonement for sins. His bodily resurrection, His
ascension into Heaven and His present priestly intercession for His people. His
personal return in glory.
1.4 The work of the Holy Spirit as essential for a true understanding of the
Scriptures and for regeneration and conversion of the sinner, by leading an
individual to repentance towards God and saving faith in our Lord and Saviour
Jesus Christ. Also, the work of the Holy Spirit for the sanctification of those
regenerated and converted (the redeemed).
1.5 The total depravity of human nature in consequence of the fall of man from
the original state of perfection in which he was created. By this fall all
mankind is in a state of condemnation and separation from God. Deliverance is
only by the divine work of regeneration and conversion.
1.6 The sovereign grace of God, by which we mean His free and unmerited favour.
That by His sole choice, certain sinners (the elect) have been predestinated to
salvation.
1.7 The salvation of the elect not by their own free will and power but as a
result of the irresistible grace of God, through the work of the Holy Spirit.
1.8 The justification of the sinner solely by faith, through the atoning merits
and of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1.9 The final perseverance of all those who are chosen by the Father, redeemed
by the Son and sanctified by the Holy Spirit, so that not one of them shall
ever perish but shall have everlasting life.
1.10 The resurrection of the body. The judgement of the world by our Lord Jesus
Christ. The eternal blessedness of the redeemed. The conscious eternal
punishment of the impenitent.
1.11 The sole authority and prerogative of Christ, through the Holy Spirit
speaking in His inspired Scriptures, in all matters pertaining to the
government of the local church.
1.12 The observance of the ordinance of baptism of believers by immersion, as
being instituted by Christ, in loving obedience and as an act of witness, but
not as conveying any regenerating grace.
1.13 The observance of the Lord's Supper as a commemoration of our Lord's death
but not as being a sacrifice for sin nor involving any change in the substance
of the bread and wine.
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