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Statement of Faith

The following Statement of Faith outlines the Church’s core beliefs.

1. We believe that the Bible is the inspired Word of God. The Bible is the written revelation of
   God’s will for the salvation of people in all ages, and divine and final authority for the Christian faith and lifestyle.
   
   
2. We believe in one God, creator of all things, who is perfect and eternally existent in three
   persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. That Jesus is fully God and fully man, was conceived of the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, He died on the cross as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. He rose bodily from the dead, ascended into heaven, and is now at the right hand of the Father as our High Priest and Advocate.
   
   
3. We believe that all people are created in the image of God but have fallen into sin and are
   therefore lost in broken relationship with God. It is only through the regenerative work of the Holy Spirit that salvation and life with God can be obtained. The shed blood of Jesus Christ and His resurrection provide the only grounds for justification and salvation.
   
   
4. We believe that, through the Holy Spirit, God glorifies His Son, Jesus Christ. That the Holy
   Spirit indwells, guides, instructs and empowers those who believe so they might live Godly lives of service. Every believer should be continually filled with the Holy Spirit, thus being empowered to be witnesses to the truth of the Gospel.
5. We believe that there is one true Church universal, comprised of all those who have received God’s grace in the person of Jesus Christ and that the local body of believers gathers for worship, prayer, teaching of the Word, fellowship, service, and the observance of Baptism and Communion.
   
   
6. We believe that believer’s baptism by immersion is the appropriate discipleship response to the grace of God in Jesus Christ and that all believers should be encouraged to be baptised in accordance with the call of Jesus.
   
   
7. We believe in the priesthood of all believers and maintain that every believer has been gifted and equipped by God for their role in the ministry and life of the Church. Moreover, we believe that God leads and directs His Church through his people and seek to facilitate this through the exercise of congregational government.

    

8. We believe God in His own time and in his own way will bring the current world to its
   appropriate end. According to His promise, Jesus Christ will return personally and visibly in glory to the earth; the dead will be raised; and Christ will judge ail people in righteousness. The unrighteous will be consigned to hell, the place of everlasting punishment. The righteous in their resurrected and glorified bodies will receive their reward and will dwell forever with the Lord.