As a church, we have a Statement of Faith, which we believe accurately reflects the faith of Christ that God has revealed to us in the Bible. 

Articles of Faith

1. The Scriptures

We believe that all the Scriptures of the Old and

New Testament are of Divine origin, given by inspiration

of the Holy Spirit and are the only rule of Faith and

Practice. This inspiration extends to the very words that

were originally given and so they are wholly reliable in

both fact and doctrine. II Tim.3:16 and II Peter 1:21

2. The Godhead

We believe that there is but one God; that there

are Three Persons in the Godhead, the Father, the Son

and the Holy Spirit, and that these Three Persons are

equal in substance, power and glory.

Matt.28:19; II Cor.13:14

 

3. Original Sin

We believe that all mankind are sinners through

the fall of Adam and because of this, all are by nature

under condemnation.

Rom.5:12-19; Eph.2:1-5

 

4. Election

 We believe that God loved His people with an

everlasting love; that they were eternally chosen in

Christ to salvation, holiness, spiritual affection and good

works and that this eternal and personal election is

entirely of free and sovereign grace and not at all on

account of any faith or good works foreseen in them.

Rom.8:28-30; Eph.1:4-5; Eph. 2:8,9

 

5. Redemption

 We believe that Jesus Christ is the only Saviour.

He was born of the virgin Mary and became Man,

fulfilling all the Divine precepts and becoming obedient

to death, even the death of the cross. He put away sin

by the substitutionary sacrifice of Himself, suffering the

penalty of sin; so by His one offering He had perfected

for ever them that are sanctified. He then rose from the

dead and ascended into heaven where He sits at the

right hand of the Father.

Acts 4:l2; Matt. 1:22,23; I Pet.2:24; Heb.10:14; Acts.2:32,33

 

6. Regeneration and Effectual Calling

 We believe that all people given to Christ, shall,

at the appointed time, come to Him, being born again of

the Holy Spirit, and effectually called by His Word. 

John 6:37; John 3:5; John 10:27; Rom.8.30

 

7. Justification

 We believe that men are justified by the righteousness of

Christ being imputed to them and received by faith

alone. Rom.3:22; Rom.5:17; II Cor.5:21

 

8. Perseverance

 We believe that all who truly believe on the Lord

Jesus Christ are eternally saved, being kept by the grace

of God unto final redemption.

John 10:28,29; Rom.8:35-39

 

9. The Last Things

 We believe in the Coming Again of our Lord Jesus

Christ for His people, the resurrection, the judgement,

the everlasting joy of the righteous, and everlasting

punishment of the wicked.

Acts 1:11; I Thess.4:14-17; II Thess.1:7-9

 

10. The Ordinances

We believe that Baptism and the Lord’s Supper are

of Divine authority; that none are proper subjects for

Baptism but such as exercise repentance toward God and

faith in the Lord Jesus Christ; that immersion of the

whole body is the only proper mode for Baptism; that

Baptism is a pre-requisite to Church Fellowship and its

privileges, the communion of the Lord’s Supper being an

ordinance of the local Church.

Matt.28:19; Luke 22: 19; Acts 2:38; Rom.6:4; Acts 2:41,42

 

11. Obligations of Believers

We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ is Lord and

Lawgiver to His people; that they are under obligation to

obediently regard the precepts of His Will, and therefore

should not forsake the assembling themselves together for

worship and the hearing of His Word, praying that the

Holy Spirit would make the Word effective in their

hearts. That all believers are commanded to make known

the grace and glory of the Lord Jesus both by the

holiness of their lives and the testimony of their lips.

I Cor.9:21; Heb.10:25; Matt.5:16; I Peter 3:15

12. The Local Church

We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ alone is

head of the Church and rules His Church through the

Word by the ministry of Elders and Deacons, and the

Will of the Lord for the Church is made known by the

Spirit of God in the gathering of the members. That the

Church exists for the glory of God, the fellowship of

believers, for their edification in Christ, and for the

proclamation of the Gospel to the unconverted. That the

one local Church being in every sense a true valid

Church of Christ, has authority under Christ to choose

Elders and Deacons, appoint officers, receive and discipline members.

 

 

We consider ourselves under the greatest obligation

to embrace, maintain and defend all and each of these

doctrines and ordinances; believing it to be our duty and

privilege to stand fast in one spirit, with one mind

striving together for the faith of the Gospel.

We are also conscious that our life, both in the

Church and the world, ought to be such as becomes the

Gospel of Christ; we judge it to be our duty to ‘walk in

wisdom towards them that are without’, to exercise a

conscience void of offence towards God and man, by

living soberly, righteously and godly in this present age.

Eph.5:23; Titus 1:5-9; I Tim.3; Acts 13:2,3; Matt.18:17

 

Addition adopted at Church Meeting April 1998:  Subject to the discretion of the Elders, visiting baptised believers, including those whose considered understanding of the teaching of Scripture as to the nature and mode of baptism may differ from our own but who are in good standing with another evangelical church may come to the Lord’s Supper.  This provision is of temporary application only in any particular case.