The Bible
We believe the Bible to be the complete Word of God; that the sixty-six books, as originally written, comprising the Old and New Testaments, were verbally inspired by the Spirit of God and were entirely free from error; that the Bible is the supreme authority in all matters of faith and practice and the true basis of Christian union.
2 Timothy 3:16, 17; 2 Peter 1:21; Revelation 22:18-19
God
We believe in the only living and true God, Creator of all, holy, sovereign, eternal, existing in three equal persons, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.
Isaiah 44:6; Deuteronomy 6:4-5; 1 Corinthians 8:4-6; Hebrews 9:14; Isaiah 40:28; Acts 14:15; Psalm 99:9; Isaiah 6:3, Revelation 15:14; Psalm 24:10; 1 Timothy 1:17; Revelation 19:6; John 8:58; Deuteronomy 33:27; 2 Corinthians 13:14; 1 John 5:7
Christ
We believe in the absolute and essential deity of Jesus Christ, the Son, in His eternal existence with the Father in pre-incarnate glory, in His virgin birth, sinless life, substitutionary death, bodily resurrection, triumphant ascension, mediatorial ministry and personal return.
John 10:30; John 14:8-9; 1 Timothy 3:16; John 1:1-3; John 17:5; Matthew 1:21-23; Isaiah 7:14; Isaiah 53:9; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Isaiah 53:5; Galatians 3:13; I Peter 3:18; Luke 24:39; 1 Corinthians 15:20; Romans 4:25; Mark 16:9; Acts 1:9; Hebrews 9:24; 1 Timothy 2:5; 1 John 2:1, Acts 1:11; 1 Thessalonians 4:16
The Holy Spirit
We believe in the absolute and essential deity and personality of the Holy Spirit who convinces of sin, of righteousness and of judgment; who regenerates, sanctifies, illuminates and comforts those who believe in Jesus Christ.
John 14:16-17; John 16:13; John 16:7-11, Titus 3:5; 1 Corinthians 5:17; 1 Peter 1:2; Romans 15:16; John 14:26; Luke 12:12; Acts 9:31
Satan
We believe that Satan exists as an evil personality, the originator of sin, the arch-enemy of God and man.
John 8:44; 2 Corinthians 11:14; 1 John 3:8; Mark 4:15, 1 Peter 5:8
Man
We believe that man was divinely created in the image of God; that he sinned, becoming guilty before God, and that he is affected by sin in all aspects of his being so that all men by nature and choice are sinners, thereby incurring physical and spiritual death.
Genesis 1:26, Genesis 5:1; Romans 3:23; Genesis 3:6; Isaiah 53:6; Romans 5:12; Hebrews 9:27; John 12:48; Romans 6:23; James 1:15
Salvation
We believe that salvation is by the sovereign, electing grace of God, that by the appointment of the Father, Christ voluntarily suffered a vicarious (substitutionary), expiatory (cancellation of guilt) and propitiatory (appeasement of wrath) death; that justification is by faith alone in the all-sufficient sacrifice and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ and that those whom God has effectually called shall be divinely preserved and finally perfected in the image of the Lord.
Romans 8:28-33; Ephesians 1:3-12, 1 Thessalonians 2:13, Acts 15:11; Ephesians 2:8-9; Acts 2:23; 2 Timothy 1:9; John 10:18; Galatians 1:4; Isaiah 53:5-12; Romans 5:6-8; 1 Corinthians 5:21; Psalm 103:12; Romans 4:8; Romans 5:19; 2 Corinthians 5:19-21; Romans 3:24-25; Ephesians 2:12-17; 1 John 2:2; Hebrews 2:16-17; Genesis 15:6; Romans 3:28; Romans 1:17; Romans 3:21-26; Hebrews 1:3-4; Hebrews 9:7-14; Romans 4:24-25; Romans 10:9; 1 Peter 1:3; 1 Thessalonians 4:14; John 10:27-28; Romans 8:30; 1 Corinthians 1:23-31; 2 Timothy 1:9; Romans 8:28-39; 1 Peter 1:3-5; 1 John 5:11-13, Ephesians 5:26-27; 2 Corinthians 3:18, Philemon 1:6
Future Things
We believe in the personal, bodily, and glorious return of the Lord Jesus Christ; in the bodily resurrection of the just and the unjust; in the eternal blessedness of the redeemed and in the judgment and conscious, eternal punishment of the wicked.
Matthew 26:64; Acts 1:11; John 14:3; Job 19:25-27; John 5:28-29; 1 Corinthians 15:1-58; Acts 24:15; 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17; John 14:1-3; Revelation 7:13-17, Revelation 21:4; Matthew 25:31-32; Hebrews 9:27; 2 Corinthians 5:10; Matthew 8:12; Mark 9:43-48; Luke 16:22-24; Revelation 21:8
The Church
We believe that the church, the Body of Christ of which He is the Head, is composed of all regenerate believers. We believe that the local church is a company of immersed believers, called out from the world, separated unto the Lord Jesus, voluntarily associated for the ministry of the Word, the mutual edification of its members, the propagation of the faith, and the observation of the ordinances. We believe in a sovereign, independent body, exercising its own divinely awarded gifts, precepts and privileges under the Lordship of Chirst. We believe the Bible recognizes two primary offices in the Church, which are: (1) pastors/elders and (2) deacons.
Acts 2:41-47; Acts 8:12; Acts 18:8; John 15:19; 2 Corinthians 6:17; Romans 1:7; John 15:19; 2 John 9-10; Ephesians 5:11; Acts 2:41-42; Romans 1:11,12; Philemon 1:5; Hebrews 10:25; Colossians 1:18; Matthew 18:15-20; Matthew 16:18; Acts 14:27; Ephesians 4:11-13; 1 Corinthians 11:3; 1 Timothy 3:8; Acts 20:17, 28; 1 Timothy 5:17; Titus 1:5-7; Acts 6:3-4; Philemon 1:1
The Ordinances
We believe that there are only two ordinances for the church regularly observed in the New Testament: (1) Baptism, which is the immersion of the believer in water, whereby he/she obeys Christ's command and sets forth his/her identification with Christ in His death, burial, and resurrection. (2) The Lord's Supper, which is the memorial wherein the believer partakes of the two elements, bread and wine, which symbolize the Lord's body and shed blood, proclaiming His death until He comes. The Supper will be offered to all who have accepted Jesus as their personal Saviour and Lord.
Matthew 3:13-17; Acts 8:36-39; Matthew 28:19, 20; Mark 16:16; Romans 6:3-6; 1 Corinthians 11:3-33; Matthew 26:26-30
The Church and State
We believe in the separation of church and state.
Acts 2:41; 1 Corinthians 11:2; Matthew 22:21; Colossians 1:16-18; Ephesians 5:23, 24
Religious Liberty
We believe in religious liberty; that every man has the right to practise and propagate his/her beliefs.
The Lord’s Day
We believe that the first day of the week is the Lord’s day and that, in a special sense, it is the divinely appointed day for worship and spiritual exercise.
Mark 16:9; Acts 20:7; 1 Corinthians 16:12; Revelation 1:10
Civil Government
We believe that civil government is of divine appointment for the interest and good order of society; that all in authority over us are to be prayed for, conscientiously honoured and obeyed, except only in the things opposed to the will of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is the only Lord of the conscience and Prince of the kings of the earth.
Matthew 22:21; Romans 13:1-7; 1 Timothy 2:1-3; Titus 3:1; 1 Peter 2:13