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Our Beliefs

We hold the faith which is common to all true believers (Titus 1:4, Jude 3)

The Bible -- We believe that the Holy Bible is the complete divine revelation verbally inspired by the Holy Spirit so that what we have recorded in the scriptures is the truth of God. The Bible is the revelation of God and the final authority for all Christian faith, life and practice (2 Pet. 1:21, 2 Tim. 6:12).

God -- We believe that there is only One true God, eternally expressed as the Triune God— God the Father, God the Son, and God the Spirit—co-existing equally from eternity to eternity. He is the Creator of all things, who is infinitely perfect, good and glorious. (1 Tim. 2:5a, Matt. 28:19).

The Lord Jesus Christ -- We believe Jesus Christ is true God and true man. He was conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. We believe that as God Himself, the Son, became incarnated to be a man by the name of Jesus Christ that He might be our Redeemer and Saviour. He was God in human flesh; perfectly God and perfectly man (Jn. 1:1, 1:14, Matt. 1:23).

Christ's Earthly Ministry -- We believe that Jesus Christ, a genuine man, lived on this earth for thirty-three and a half years. He lived a sinless life, performing miracles and healings that attested to His claims to be the Son of God. In His earthly ministry He came to make God the Father known to men by His life, ministry and teaching (Jn. 1:18).

Christ's Death on the Cross -- We believe that Jesus Christ, anointed by God with His Holy Spirit, died on the cross for our sins and shed His blood for the accomplishment of our redemption (Matt. 3:16, 1 Pet. 2:24, Eph. 1:7a).

Christ's Resurrection -- We believe that Jesus Christ, after being buried for three days, resurrected from the dead physically and spiritually and then ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of the Father as our High Priest and Advocate. We believe that God the Father has made Him the Lord of all (Acts 2:33, 2:36). Now in His resurrection He has become the life-giving Spirit to impart Himself into us as our life and our everything (Acts 10:40, 1 Cor. 15:4, 1 Cor. 15:45b).

The Holy Spirit -- We believe that after His resurrection, Jesus Christ ascended to the heavens and we believe that after His ascension, Christ poured out the Spirit of God to baptize His chosen members into one Body. We believe that the Spirit of God, who is also the Spirit of Christ, is moving on this earth today. His ministry is to convict sinners, to regenerate God's chosen people, to dwell in the members of Christ for their growth in life, to empower them for Christian service and to build up the Body of Christ for His full expression (Acts 1:8, 1 Cor. 12:13, Rom 8:9, Jn. 16:8, Titus 3:5, Eph. 4:16).

Christ's Return -- We believe that at the end of this age Christ will come back to take up His members, to judge the world, to take possession of the earth, and to establish His eternal kingdom (1 Thes. 2:19).
Christ's Kingdom -- We believe that the overcoming saints will reign with Christ in the millennium and that all the believers in Christ will participate in the divine blessings in the New Jerusalem in the new heaven and new earth for eternity (Rev. 20:6, 21:2).

Our hope ...

  • that as many as are ordained by God to eternal life will believe in the Lord Jesus.

  • that all regenerated Christians will seek growth in life in the spirit and not just the mere increase of knowledge.

  • that all seeking Christians will see the vision of the church and come into the practice of church life in their locality.

  • that the Lord will have a remnant of overcomers that His Bride may be soon prepared for the Lord's return.

  • that the coming back of the Lord will be hastened by our growth and that we may participate in the blessed rapture and in His coming kingdom.

 


Pastor Ron
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