Beliefs

There is one God, and He created the heavens and the earth, out of nothing, by the Word of His power, and declared his creation to be good. God is the Maker, Sustainer, and Sovereign Ruler of all things.

We believe in the one living and true God, eternally existing in perfect unity as three equally and fully divine Persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Each member of the Godhead, while executing distinct but complementary roles in redemptive history, has precisely the same deity, nature, and attributes, and is equally worthy of the same glory and honor and obedience.

(Genesis 1:1, Psalm 24:1-2; Matthew 3:16-17; Matthew 28:19-20; John 1:1-3; John 17:24; Acts 5:3-4; Ephesians 4:4-6; Hebrews 1:2)

We believe in God the Father, the eternal Father Almighty and fully God, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible. He exercises sovereign headship over all creation, providence and redemption. As Father, he relates to his people with intimacy and care assuring them of His providential care of all circumstances.

(Matthew 23:9; Luke 10:21-22; John 3:16; John 6:27; Romans 1:7; 1 Corinthians 8:5-6; Ephesians 1:3-12; 1 Timothy 1:1-2; 1 Timothy 2:5-6; 1 Peter 1:3; Revelation 1:6; Revelation 4:11)

We believe in Jesus Christ, the eternal Son and fully God, moved by love in accordance with the will of the Father, took on human flesh. Conceived through the miraculous work of the Holy Spirit, He was born of the virgin Mary. He, being fully God and fully man, lived a sinless life and sacrificially shed His blood and died on the cross in our place accomplishing redemption for all who place their faith in Him. He arose visibly and bodily from the dead three days later and ascended into heaven, where, at the Father’s right hand, He is the Head of His Body the Church, the only Saviour and Mediator between God and man, and will return to earth in power and glory to consummate His redemptive mission.

(John 1:1-3,14,18; John 14:8-9; Colossians 1:15-18; 1 Timothy 3:16; Hebrews 1:3)

We believe the Holy Spirit is fully God and glorifies the Lord Jesus Christ in all He does during this age. He convicts the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment. He draws the unredeemed to repentance and faith, and at salvation imparts new spiritual life to the believer, bringing that person into union with Christ and the Body of Christ. The Holy Spirit permanently indwells at salvation, seals, sanctifies, fills, guides, instructs, comforts, equips, empowers, and bestows spiritual gifts to the believer for Christ-like living and service.

(John 16:8; 13:15; Ephesians 1:22; 4:11–12; Romans 8:9–17; 12:4–8; 1 Corinthians 3:16; 12:4-5, 11–13, 19; 2 Corinthians 12:12; Galatians 5:25; Titus 3:5; Hebrews 2:1–4)

We believe that God created humanity - male and female - in His own image and likeness. We believe that God directly created Adam from the dust of the ground and Eve from his side. We believe that Adam and Eve were the historical parents of the entire human race and that they were created male and female equally in the image of God, without sin. We believe that they were created to glorify God and that they were appointed differing and complementary roles in marriage as a type of Christ and the church.

We believe in the God-given sanctity and worth of all human life, from conception to natural death.

We believe that marriage is created by God to be shared between one biological man and one biological woman, in a lifelong holy covenant, for the purpose of companionship, sexual intimacy, and procreation. Our created gender, sexuality and sexual fulfillment within marriage are gifts from God that are to be embraced with humility and gratitude.

(Genesis 1:27-28; Genesis 2:7; Genesis 2:18; Genesis 2:24; Psalm 139:13-16; Jeremiah 1:4-5; Luke 1:41; Matthew 19:4-6; Ephesians 5:22-33)

We believe that Adam and Eve were tempted by Satan, but in the sovereign plan of God, freely chose to disobey God, bringing sin, death and condemnation to all mankind. All human beings, therefore, are totally depraved by nature and by choice. Alienated from God without defense or excuse, and subject to God’s righteous wrath, all of mankind is in desperate need of the Saviour.

(Genesis 3:1–6; Romans 1:18; Romans 3:10–19; Romans 3:23; Romans 5:12; Romans 6:23)

We believe the Lord Jesus Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, as the substitutionary atonement in our place, and that salvation is found in none other than Jesus Christ. Before creation, God chose those who would be saved and granted this unearned grace solely based on His sovereign good pleasure. Jesus Christ’s death on the cross was the sole and complete payment for sins, fully satisfying God’s righteous wrath, for each person that turns from sin in repentance and places their faith in Christ alone by grace alone. Upon salvation each person is made a new creation by the Holy Spirit, declared righteous before God, and secured as an adopted child of God forever. Genuine faith continues in obedience and love for Jesus Christ with a life eager to glorify God and persevere to the end.

(John 6:44; Romans 8:37–39; Rom 9:21-29; 1 Corinthians 12:13; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Ephesians 1:3-14)