What we believe
 Mission Statement
Our mission is to, with all our heart, mind and strength, seek the Kingdom of God and all His righteousness, as we magnify God in our worship, magnify God through His Word and magnify God by doing the works of faith.

What we believe

STATEMENT OF FAITH

WE BELIEVE IN...
  1. The one true God who lives eternally in three persons — the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit—who intimately seeks true relationship with man, manifesting His love, grace, mercy and power to all who receive Him.
  2. The divine inspiration and supreme authority of the Old and New Testament Scriptures, which are the written Word of God—fully trustworthy for faith and conduct.
  3. The dignity of all people, made male and female in God's image to love, be holy and care for creation, yet corrupted by sin and thus in need of salvation from eternal separation from God.
  4. The incarnation of God’s eternal Son, the Lord Jesus Christ — born of the Virgin Mary; truly divine and truly human, yet without sin.
  5. The atoning sacrifice of Christ on the cross: dying in our place, paying the price of sin, defeating the power of evil, reconciling us with God to enable us to live an empowered life, having a prosperous soul.
  6. The bodily resurrection of Christ, the first fruits of our resurrection; his ascension to the Father, and his reign and mediation as the only Saviour of the world.
  7. The justification of sinners solely by the grace of God through faith in Christ and the sanctification of all believers as a progressive work of grace which commences at the time of regeneration and continues until the consummation of our salvation upon Christ’s return.
  8. The ministry of God the Holy Spirit, who leads us to repentance, unites us with Christ through new birth, empowers our discipleship and enables our witness and ministry with power through His indwelling presence, work of sanctification, comfort, instruction and direction. 
  9. The present-day ministry of the risen Lord Jesus Christ at the right hand of God, who intercedes for us as Head of the Church, our High Priest, Great Shepherd and Mediator of God’s covenant with man. 
  10. The Church, the body of Christ both local and universal, the priesthood of all believers — given life by the Spirit and endowed with the Spirit's gifts to worship God and proclaim the Gospel, promoting justice, love and the Kingdom of Heaven to all.
  11. The Gospel as God’s message of good news to all; that true ministry comes from a heart overflowing in God’s (Agape) love, that the love of our Lord Jesus Christ is the gift of God the Father and His Holy Spirit and should be the primary message of the Christian Church, taking precedence over all differences, whether they be theological, denominational, ideological or physical in nature.
  12. The personal and visible return of Jesus Christ to fulfill the purposes of God, who will raise all people to judgement, bring eternal life to the redeemed and eternal banishment to the unredeemed, and establish a new heaven and new earth.
AFFIRMATIONS
  1. We welcome as Christian brothers and sisters all who experience the grace of new birth, bringing them to that fear and knowledge of God which is expressed in a life of obedience to His Word.
  2. We recognize our Christian duty of trust and mutual encouragement to all who serve Christ as Lord, not least to those who conscientiously prefer not to be identified with the same churches, alliances or councils as ourselves.
  3. We respect the diversity of culture, experience and doctrinal understanding that God grants to His people, and acknowledge that some differences over issues not essential to salvation may well remain until the end of time.
ACTIONS
  1. We urge all Christians to pray as Christ prayed, that we may be one in the Father and the Son, and so by the Spirit promote personal relationships of love, peace and fellowship within the Body of Christ, His universal Church.
  2. We encourage all Christians earnestly to contend for biblical truth, since only as we are open to learn from others and yield fuller obedience to the truth will we be drawn closer to Christ and to each other.
  3. We call on each other, when speaking or writing of those issues of faith or practice that divide us, to acknowledge our own failings and the possibility that we ourselves may be mistaken, avoiding personal hostility and abuse, and speaking the truth in love and gentleness.
  4. We owe it to each other, in making public comment on the alleged statements of our fellow Christians, first to confer directly with them and to establish what was actually intended. Then to commend what we can, to weigh the proportional significance of what we perceive to be in error, and to put a charitable construction on what is doubtful, expressing all with courtesy, humility and graciousness.
  5. We rejoice in the spread of the Gospel across the world and urge all Christians to commit themselves to this task, avoiding unnecessary competition and co-operating, wherever possible, in the completion of Christ's kingdom of peace, justice and holiness, to the glory of the one God - Father, Son and Holy Spirit.


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