We
believe in...
- The one true God who
lives eternally in three persons—the Father, the Son
and the Holy Spirit.
- The love, grace and sovereignty
of God in creating,
sustaining, ruling, redeeming and judging the world.
- 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.
- 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, which incurs
divine wrath
and
judgement.
- The incarnation of God’s eternal
Son, the Lord Jesus Christ—born of the virgin Mary,
truly
divine and truly
human, yet without sin.
- The atoning sacrifice
of Christ on the cross: dying in our place, paying
the price of sin
and defeating
evil, so reconciling us with God.
- The bodily
resurrection of Christ, the firstfruit of our resurrection;
his ascension
to the
Father, and
his reign and mediation as the only Saviour
of the world.
- The justification of sinners
solely by the grace of God through faith in Christ.
- 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.
- 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 and love.
- The personal
and visible return of Jesus Christ to fulfil the
purposes of God,
who will raise
all people
to judgement, bring eternal life
to the redeemed and eternal condemnation
to
the lost, and
establish a new
heaven and new earth.
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