Our Foundational Beliefs
The Scriptures
The Holy Bible was written by men divinely inspired and is God's revelation of Himself to man.
It is a perfect treasure of divine instruction. It has God for its author, salvation for its end,
and truth, without any mixture of error, for its matter.
The criterion by which the Bible is to be interpreted is Jesus Christ. Therefore, any interpretation
of a given passage must be made in the light of God’s revelation in Jesus Christ and his
teachings and redemptive work.
God
There is one and only one living and true God. …The eternal God reveals Himself to us as Father,
Son and Holy Spirit, with distinct personal attributes, but without division of nature, essence, or being.
God the Father
God as Father reigns with providential care over His universe, His creatures, and the flow of the
stream of human history according to the purposes of His grace. …God is Father in truth to those
who become children of God through faith in Jesus Christ.
God the Son
Christ is the eternal Son of God. In His incarnation as Jesus Christ, He was conceived of the
Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. …He honored the divine law by His personal obedience,
and in His death on the cross, He made provision for the redemption of men from sin.
God the Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of God. …He exalts Christ. He convicts of sin, of righteousness
and of judgment. …He enlightens and empowers the believer and the church in worship, evangelism,
and service.
Man
Man was created by the special act of God, in His own image, and is the crowning work of His
creation. …By his free choice man sinned against God and brought sin into the human race. …
The sacredness of human personality is evident in that God created man in His own image, and
in that Christ died for man; therefore every man possesses dignity and is worthy of respect
and Christian love.
Salvation
Salvation involves the redemption of the whole man, and is offered freely to all who accept
Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour, who by His own blood obtained eternal redemption for the
believer. In its broadest sense salvation includes regeneration, sanctification, and glorification.
The Church
A New Testament church of the Lord Jesus Christ is a local body of baptized believers who are
associated by covenant in the faith and fellowship of the gospel…and seeking to extend the
gospel to the ends of the earth. …This church is an autonomous body. …The New Testament speaks
also of the church as the body of Christ, which includes all of the redeemed of all the ages.
Baptism & The Lord's Supper
Christian baptism is the immersion of a believer in water. …It is an act of obedience symbolizing
the believer's faith in a crucified, buried, and risen Saviour, the believer's death to sin, the
burial of the life, and the resurrection to walk in newness of life in Christ Jesus.
The Lord's Supper is a symbolic act of obedience whereby members … memorialize the death of the Redeemer and anticipate His second coming.
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