Statement of Faith

We believe the Bible is the complete word of God. The sixty-six books of the Old and New Testaments were verbally inspired by the Spirit of God and, in their original form, were entirely free from error. We affirm that God has guided the transmission of Scripture throughout history, ensuring its integrity. The Bible is the ultimate authority
in all matters of faith and practice and serves as the true foundation for Christian unity. We strive to align our thoughts with its truth and our lives with its commands.

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We believe in one God, creator of all, holy, sovereign, immutable, and existing eternally in three equal persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, each being truly and essentially God.

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We believe in God the Father, neither begotten nor proceeding, who, in His perfect love, reigns with providential care over all creation, accomplishes His will, and protects and preserves His children whom He redeems and adopts into his family as co-heirs with Christ.

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We believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, the promised Saviour of the world, eternally begotten of the Father, fully God and fully human; we believe in His virgin birth, sinless life, substitutionary death, bodily resurrection, triumphant ascension, mediatorial ministry, and personal return. We believe that He bore in His own sinless body,
the punishment we deserve. His death for us on the cross and His bodily resurrection from the dead have made reconciliation between God and man possible. By His death, He has revealed divine love, upheld divine justice and removed our guilt.

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We believe in the Holy Spirit, who is fully God, the Lord and giver of life, eternally proceeding from the Father and the Son; who convicts of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment; with whom believers are baptized into Christ’s body and by whom they are regenerated, sealed, and indwelt; who sanctifies, illuminates, equips, empowers, assists in prayer, and comforts those who believe in Jesus Christ. We rely upon the presence, fullness and comfort of the Holy Spirit to guide us in our understanding of the Word of God and in the application of its truth for our lives.

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God, by the power of His Word and with the second person of the Trinity, Jesus, created from nothing the heavens and the earth and all that is in them both visible and invisible. He further preserves and governs all His creatures and all their actions according to His most holy, wise, and powerful providence. Every kind of species is a special creation of God including and especially humanity. Adam and Eve are historical people from whom all of humanity are descended. All creation and humankind were created for the glory of God not out of need but as an overflow of His essential nature.   

Scriptural Support:  

Genesis 1; Job 37:9-10; Nehemiah 9:6; Isaiah 43:7; Jeremiah 32:17; Psalm 90:1-2; Psalm 33:8-9; John 1:3; Acts 17:24-25; Colossians 1:17; Hebrews 1:2; Revelation 4:11  

We believe that Satan is a fallen angelic being; the originator of sin; the deceiver of the world and the accuser of believers; who uses his real but limited power and presence to oppose the work of God; and who, along with all fallen spiritual powers, will be cast into the lake of fire for all eternity. 

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We believe that human beings were created by God for His own glory, male and female, in His image, thus possessing immeasurable worth; that they sinned, becoming guilty before God, resulting in a state of total depravity and incurring physical and spiritual death. We believe that those who repent of their sin and are born again are given a new nature by the Holy Spirit. We believe that the forgiveness of sins is available to all those who seek it through our Lord Jesus Christ. 

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We believe salvation encompasses the renewal of all things, the fulfillment of Jesus’ promise of the kingdom of God, and His ruling over everything in the new heaven and the new earth. We believe that the salvation of believers is by the sovereign grace of God; that by the appointment of the Father, Christ voluntarily suffered a vicarious, substitutionary, expiatory, and propitiatory death; that justification is by faith alone in the Lord Jesus Christ, in His all-sufficient sacrifice and resurrection; that those whom God has effectually called shall repent, believe, and follow Jesus, and will be finally perfected by the Spirit into the image of the Lord. 

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We believe that the universal church, the Body of Christ, comprised of all true believers in heaven and on earth, is expressed on earth in local churches. We believe a properly ordered local church consists of believers, baptized by immersion, who have been called out from the world, separated to the Lord Jesus; and voluntarily associated for the ministry of the word, the mutual edification of its members, the propagation of the faith, the observance of the ordinances, and the doing of good works. We believe it is a self-governing body responsible for exercising its own divinely awarded gifts, precepts, and privileges under the lordship of Christ, the Head and Chief Shepherd of the church. We believe that its officers are biblically qualified elders, who shepherd and oversee God’s flock, and deacons, who serve and support. Maintaining fellowship with the church and serving the body with the gifts of the spirit should be an ongoing priority for every Christian.  

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We believe that there are only two ordinances (visible symbols of the gospel) that the church regularly practiced in the New Testament:  Baptism is the immersion of the believer in water whereby the believer obeys Christ’s command and identifies with Christ in His death, burial, and resurrection.  The Lord’s Supper, or Communion, is the memorial wherein gathered believers partake of the two elements, the bread and the cup, which symbolize the Lord’s body and shed blood, proclaiming His death until He comes, and is a continuing means for strengthening the faith of the believer.  

Scripture Support:   

Acts 2:41-42; Baptism: Matthew 3:13-17; Matthew 28:18-20; Acts 8:35-39; Romans 6:3-4; Colossians 2:12; The Lord’s Supper: Luke 22:14-20; 1 Corinthians 11:23-26, 10:16-17  

We believe and commit ourselves to the path of discipleship taught and exemplified through the life and ministry of our Lord. In doing so, we commit ourselves to helping proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ to all people, to seeking first His kingdom and His righteousness and, as Jesus Christ leads, to a path of service to all who are in need.

Scripture Support:

Matthew 28:18-20; Luke 9:23; 2 Timothy 2:21; Galatians 5:22-23; Ephesians 4:22-24

We believe that the first day of the week is the Lord’s Day in honour of His glorious resurrection. This is a particularly appropriate day for all believers to prioritize fellowship with the body of Christ through corporate prayer, worship and the teaching of God’s word.  

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Luke 24:1-3; Acts 20:7; 1 Corinthians 16:2; Romans 14:5-6; Colossians 2:16; Heb 10:25  

We believe that the gifts of the Spirit are irrevocable and enduring through all ages for the benefit of believers and unbelievers alike and that they are to be desired. We believe each of our members are called to use the gifts God has provided, to serve others and faithfully administer God’s grace in its various forms for the edification of His body and the building of His kingdom. 

Scripture Support:   

Romans 11:29; 1 Cor 12:1-31, 14:1; Mark 16:15-20, Acts 4:28-33  

We believe in the separation of church and state. The church should not resort to the state or worldly means to carry on its work. We believe that government is divinely appointed for the interest and good order of society, and its leaders are to be prayed for, conscientiously honoured and obeyed, except only in the things opposed to the will of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is the only Lord of the conscience and Ruler of the kings of the earth.  

Scripture Support:   

Romans 13:1-7; 1 Peter 2:11-17; 2 Corinthians 10:4-5; 1 Timothy 2:1-2; Acts 5:27-29; Philippians 3:20; Matthew 22:15-22   

We believe in the personal and bodily return of the Lord Jesus Christ who will judge both the living and the resurrected dead. The righteous will inherit eternal life and the unrighteous will receive eternal punishment. The future will bring the complete fulfillment of God’s promise and the ultimate realization of Christ’s majestic, glorious kingdom of peace and righteousness. The culmination of history is eternal life with God [the Father, Jesus His Son, and the Holy Spirit] in the new heaven and new earth. 

Scripture Support:   

Daniel 12: 2; John 5: 28-29; Revelation 20 – 22