Welcome

There is one God Who is eternal personal Spirit. He is infinite in power, wisdom, holiness and love. He is the creator of heaven and earth, all that is, seen and unseen. He is Triune in essential being and revealed to us as Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

Jesus Christ as the second Person of the Godhead is eternally one with God the Father of Whose Person and Glory He is the accurate expression. To become man He was conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary, so that the two whole and perfect natures, the nature of God, and the nature of man, were united in one Person; truly God and truly man.

The Holy Spirit as the third Person of the Trinity is eternally one with the Father and the Son yet He is sent by Them to achieve the Divine purpose in the world and in the Church.

The Scriptures, consisting of the 66 books of the Old and New Testaments, were written by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, and is the word of God. The word of God is the revelation of God himself both in word and deed to all humanity and is to be accepted in faith as the Word of God. It is the supreme authority in matters of faith and life for the Christian and the Christian Church.

Men and women are made in the image of God and for fellowship with Him. By transgression of God’s command they fell from fellowship with God and their nature was corrupted. As a consequence all people are spiritually dead and subject to God’s wrath and condemnation. Therefore, apart from God’s Grace, people are helpless and hopeless.

In order to redeem people from guilt, penalty and power of sin, Jesus Christ became man and died a sacrificial death as our representative substitute. By His resurrection, God’s acceptance of His atoning death was demonstrated. This atonement is sufficient for the whole world but effective only in those who receive it. The sinner is justified and reconciled to God, not through any personal merit, but solely on the basis of God’s precious gift of salvation in Jesus Christ received through faith.

The ministry of the Holy Spirit is necessary for the acceptance of God’s provision of salvation. The Holy Spirit convinces sinners of their sinfulness, leads them to personal faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour and so brings them to spiritual birth as God’s children and to fellowship in Christ. Working within the life of believers the Holy Spirit makes real the presence of Christ, witnesses to their relationship with God, leads into all truth, bestows gifts for effective service and produces graces for holy living.

The Church is the body of people whom God has separated from the world through faith in Jesus Christ as their Lord and Saviour. All regenerate persons are members of the universal Church of God which takes local form wherever groups of believers unite for worship, fellowship, and service, in accordance with scriptural principles. All believers are called to a priestly ministry in the offering of spiritual sacrifices and sent into the world to be witnesses. God calls individuals to positions of oversight and leadership or to special ministries. The Church recognises such by ordaining pastors, commissioning missionaries, appointing deacons, and other leaders, following New Testament practice.

At the end of the age there is to be a resurrection both of the righteous and the unrighteous. After death the bodies of people return to dust but their spirits return immediately to God – the righteous to be with Him and the unrighteous reserved for the judgement.

God has appointed a day of final judgement for the world. At that time Jesus Christ will judge every person and each will receive reward or punishment according to their deeds. Those judged righteous, in their resurrected and glorified bodies, will receive their reward and will dwell forever in Heaven with the Lord. The unrighteous will be consigned to Hell, the place of everlasting punishment.