We believe and maintain the following:
- The full inspiration of the Holy Scriptures, their authority, sufficiency, and inerrancy, as not only containing but being in themselves the Word of God; the reliabilty of the New Testament in its testimony to the character and authority of the Old Testament; and the need of the teaching of the Holy Spirit for the true and spiritual understanding of the whole.
2 Timothy 3:16, Matthew 5:17,19, John 16:13
- The unity of the Godhead and the divine coequality of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. the sovereignty of God in creation, providence, and redemption.
Genesis 1:1, Luke 12:30-31, Ephesians 1:7
- In the sight of God, the utter depravity of human nature in consequence of the Fall; and the necessity for regeneration.
Romans 5:12, Jeremiah 17:9, John 3:3
- The true and proper Deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, His Virgin Birth, His real and perfect Manhood, the authority of His teaching, and the infallibility of His utterances, His work of atonement for sinners of mankind by His vicarious sufferings and death, His bodily resurrection, and his ascension into heaven and his present priestly intercession for His people at the right hand of the Father.
1 Timothy 3:16, John 1:1, Luke 1:27,31-35, Acts 2:22, 2 Corinthians 5:21, Matthew 24:35, Luke 24:39, Mark 16:19
- The justification of the sinner solely by faith, through the shed blood and imputed righteousness of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
Romans 1:7, 1 John 1:17
- The necessity of the work of the Holy Spirit in regeneration, conversion and sanctification; also in service and worship.
John 3:3,5, Ephesians 2:8-10
- The universal Church, the body of which Christ is the Head, embracing all the redeemed called by God through the Gospel, born of the Spirit, and justified by faith. The local church, comprising such believers as the visible expression of the universal church; and fellowship between such churches manifesting the unity of the body of Christ.
Hebrews 12:22-23, Romans 16:4-5, Acts 15:2-3,30-31
- The ordinances of Baptism and the Lord's Supper as being instituted by our Lord Jesus Christ. But Baptism conveys no regenerating grace. Neither is the Lord's Supper a sacrifice for sin, nor is there any change in the substance of the bread and wine.
Luke 22:19, Matthew 3:15
- The personal return of the Lord Jesus Christ in Glory.
Acts 1:11, Revelation 1:7
- The resurrection of the body, and the judgment of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ, with the eternal blessedness of the righteous and the eternal punishment of the wicked.
Luke 14:14, Matthew 25:31-33,46
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