Statement of Faith
We believe:
1 In the one true and living God, the creator of heaven and earth who is revealed to us as the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit;
2 Christ is divine, the only Lord and Saviour who can save us (Acts 4:12)
3 Christ was born of the Virgin Mary (Luke 1:26-28)
4 All Scripture is given by “inspiration of God” (II Timothy 3:16) and holy men of God “were moved by the Holy Spirit” (II Peter 1:21)
5 In the holy Spirit the divine Comforter (John 14:16, 15:26)
6 Until His second coming all Christians have duties to make sure that the great commission is fulfilled (Matthew 28:18-20)
7 Salvation is a gift of God’s grace and not by works (John 1:12; Romans 10:9-10; Ephesians 2:8)
8 In baptism by immersion (Matthew 3:13-17; Mark 1:9-11)
9 In regeneration and the new birth through the acceptance of the gospel (John 3:1-7; II Corinthians 5:17)
10 The immortality and eternal life are gifts of God and received through Jesus Christ (Romans 6:23; John 3:16)
11 There will be resurrection of the dead (I Thessalonians 4:16-17)
12 The just shall live by faith (Habakkuk 2:4; Romans 1:17)
13 In the support of the gospel through tithes and offerings (Leviticus 27:30, 32; Malachi 3:8-12)
14 In the ordinance of humility and the Lord’s Supper (John 13:4-17; I Corinthians 11:23-30)
15 In the gift of the Holy Spirit (I Corinthians 12; Ephesians 4:11-12), and the fruit of the Holy Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23)
16 In discarding all immoral, unhealthy and unspiritual practices including narcotics, intoxicants, tobacco, etc (Proverbs 20:1, 21:17, 23:20-21, 29-35; Isaiah 5:11; I Corinthians 3:16-17; Ephesians 5:18)
