1. There is one God, infinitely perfect, eternally existent in three
Persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.(Matt. 28:19)
2. Jesus Christ is truly God and truly Man, conceived by the Holy
Spirit and born of a virgin, Mary. He lived a sinless life and died on the cross for the
sins of all mankind. He was buried and on the third day bodily rose from the dead
according to the Scriptures. He ascended bodily to heaven and there is seated at the right
hand of God making intercession for us. He will come again in His body just as He ascended
into heaven, to raise the dead in Christ and gather together with them those who are alive
and are His, taking us all up to meet Him in the air. (Matt 1:18; Luke 2:52; Heb 4:15;
Heb:10:10; 1Cor 15:1-4; Heb 1:3; 8:1; 1Thess 4:17)
3. The Holy Spirit is a person of the Godhead sent to indwell, guide,
teach and empower the believer and to convict the world of sin righteousness and
judgement. (John 14:16; 26. Genesis 1:2) [We refer the inquirer to the book What the Bible
Teaches by R.A.Torrey in relation to the personality and deity of the Holy Spirit]
4. The Old and New Testament Scriptures are inerrant as originally
given, are verbally inspired and are a complete revelation of God's will concerning the
salvation of man and of faith and practice for the Christian life. (Prov 30:5; 2Tim. 3:16;
Matt 5:18) [We also believe that, at the time of writing, the King James Version of the
Bible is the most reliable translation into English.]
4. Because of the sin of Adam, the father of all mankind after the
flesh, man died physically and spiritually. Consequently, every man is born under the
condemnation of Adam's sin and therefore under the judgement of God. Man is unable to save
himself from the penalty of sin, God's wrath in judgement. Man may only be redeemed from
the penalty of sin through believing in, trusting in and relying on Jesus Christ alone for
salvation.(Rom 5:12;17)
6. Baptism of new believers by immersion in water, upon their
commitment to Jesus Christ in repentance for salvation, is the requirement of the Lord
Jesus as a mark of personal and public witness and commitment to the new life. The promise
of God is that they will receive (be baptized, be filled with) the Holy Spirit. (Matt.
28:19; Acts 2:38)
7. When a person is truly born again (John 3:3; 1Pet.1:23) he is
baptized in (filled with, receives) the Holy Spirit by the Lord Jesus to receive power for
witness and gifts for ministry. This baptism in the Holy Spirit is received at the time of
conversion.
8. All the gifts of the Holy Spirit are available today and are to be
exercised in the Fellowship in the power of the Spirit and accompanied by the fruit of the
Spirit I Cor. 12-14 and Galatians 5:16-26.