Doctrinal Statement

DOCTRINAL STATEMENT

Bible:

We believe in the Sixty-six books of the Old and New Testaments as verbally inspired of God, inerrant in the original writings in all matters of which they treat. The Scriptures are the supreme and final authority in the matter of faith and practice.

God:

We believe in one God, eternally existing in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit; that these three persons have the same nature, attributes and perfection. 

Creation and the fall of Man:  

We believe that the universe with all that is in it was directly created in the beginning by the supernatural creative power of God; that God made man in His image; that Adam sinned and thereby fell from the original state of innocence; that in Adam the entire human race came under condemnation and sentence of not only physical death but also spiritual death which is separation from God.

Jesus Christ:

We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, and is true God and true man; that He shed His blood for the sins of all men as a substitutionary sacrifice and that all who believe in Him are justified on the ground of His shed blood; that He arose and ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of God as our High Priest and Advocate.

Holy Spirit:

We believe that the Holy Spirit is a Divine Person; that He inspired men to write the Scriptures; that He convicts the world of sin, of righteousness and of judgment; that He regenerates those who believe and places them into the Body of Christ and dwells in them. He calls out  people both Jews and Gentiles and makes them “new man” and that He calls out men to God’s service and empowers and directs them in that service.

 Salvation:

We believe that through faith in the crucified and risen Christ, man is justified, regenerated and given the position of a child in the family of God; that there is only one way of salvation that is, through faith in Christ; and that all those who have been born of the Spirit of God will never perish but have an eternal Salvation.

Church:

We believe that the church is the company of all those who have been born of the Sprit of God and baptized into the body of Christ by the Spirit of God, that this church is the body of Christ, the temple of the Holy Spirit, and the Bride of Christ, that during this dispensation, all regenerated Jews and Gentiles are united in one true church in Christ; that someday Christ will present this church to Himself without blemish.

We believe that the church is an autonomous body of baptized believers united together upon profession of faith having two ordinances "Baptism and Lord’s Supper". The church is to purify, occupy itself with prayers and fellowship; and endeavour to reach men for Christ at home and abroad.

Satan:

We believe that the fallen angel known as Satan was originally Arch Angel, that he fell and drew with him a large number of other angels; that he together with his angels and demons is active in opposing God and His work; that Satan and his emissaries were defeated on the Cross of Christ; that they will be bound for a thousand years at the return of Christ to the earth, and that ultimately they will be punished eternally in the hell.

Future things:

We believe in the personal return of our Lord Jesus Christ and the resurrection of all those who have fallen asleep in Him; that He will reign over Israel and the Gentile nations in the earth during the millennium, after which the wicked dead will be resurrected and judged; that the wicked dead with Satan and his emissaries will be cast into the lake of fire where they will be punished forever.