Confession of Faith
1. We believe the Scripture, both the Old and New Testaments to be the inspired word of God, without error in the original writings, the complete revelation of His will for the salvation of men, and the divine and final authority for all Christian faith and life.
2. We believe in one God, creator of all things, infinitely perfect and eternally existing in three Persons – Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
3.We believe that Jesus Christ is true God and true man, having been conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. He died on the cross, a sacrifice for our sins according to the Scripture and he arose bodily from the dead and ascended on high and is now our High Priest and Advocate.
4. We believe in that the ministry of the Holy Spirit is to glorify the Lord Jesus Christ, and during this age to convict men of sins, regenerates the believing sinner, indwell, guide, instruct and empower the believer for godly living and fruitful service.
5. We believe that man was created in the image of God but fell into sin and its therefor lost and only through regeneration by the Holy Spirit can salvation and spiritual life be obtained.
6. We believe that the shed blood of Jesus Christ and his resurrection provide the only ground for justification and salvation for all who believes, and only such as receive Jesus Christ are born of the Holy Spirit and thus become children of God.
7.We believe that water baptism and the Lord’s Supper are ordinances to be observed by the Church during this present age. They are however not to be regarded as a means of salvation.
8. We believe that the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ in its totality is the body of which Christ is the head, and of which all true believers are part.
9. We believe that in a particular locality, the Church is an organized body of believers who have voluntarily bound themselves together in fellowship for the worship of God, for mutual encouragement and service, spiritual nourishment and growth, and for the proclamation of the gospel of Christ to the world.
10. We believe that membership in such a local Church is a privilege and responsibility properly extended only to those who have acknowledged Jesus Christ as personal Saviour and Lord, and who are willing to submit to the authority of the Church.
11. We believe in the personal and imminent coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and this blessed hope has a vital bearing on the personal life and service of the believers.
12. We believe in the bodily resurrection of the dead, of the believer to everlasting blessedness and joy with the Lord and of the unbeliever to judgement and everlasting conscious punishment.