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Statement of Faith
God
There is one God, who exists eternally in three distinct but equal
persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. God is unchanging in
his holiness, justice, wisdom and love. He is the almighty Creator,
Saviour and Judge who sustains and governs all things according to his
sovereign will for his own glory.
The Lord Jesus Christ
The Lord Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God, fully God and
fully man, was supernaturally conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the
virgin Mary, and lived a sinless life in obedience to the Father. He
taught with authority and all his words are true. On the cross he died
vicariously for our sins, bearing God's punishment for us, and
redeeming us by his blood. He rose from the dead and in his
resurrection body ascended into heaven where he is exalted as Lord of
all. He intercedes for his people in the presence of the Father and
mediates God's grace for the recovery of our humanity and the
restoration of all things. He is the Head of his body, the Church, and
should be adored, loved, served, and obeyed by all.
The Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit has been sent from heaven to glorify Jesus Christ and
to apply his work of salvation. He convicts sinners, imparts spiritual
life and gives a true understanding of the Scriptures. He indwells all
believers, bringing assurance of salvation, imparting new abilities and
gifts to them, and producing increasing likeness to Christ. He builds
up the Church and empowers its members for worship, service and mission.
The Bible
God has revealed himself in the Scriptures also known as the Bible,
which consists of the Old and New Testaments alone. Every word was
inspired by God through human authors, so that the Bible as originally
given is entirely the Word of God, without error and fully reliable in
fact and doctrine. The Bible alone speaks with final authority and is
always sufficient for all matters of belief and practice.
The Human Race
All men and women, being created in the image of God, have inherent and
equal dignity and worth. Their greatest purpose is to believe, obey,
worship and love God. As a result of the rebellious fall of our first
parents, every aspect of human nature has been corrupted and all men
and women are without spiritual life, guilty sinners and hostile to
God. We are utterly incapable of returning to God. This depravity is
radical and pervasive. It extends to our mind, will, and affections.
Every person is therefore under the just condemnation of God and needs
to be born again, forgiven and reconciled to God in order to know and
please him.
The Gospel
The good news of salvation is revealed in Jesus’ birth, life, death,
resurrection, and ascension. Salvation is entirely a work of God's
grace and cannot be earned or deserved. It has been accomplished by the
Lord Jesus Christ and is offered to all in the Gospel. God in his love
forgives sinners whom he calls, granting them repentance and faith.
Jesus Christ is the only mediator between God and man. There is no
other name by which men must be saved. At the heart of all sound
doctrine is the cross of Jesus Christ and the infinite privilege that
redeemed sinners have of glorifying God because of what he has
accomplished.
All who believe in Christ are justified by faith alone, adopted into
the family of God and receive eternal life. Man’s response to the
Gospel is rooted and grounded in the free and unconditional election of
God for his own pleasure and glory. It is also true that the message of
the Gospel is only effectual to those who genuinely repent of their
sins and, by God’s grace, put saving faith in Christ. This Gospel of
grace is to be faithfully preached to all men in all nations. Biblical
repentance is characterized by a changed life, and saving faith is
evidenced by kingdom service and works. While neither repentance nor
works save, unless a person is willing to deny himself, pick up his
cross, and follow Christ, he cannot become his disciple.
The Church
The Church universal is the body of which Jesus Christ is the head and
is made up of all those who have become genuine followers of Jesus
Christ and have personally appropriated the Gospel. The Church exists
to worship and glorify God as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. It also
exists to serve him by faithfully doing his will in the earth. The
Church exists to see the Gospel preached and churches planted in all
the world for a testimony. The ultimate mission of the Church is the
making of disciples through the preaching of the Gospel. When God
transforms human nature, this then becomes the chief means of society’s
transformation.
Upon conversion, newly redeemed men and women are added to a local
church to demonstrate the reality of the Kingdom of God as they devote
themselves to each other for the worship of God, the preaching of the
Word, the recovery of true community, the administering of Baptism and
the Lord's Supper, for pastoral care and discipline, and for mission.
After he ascended, Jesus Christ gave gift ministries to the Church
(including apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers) for
the equipping of the body that it might mature and grow. Through the
gift ministries, all members of the Church are to be nurtured and
equipped for the work of ministry. Men called Elders, who are
responsible for governance, oversight and teaching, govern local
churches. Deacons are appointed to assist in practical ministries and
the care of the church. Qualifications for Elders and Deacons are
clearly prescribed in the Bible and are to be strictly adhered to.
The unity of the body of Christ is expressed within and between
churches by mutual love, care and encouragement. True fellowship
between churches exists in the Holy Spirit and flourishes only where
they are faithful to the Gospel.
Baptism and the Lord's Supper
Baptism and the Lord's Supper have been given to the churches by Jesus
Christ as visible signs of the Gospel and are intended only for those
who have personally received the saving grace of Jesus Christ’s atoning
work and who become his disciples.
Baptism by immersion is a symbol and powerful confirmation and seal of
our union with Jesus Christ and entry into his Church and is meant to
accelerate but does not impart spiritual life and is a single event.
The breaking of bread commonly referred to as Lord's Supper or
Communion is a commemoration of Jesus Christ's sacrifice offered once
for all and a means of encounter with Him, though it involves no change
in the bread and wine. The Lord’s Supper is to be observed repeatedly
throughout the Christian life as a sign of continued participation in
the atoning benefits of Christ’s death. All its blessings are received
by faith.
The future
The Lord Jesus Christ will return personally and bodily in glory to
consummate history and fully restore his cosmos. He will bodily raise
the dead and judge the world in righteousness. The wicked will be sent
to eternal punishment and the righteous will be welcomed into a life of
eternal joy in fellowship with God. God will make all things new and
will be glorified forever
WHERE WE MEET
We are currently meeting together at our four campuses, City, O’Halloran Hill, Blackwood.Then every Sunday evening all four campuses gather together as a celebration service for 'Sunday Night Live at Five'.