Our Core Beliefs

1. There is a God, one God only.
2. God has revealed Himself to humanity as God the Father, God the Son (Jesus Christ) and God the Holy Spirit, the Three in One.
3. God created all there is, was or ever will be. (We do not believe there is any inherent conflict with science in this belief. Science is in the details of how God created the universe and all that is in it. Science does not, however, disprove the Christian belief in creation by God.)
4. God is Holy; the only perfectly holy being. This refers to the majesty and purity of God and the transcendental separateness and apartness of the Divine from the creature. In this holiness, God has established that which is morally right and good, which He actively promotes while steadfastly opposing moral evil.
5. Sin is rebellion against God and His righteous ways in all forms that such rebellion (disobedience) exists in our world.
6. Humanity was created by God in His image, to exist in relationship with Him, loving, worshipping and serving Him obediently.
7. Humanity, by the abuse of the freewill with which God has endowed us, disobeyed God (as related in the story of Adam and Eve, in the book of Genesis in the Bible). Sin has existed ever since and humans have no longer been able to live without sinning.
8. Sin is an offence against God. It follows that humanity stands guilty, condemned before Him. In order to be rescued from the fatal penalty for such condemnation, eternal separation from God, we must each be pardoned, redeemed and reconciled to Him. This was accomplished finally by God becoming incarnate amongst us, sending Jesus Christ to be born of a human mother (“the Virgin Birth”), to live a perfect, sinless life, then to die a human death, taking the sins of all humanity upon Him so that we could have the means to be redeemed. Then Jesus rose from the dead to conquer death and so provide the means for us to live in eternity with Him.
9. God by His grace initiates the act of redemption for each of us. It is not something we can do by ourselves, for no matter how ‘good’ we may be, not one of us will ever be perfect, sinless. If we accept His invitation, confess our sins and repent of those ways, ask to be forgiven and truly receive Jesus Christ as the Son of God and our Lord and Saviour, we will be redeemed and inherit eternal life in Heaven with God. There is no other way we can be redeemed.
10. This salvation and the faith that it demands, require us to continue to grow in the Holy Spirit, spread the good news of Christ and reflect God’s unconditional love for all others. In so doing, we also discover the right way to a fulfilling life here on earth.
11. All believers are equal. Both women and men may be called to become ordained ministers and may serve in all offices of the Church, whether within the Clergy or the laity.
12. The Bible is the final, authoritative Word of God.
13. We observe the sacraments of Baptism and Holy Communion as a means for those who believe to express their faith and grow in Christ by the work of the Holy Spirit.