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1. OF THE SCRIPTURES

We believe the Holy Scriptures, being the sixty-six books of the Old and New Testament from
Genesis to Revelation, to be the verbally inspired Word of God written by holy men of old, as they
were moved by the Holy Ghost. The Scriptures are without error, infallible and God breathed,
and therefore are the complete and divine Revelation of God to man, and the supreme standard
by which all human conduct, creeds, and opinions should be tried. We furthermore believe the
translation of the King James Version of the Bible is the only authoritative and preserved Word
of God in the English language. (II Sam. 23: 2; Josh. 1:8; Psalms 119:105; Prov. 30: 5 - 6; II Peter
1: 19-21; II Tim. 3:15-17; Psalms 12: 6-7; Daniel 10:21).

2. OF THE TRUE GOD

We believe in one Triune God, the living and true God, the Creator and Supreme Ruler of heaven
and earth, eternally existing in three persons, The Father, Son and Holy Spirit, each Co-eternal in
being, Co-identical in nature, Co-equal in power and glory, and having the same attributes and
perfections, and executing distinct but harmonious offices. (Matt. 3: 16-17; 28:19-20; II Cor. 13:
14; Deut. 6:4).

3. OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST

We believe in the absolute Deity of the Son, the Lord Jesus Christ; That He is the Second Person
of the Godhead; that He is the only begotten Son of God, He was conceived of the Holy Spirit,
born of Mary, a virgin, sinless in His life and nature, ever obedient to the Father; That in his
vicarious death He made full and complete payment for the sins of the world; That He was
buried and arose bodily from the grave the third day according to the Scriptures; That He
showed Himself alive after His bodily resurrection by many infallible proofs, and that He
ascended into heaven and even now is seated at the Father's right hand as our great High
Priest and only mediator. (John 3:16; Luke 1: 35; Matt.1:21-23; Hebrews 5:8; I Peter 3:18; Rom.5:
11; I Cor. 15: 3-4; John 2:19-21; Acts 1: 3; I Peter 3: 22; Hebrews 4: 14; I Timothy 2: 5).

4. OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

We believe that the Holy Spirit is a divine person; equal with God the Father and God the Son,
and of the same nature; That He was active in the creation; That in His relation to the
unbelieving world He convicts of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment; That He bears witness
to the truth of the Gospel in preaching and testimony; That He convicts of sin, judgment and
righteousness; That He is the agent in the New Birth; That He seals, endues with power, guides
into all truth, teaches, witnesses to our salvation, sanctifies, comforts, and helps the believer.
(John 14: 16-17, 26; 16: 7-14; Matt. 28: 19; Hebrews 9: 14; Luke 1: 35; John 3: 5-6; Genesis 1: 1-3;
Acts 5:30-32; Acts 14:24 Rom. 8: 14-16).

5. OF THE VIRGIN BIRTH

We believe that Jesus Christ was begotten of the Holy Ghost in a miraculous manner, born of
Mary, a virgin, as no other man was ever born of women. Jesus Christ is both the Son of God
and God the Son. (Luke 1: 46-47; Genesis 3: 15; Isa. 7: 14; Luke 1: 26-38; Matt. 1: 23).

6. OF MAN AND HIS FALL

We believe that man was created in the image of God, but that in Adam’s voluntary sin the
human race fell, he inherited a sinful nature and brought upon himself and all mankind, not only
physical death, but eternal and spiritual death and became alienated from God. We believe that
because of sin, man is a complete ruin and failure, apart from the Lord Jesus Christ; That all
human beings are born with a sinful nature and that in the case of those who reach the age of
moral responsibility and accountability, they then become sinners in thought, word and deed
and therefore under just condemnation without defence or excuse. We believe to die in this
condition is to be damned forever and forever without hope, which is the second death.
(Genesis 1: 26-27; 2: 15-17; 3: 1-13; Psalms 51: 5; Jeremiah 17:9; Rom. 1: 18-32; 3:9-23; 5: 10-19;
John 8: 21; II Thess. 1: 8-9; Revelation 20: 15).

7. OF SALVATION
A. THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD
We believe God is an absolute sovereign, and in His Sovereignty He gave man a free will to
accept or reject the salvation that He has provided. It is God's Will that all would be saved, and
that none should perish. God foreknows, but does not predetermine any man to be
condemned. God permits man's destiny to depend upon man's free will choice. (I Timothy 2: 4;
II Peter 3: 9; Acts 10: 34; John 6: 64-65; Rom. 8: 28-29; I Peter 1: 2; Eph. 1: 4-5).

B. THE ATONEMENT FOR SIN
We believe that the salvation of sinners is wholly of grace through the mediatorial offices of the
Son of God, Who by appointment of the Father, freely took upon Him humanity-yet without sin,
honoured the Divine Law by His personal obedience, and by His death made a full and vicarious
atonement for our sins; That His Atonement consisted not in setting us an example by His death
as a martyr, but was the voluntary substitution of Himself in the sinners place, the Just dying for
the unjust, Christ the Lord, bearing our sins in His own body on the tree; that, having risen from
the dead, He is now enthroned in Heaven. He is in every way qualified to be a suitable, a
compassionate and an all sufficient Saviour. (John 3: 17; Acts 16: 30-33; Rom. 3: 25-26; 5: 6-11;
10: 9-13; Hebrews 9: 22; I John 2: 1-2)

C. THE GRACE IN THE NEW CREATION
We believe that in order to be saved, sinners must be born again; That the new birth is a new
creation in Christ Jesus; That it is instantaneous and not a process; That in the new birth the
one dead in trespasses and sins is made a partaker of the Divine nature and receives eternal
life, the free gift of God; That the new creation is brought about in a manner above our
comprehension, not by culture, not by character, not by the will of man, but wholly and solely by
the power of the Holy Spirit in connection with Divine truth, so as to secure our voluntary
obedience to the Gospel; That its proper evidence appears in the holy fruits of repentance and
faith and newness of life. (John 3: 3; II Cor. 5: 17; John 1: 12-13; James 1: 18).

D. THE FREENESS OF SALVATION
We believe that the blessings of salvation are made free to all by the Gospel; That it is the
immediate duty of all to accept salvation through repentance toward God and faith in the Lord
Jesus Christ as the complete and perfect Saviour; and that nothing prevents the salvation of the
greatest sinner on earth but his own inherent depravity and voluntary rejection of the Gospel.
(John 3: 18, 36; 5: 40; Acts 20: 21; Eph. 2: 8-9; Rom. 10: 13).

E. JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH
We believe that the great Gospel blessing which Christ secures to such as believe in Him is
justification; That justification includes the pardon of sin, and the gift of eternal life on principles
of righteousness; That it is bestowed, not in consideration of any works of righteousness which
we have done, but that solely through faith in the Redeemer's blood, His righteousness is
imputed to us. (Rom. 5: 1,9; 8: 1; Titus 3: 5-7; Isa. 53:11; Acts 13:39; Hebrews 10: 38).

F. REPENTANCE AND FAITH
We believe that repentance and faith are solemn obligations and also inseparable graces
wrought in our souls by the quickening Spirit of God; Thereby, being deeply convicted of our
guilt, danger, and helplessness, and of the way of salvation by Christ, we turn to God with
unfeigned contrition, confession, and supplication for Mercy, at the same time heartily receiving
the Lord Jesus Christ and openly confessing Him has our only and all sufficient Saviour. (Luke
13: 3; Acts 20: 21; Hebrews 6: 1; Luke 18: 13; Rom. 10: 9-13; Psalms 51: 1-4).

8. OF ETERNAL SECURITY OF THE SAVED

We believe that all who receive Christ as Saviour, by faith, are born again and are eternally
secure in Christ; and that they are kept by the power of God through faith unto eternal salvation
and can never be lost. (John 3: 16; John 5: 24; John 6: 37-40; John 10: 27-30; John 11: 25, 26;
John 17: 9-12; Rom. 8: 23-39; II Timothy 1: 12;
I Peter 1: 5; Jude 24).

9. OF CREATION

We believe in the Genesis account of creation, and that it is to be accepted literally; That man
was created directly in God's own image and after His own likeness; That man's creation was
not a matter of evolution (atheistic or theistic) or evolutionary changes of species, or
development through interminable periods of time from lower to higher forms; That all animal
and vegetable life was made directly by God, and God's established law was that they should
bring forth only "after their kind". We believe that all things were created by the Lord, and for
His pleasure they are and were created. (Genesis 1-2; Colossian 1: 16-17; John 1: 1-3; Rev. 4:
11).

10. OF THE DEVIL, OR SATAN

We believe in a personal Devil, Satan, who is thoroughly wicked and proud; That he was a
created Cherubim, who once was without sin and enjoyed heavenly honours, but through pride
and ambition to be as the Almighty, fell and drew after him a host of Angels; That he is now the
malignant prince of the power of the air, and the unholy god of this world. We hold him out to be
man's great tempter, the enemy of the Godhead, the hinderer of the Gospel, the accuser of the
Saints, the author of all false religions, the chief power behind the present apostasy; the lord of
the Antichrist and the author of all the powers of darkness; he is destined to final defeat at the
hands of God's own Son, and to the judgment of an eternal justice in the lake of fire. (Isa. 14:
12-15; Ezekiel 28: 11-19; Job 1,2; Matthew 4: 1-8; Luke 22: 31-32; John 8: 44; I Peter 5: 8; Eph. 2:
2; 6: 11; Revelation 12:4; 20: 10).

11. OF THE RESURRECTION AND RETURN OF CHRIST

We believe that Jesus Christ rose bodily from the grave, was seen by hundreds, rose into
heaven, and now sits on the right hand of the Father. We believe in that "blessed hope", the
personal return of the Lord Jesus Christ with His saints, to establish His earthly Messianic
Kingdom which was promised to the nation of Israel.(Psalm 89: 3-4; Dan. 2: 31-45; 9: 24-27;
Zech. 14: 4-11; I Cor. 15 : 50-54; I Thess. 1: 10; 4: 13-18;).

12. OF HEAVEN AND HELL

We believe that Heaven and Hell are actual literal places, prepared by God as the abodes of the
saved and lost; That all those who die without Christ are eternally lost, and following the Great
White Throne judgment shall abide forever in the lake of fire. That those who are saved by
Christ shall abide forever in the blessedness of Heaven. (John 14: 1-3; Luke 16:19-31; Matt. 25:
41; 10: 28; Mark 9: 44; Rom. 6: 16-23; Rev. 20: 15; 22: 1-5).

13. OF THE LOCAL CHURCH

We believe in the importance of the local church and that it is an assembly of Born Again
Baptised Believers united in organisation to practise New Testament ordinances of Baptism
and the Lord's Supper, to meet together for worship, prayer, fellowship, preaching, teaching,
and a united testimony and to actively engage in carrying out the Great Commission. We
believe in the independence and autonomy of the local church, and that no religious hierarchy
has any scriptural grounds to dictate and run the affairs of the church. (Matt. 16: 18; Acts 13: 1-
3; 14: 21-23; I Cor. 11: 2; 12: 12-13; Eph. 4: 11-16; Colossians 1: 18; I Timothy 3: 1-15; Hebrews 13:
7, 17; I Peter 5: 1-4).
OF BAPTISM
We believe that Christian Baptism is the immersion in water of a believer, in the Name of the
Father, of the Son, of the Holy Ghost, to show forth in a solemn and beautiful emblem, our faith in
the crucified, buried, and risen Saviour, with its effect in our death to sin and resurrection to a
new life; That it is to be administered by the church only to those who have made a profession
of faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour. (Matt. 28: 19; Acts 8: 36-39; 16: 13-15, 29-34; Rom.
6: 3-5; Colossians 2: 12).
OF THE LORD'S SUPPER
We believe that the Lord's Supper is a commemoration of His death until He comes, the bread
speaking of His broken body, the fruit of the vine speaking of His shed blood; That it is preceded
always by solemn SELF-examination; (I Cor. 11: 2, 23-28; Matt. 26: 26-30; Acts 20: 7).

14. OF SEPARATION AND SANCTIFICATION

We believe in Bible separation; That is, to be set apart from the evil of this world and set apart to
the glory of God and His service; That any thought, word or deed that would hurt the cause of
Christ and His Church is sinful and should be dealt with immediately and put away from the lives
of each member. We believe that we're called with a holy calling to walk not after the flesh but
after the Spirit. (Rom. 12: 1-2; 14: 16, 19-21; II Cor. 2: 15-17; 6: 14-17; I Thess. 5: 22; I Cor. 8: 9, 13;
10: 31-33; Colossians 3: 5-10; I John 2: 15-17).

15. OF MISSIONS

We believe it is each Christian's privilege and responsibility to be a witness for Christ in life and
in Word. We believe every Christian should seek to lead others to a saving knowledge of Jesus
Christ. We believe that the command to give the Gospel to the world is clear and unmistakable,
and this commission was given to the Church.
(Acts 1: 8; 13: 1-5; Rom. 10: 13-15; Mark 16: 15; Matt. 28: 18-20). We believe that missions is not
only soul winning, but also discipleship. (Matt. 28: 20; Acts 20: 27-35).

16. OF THE GRACE OF GIVING

We believe that every Christian, as a steward of that portion of God's wealth entrusted to them,
is obligated to support their local church with their tithes and offerings, and that giving should
increase annually. We believe Christians should give Liberally, Because of Christ's love for us,
Sacrificially, For the ministry, Bountifully, Sincerely, Willingly, To prove our love, You reap what
you sow, Cheerfully, Thankfully, For God's glory.
. (Genesis 14: 20; Prov. 3: 9-10; Malachi 3: 10-12; Matt. 23: 23; Luke 6: 38; Acts 4: 34-37; I Cor. 16:
1-3; II Cor. 8 & 9; Gal. 6: 6; Eph. 4: 28; I Tim. 6: 17-18; I John 3: 17).

17. OF CIVIL GOVERNMENT

We believe that God has ordained and created all authority consisting of three basic
institutions: (1) the home; (2) the Church; and (3) the state. Every person is subject to these
authorities, but all (including the authorities themselves) are answerable to God and governed
by His Word. God has given each institution specific Biblical responsibilities and balanced those
responsibilities with the understanding that no institution has the right to infringe upon the
other; We therefore believe in the separation of the Church from political and state and
entanglements; We recognise that civil government is of Divine appointment for the interest and
good order of human society, however, the home, the Church and the state are equal and
sovereign in their respective Biblically assigned spheres of responsibility under God. (Rom. 13:
1-7; I Peter 2:13-14; Acts 4:19-20; 5: 27-29; Daniel 3:17-18; Eph. 5:22-24; Heb.13:17).