Questions?

  • What is the Purpose of the Church?

    The local church is a body of believers in Christ who have joined together to function as a part of the universal church. The local church is ordained by God and provides a context in which believers corporately worship God, observe the ordinances of the church, are instructed in the faith and are equipped for the evangelization of the world.

    Acts 14:23; 1 Cor. 16:19; John 4:23; Acts 20:7; Acts 1:8; 11:19-24; 2 Tim. 2:2; 1 Pet. 5:2

  • What is Water Baptism?

    Water baptism signifies the believer’s identification with Christ in His death, burial and resurrection and is practised by immersion.

    Matt. 28:19; Mark 16:15-16; Acts 2:38,41; 8:36-39; Rom. 6:3-5

  • What is Communion?

    The Lord’s Supper is a symbol, memorial and proclamation of the suffering and death of our Lord Jesus Christ. This ordinance of communion is to be participated in by believers until Christ’s return.

    Matt. 26:26-28; 1 Cor. 10:16-17; 11:23-26

  • Why do we sing?

    "Be filled with the Spirit ... Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord." (Ephesians 5:18-19)

    "Let the Word of God dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your heartsto God." (Colossians 3:16)

    "Praise Him with the sounding of the trumpet, praise Him with the strings and flute, praise Him with the clash of cymbals, praise Him with resounding cymbals." (Psalm 150:3-5)

  • What is Spirit Baptism?

    The baptism in the Holy Spirit is an experience in which the believer yields control of himself to the Holy Spirit. Through this he comes to know Christ in a more intimate way, and receives power to witness and grow spiritually. Believers should earnestly seek the baptism in the Holy Spirit according to the command of our Lord Jesus Christ. The initial evidence of the baptism of the Holy Spirit is speaking in other tongues as the Spirit gives utterance. This experience is distinct from, and subsequent to, the experience of the new birth.

    Matt. 3:11; Acts 1:5; Eph. 5:18; 2 Cor. 3:18; Acts 1:8; Luke 24:49; Acts 1:4,8; Acts 2:1-4; 39; 9-17; 1 Cor. 14:18; Acts 8:12-17; 10:44-46

  • What are the Gifts of the Spirit?

    The gifts of the Spirit are supernatural abilities given by God through the exercising of which believers are enabled to minister effectively and directly in particular situations. They serve the dual function of building up the Church, and of demonstrating the presence of God within His Church.

    1 Cor. 12:4-11; 1 Cor. 12:7; 14:12,24-25

What We
Believe…

  • All Scripture is given by inspiration of God by which we understand the whole Bible to be inspired in the sense that holy men of God were moved by the Holy Spirit to write the very words of Scripture. Divine inspiration extends equally and fully to all parts of the original writings. The whole Bible in the original is, therefore, without error and, as such, is infallible, absolutely supreme and sufficient in authority in all matters of faith and practice.

    The Bible does not simply contain the Word of God, but is, in reality, the complete revelation and very Word of God inspired by the Holy Spirit. Christian believers today receive spiritual illumination to enable them to understand the Scriptures, but God does not grant new revelations which are contrary or additional to inspired biblical truth.

    2 Tim. 3:16,17; 2 Pet. 1:20-21; Psa. 119:160a; Matt. 5:17,18; 1 Cor. 2:12-14; Prov. 30:5,6

  • The Father exists eternally as the Creator of heaven and earth, the Giver of the Law, to whom all things will be subjected, so that He may be all in all.

    Gen. 1:1, 1 Cor. 15:28

  • The Lord Jesus Christ, the eternal and only begotten Son of the Father, is true God and true man. He was conceived of the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, and by His sinless life, miracles and teaching, gave full revelation of the Father. He died upon the cross, the Just for the unjust, as a substitution sacrifice. He rose from the dead. He is now at the right hand of the majesty on high as our great High Priest. He will come again to establish His kingdom in righteousness and peace.

    John 1:1,14; 10:30; 17; Phil. 2:6,7; Heb. 1:8; Luke 1:26-35; John 12:49; Acts 2:22, 2 Cor. 5:21, Heb. 7:26; Rom. 5:6,8; 1 Cor. 15:4,20; Matt. 28:6; 1 Cor. 15:4,20; Acts 1:9-11; 2:33; Heb. 8:1; Matt. 25:31

  • The Holy Spirit is also God, performing actions and possessing the attributes of Deity. His personality is shown by the fact that He has personal characteristics and that individuals may relate to Him as a person.

    Acts 5:3,4; John 16:13-14

  • Humanity was originally created in the image and likeness of God. We fell through sin and, as a consequence, incurred both spiritual and physical death. Spiritual death and the depravity of human nature have been transmitted to the entire human race with the exception of the Man Jesus Christ. Humanity can be saved only through the atoning work of the Lord Jesus Christ.

    Gen. 1:26; 2:7; Rom. 5:12, James 1:14, 15; Jer. 17:9; Rom. 3:10-19, 23; Heb. 7:26; John 14:6; Acts 4:12; 1 Tim. 2:5,6

  • Salvation has been provided for all men through the sacrifice of Christ upon the cross. It is the only the perfect redemption and substitutionary atonement, for all the sins of the world, both original and actual. His atoning work has been proven by His resurrection from the dead. Those who repent and believe in Christ are born again of the Holy Spirit and receive eternal life. Furthermore, in the atonement divine healing was provided for all believers.

    Isa. 53:3-6; John 12:32,33; 1 Pet. 2:24; Acts 2:36; Rom. 4:25; 1 Cor. 15:14,17,20; Heb. 10:12, 1 John 2:2 29 Acts 20:21; 1 Pet. 1:23,25; Isa. 53:4,5; Matt. 8:16b,17

  • At death the souls of the believers pass immediately into the presence of Christ, and these remain in constant bliss until the resurrection of the glorified body.

    The souls of the unbelievers remain after death conscious of condemnation until the final bodily resurrection and judgement of the unjust.

    2 Cor. 5:8; Phil. 1:21,23-24; Rom. 8:22,23; 1 Cor. 15:42-44; 2 Cor. 5:1,4b; Luke 16:22-31; John 3:36; Dan. 12:2; John 5:28-29; 2 Thess.1:7-10; Rev. 20:11-15

  • Tithing was divinely instituted by God under the old covenant and was compulsory upon the people who worshipped God. Under the new covenant we are not bound by arbitrary laws; but the principles of right and wrong, as expressed by the law, are fulfilled in the believer’s life through grace. Grace should produce as much as, or more than, law demanded. Regular systematic giving is clearly taught in the New Testament. It is known as the grace of giving.

    The gauge or rule of this systematic giving is defined in the Old Testament, known as the law of tithing. All Christians should conscientiously and systematically tithe their income to God.

    Lev. 27:30-32; Mal. 3:10; 2 Cor. 9:6-15