1. That the Holy
Scriptures, comprising the sixty-six books of
the Old and New Testaments, are the complete and final written record of God's
revelation to man and are in their entirety the very word of God. They are
powerful, with their own inherent authority and are the final rule and
authority in all matters of faith and conduct. The Holy Scriptures were written
by men who were supernaturally moved by the Holy Spirit in such a way that
their human writing was divinely inspired. This inspiration of the Holy
Scriptures extends equally to all parts; the thoughts and ideas are expressed
in words which are themselves inspired. The Holy Scriptures are wholly
reliable, trustworthy and true, without error. They have been, and will be,
preserved by the Holy Spirit throughout all ages
2. In One
God, eternally existing in three persons – Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
3. That Jesus
Christ was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, and is
true God and true man.
4. That God
created man in His own image; that the first man, Adam, sinned and thereby
incurred the penalty of death, physical and spiritual; Adam’s sin and the
resultant guilt and corruption are imputed to mankind. Man is born with a
sinful nature, which issues in actual transgression involving personal guilt.
5. That the Lord Jesus
Christ died for our sins, a substitutionary
sacrifice, according to the Scriptures and that all who believe in Him are
justified on the ground of His shed blood.
6. In the bodily
resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ, His ascension into heaven, and His
present life as our High Priest and Advocate.
7. In the personal
return of the Lord Jesus Christ.
8. In the personality of the Holy Spirit, His regenerating work, His
abiding presence in the true believer, the necessity of His empowering to live
the Christian life fully and His sovereign distribution of spiritual gifts.
9. That all Christians are called to a life of holiness, devotion to God and
service to Him. This service includes a deep concern for the world which He
loves, which will lead us to seek the salvation of the lost and to care for
man’s temporal needs.
10. In the bodily resurrection of the just and the
unjust, the judgment of the living and the dead, the eternal blessedness
of the redeemed, and the eternal punishment of the lost.
11. That the
whole company of those who have accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as their
Saviour, been redeemed by Him and regenerated by the Holy Spirit, form one true
church, and that the local church on earth should take its character from this
concept. Therefore the new birth and personal
confession of faith in Christ are essentials of church membership.
12. In the priesthood
and ministry of all believers.
13. That the
Lord Jesus Christ appointed two
ordinances – Baptism and Lord’s
Supper – to be observed as acts of obedience and as a perpetual witness to
the cardinal facts of the Christian Faith; that Baptism is the immersion of the
believer in water as a confession of identification with Christ in burial and
resurrection, and that the bread and wine of the Lord’s supper are symbols of
the Saviour’s broken body and shed blood which are taken in thanksgiving for
His sacrificial death and resurrection until His return.
14. That the
ascended Christ has given various ministries
to the church in order to bring all believers to the place of Christian
maturity in understanding of truth and the performance and function of their
ministry to God.