About Us

What We Believe and Teach

God

There is one God, the sole Creator of all things, infinite, perfect, and eternally existing in a Trinity of Persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Each Person of the Trinity is equal in essence and attributes, yet distinct in personality and work. 

The Holy Spirit

The Holy Spirit is God, and is one with the Father and the Son. He convicts individuals of their sins and their need for repentance. At the point of salvation He permanently indwells the believer, and becomes the believer’s source of assurance, strength and wisdom. 

The Lord Jesus Christ

The Lord Jesus Christ is God the Son, God made known in human form. He was born of a virgin, having been conceived by the Holy Spirit. He is truly human, without sin, and lived a sinless life. He came into the world to die on the cross as a sacrifice for our sins. He rose bodily from the dead, ascended to heaven, and will return in triumph and judgment. 

The Bible

The Bible is made up of the 66 books of the Old and New Testaments. It was written by men inspired by the Holy Spirit. It is the word of God, containing no error in its original form, the sole and final authority for doctrine and practice, and the final and complete revelation of God to mankind. There is no continuing revelation outside the Bible.  It should be interpreted literally, except where the context clearly indicates otherwise. And the events it describes are historical events, except where the context clearly indicates otherwise. The six days of creation, for instance, in the first chapter of Genesis are six 24- hour days.

Spiritual Gifts

God grants to each believer some means of serving fellow believers for the common good. The common good is the church’s greater knowledge of Christ and greater Christ-likeness. The gifts include serving, teaching, exhorting, giving, leading, wisdom, knowledge, faith, helping, administering, evangelism, pastoring and showing mercy.  Some gifts were only for the early church. These gifts include: 

• Apostleship: The apostles were drawn from those who had accompanied Christ during His ministry, and had seen and heard all He had done and taught. They also included Paul, who had physically seen Christ after Christ’s ascension to heaven, and had received Christ’s doctrines directly from Him. The apostles had the authority to declare Christ’s doctrines. The gift of apostleship ended when the last of the apostles died. 
• Miracles and Healing: These identified the apostles, those who had the authority to declare Christ’s doctrines. This gift also ended when the last of the apostles died. 
• Tongues and the interpretation of tongues: The gift of tongues was the ability to speak a language that the speaker had not learnt. Its purpose was to declare to Jewish hearers the gospel of Jesus, their Messiah, in the languages they could understand. This gift, and the gift of interpreting tongues, ended when Israel, as a nation, proved themselves to be unbelievers in Jesus their Messiah. 
• Prophecy: The gift of prophecy, in its widest sense, is the gift of declaring God’s word as revealed in the Bible, and its meaning. This is an important gift for today. But in its narrower sense it was the ability to declare a word from God that was not yet in the Bible. But the Bible is now God’s complete revelation to mankind. There is no prophecy or word to be added to it. 

The Lord’s Supper (or Communion)

The Lord’s supper was instituted by Christ Himself. Believers are required to observe it from time to time. The bread and wine are symbols of Christ’s body and blood. 

Israel

Israel and the church have distinct futures. The Abrahamic, Davidic, and New covenants concerning Israel are unconditional and will be fulfilled. This means that a future Israel will one day accept Jesus Christ as their promised King. God will use the body of true believers, the church, as an instrument to achieve this.  The current existence of Israel is evidence of the truth of the Bible. Much of Bible prophecy has to do with Israel. Prophecies regarding events in the church age, the seven-year tribulation, and Christ’s 1,000-year reign on earth foretell Israel’s unbelief, suffering, and final restoration. The clear teaching outlines the distinction between Israel and the church. They are separate entities, although God deals with each through Jesus Christ alone. 

Last Things

The Lord Jesus Christ will physically return to earth in two stages. 

The first stage will be His return for believers. This is generally referred to as the rapture. It could happen at any moment, and is not accompanied by preceding signs. The rapture will involve the resurrection of all believers who have died, and the instantaneous, physical transformation of all believers. They will be caught up to meet the Lord in the air, and will be with Him throughout eternity. This will be followed by seven years of tribulation, that is, of devastating events on the earth that indicate God’s coming judgement on a Christ-rejecting world. 

The second stage of Christ’s return will be at the end of the tribulation. Its purpose will be to judge the world and to inaugurate Christ’s 1,000-year reign on earth. After this comes

judgment. Those who reject Christ will be judged before the great white throne, and will suffer the judgment of eternal hell, which is also called the lake of fire and the second death. All believers will stand before the judgment seat of Christ, and will be rewarded for their work as believers. No believer will come under condemnation. Believers will enjoy eternal life with Christ.