We are Christ-centred, Holy Spirit empowered, Bible based and a covenantal people; a life-enriching community, who are vision driven disciple makers, leadership trainers and church planters who belong to an apostolic movement.
We believe in every word of the Old and New Testaments as originally given, and that
God
inspired humans to write it without error. The Bible is the Word of God. It is the
absolute truth and therefore is the standard of faith as well as the ultimate
handbook
for every aspect in a believer’s life.
We believe in the one true and eternal God, the Creator of everything. God is one
but
exists in three persons: the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Though they are
co-equal, coexistent and co-eternal, they play different roles in human history,
working
together in creation, revelation, redemption and the final judgment.
We believe in Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who was supernaturally conceived by the
power of the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. Whilst on earth, He was both
perfectly God and perfectly man at the same time, and was without sin. He was
crucified
on the cross and physically rose from the dead on the third day to fulfil the will
of
the Father to provide salvation from sin to those who believe in Him. He ascended
physically to heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. One day in the
future, He will come again to establish His kingdom.
We believe that the Holy Spirit is God who convicts people of sin and leads them to
repent of their sin and place their faith in Jesus for salvation. He dwells within
believers to enable them to lead holy lives and obey God’s will.We believe that all
the
gifts of the Holy Spirit mentioned in the Bible remain in the Church today and
should be
fully exercised to build up the Body of Christ. The baptism of the Holy Spirit, an
experience distinct from repentance and faith in Jesus for salvation, enables
Christians
to testify of Christ in the power of the Spirit. Speaking in tongues is the normal
initial sign of being baptised in the Holy Spirit.
In the Christian life, every believer must live in obedience to Christ and be under
the
covering of the Holy Spirit. Christians should always be filled with the Spirit .
We believe God created angelic beings for His service. They are supernatural but not
divine. The Bible teaches that Satan, together with the many angels that follow him,
are
evil, supernatural, angelic beings and that there is a spiritual kingdom on earth
under
Satan’s authority opposed to God and His plan. Satan’s kingdom is at war with God’s
kingdom. The death and resurrection of Jesus on the cross defeated Satan and enables
all
men and women who put their trust in Jesus to join God’s kingdom. The Church has
been
commissioned to rescue men and women from Satan’s kingdom to God’s, a task which
will
conclude when Jesus returns. God will ultimately triumph when Satan’s rule is
terminated
and his kingdom destroyed.
We believe that Christians must worship the Lord in spirit and in truth. Worship is
acknowledging the worthiness of God and opening our hearts to relate to Him.
Worshiping
according to Biblical patterns allows us to use outward expression to come close to
God.
Some of these expressions of worship include worshiping with other Christians, using
musical instruments, singing and exercising the gifts of the Holy Spirit.
We believe that God created man in His likeness and without sin but they sinned
willingly. As a consequence, sin entered the world and all mankind has inherited a
sinful nature. Since everyone has fallen short of God’s standard because of sin and
is
subject to God’s wrath and condemnation, they all need His salvation which is made
possible through the death of Jesus Christ; otherwise they will be judged and
punished
eternally in hell.
We believe that we can be saved from God’s wrath when we confess and repent from sin
and
place our trust in Jesus Christ. Salvation is given by the grace of God only on the
basis of Jesus’ sacrifice for sin when He died on the cross and cannot be achieved
by a
person’s own works. At the point of salvation, an individual becomes a new creation
in
Christ. Through obedience and faith a Christian is gradually transformed to become
more
like Jesus.
We believe that the church is the community of God’s people and central to God’s
plan of
salvation. Once we become Christians, we are adopted into God’s family and become
part
of the Universal Church, made up of Christians of every age. Local churches are made
up
of believers who regularly meet together in different localities to worship, listen
to
the Word of God, fellowship, witness, participate in communion, pray and have other
activities together. We believe that every Christian should be committed to a local
church.
We believe that the dead will be raised and everyone will have to give account
before
God. All those who have put their faith in God will receive their reward and live
eternally with God in heaven. On the Day of Judgment the remainder will be judged
and
receive eternal punishment in hell.
We believe that all Christians should be water baptized in obedience to Jesus’
command
and as a public testimony of their commitment to follow Him. Water baptism is the
immersion of a person completely in water as a symbol of the death, burial and
resurrection of Jesus. Communion is for Christians to remember Jesus by partaking of
bread and wine as symbols of the flesh and blood of Jesus and the covenant God has
made
to bring salvation through faith in Christ. It is practiced in obedience to the
command
of Jesus and can be celebrated as often as believers gather together until Jesus
returns.
We believe it is normally God’s will for all mankind to be whole and healthy both
physically and spiritually. The Church is vested with the authority of Jesus Christ
to
bring a ministry of healing in every possible way that is both through the power of
God
and through medical knowledge and expertise as part of the manifestation of the love
of
God for all mankind which God desires to bring through His church.