The Holy Scriptures contained in the 66 books of the Old and New Testaments are the only rule or standard that God has given the churches to govern all matters of faith and practice.

1. The verbal inspiration of the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments and that they are the sole, supreme, and all-sufficient authority in every matter of Christian faith and practice.

2. One living and only true God, subsisting in the Trinity of Three co-equal and co- eternal Persons – the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit; all infinite without beginning; the Father neither begotten nor proceeding; the Son eternally begotten of the Father; the Holy Spirit eternally proceeding from the Father and the Son.

3. The Deity, eternal Sonship, and spotless humanity of the Lord Jesus Christ; His virgin birth, crucifixion, death, and burial; His physical resurrection, and ascension into heaven.

4. The personal, eternal and unconditional election of the Church in Christ unto everlasting salvation.

5. The Fall of mankind in Adam their federal head whose transgression is imputed to them, and from whom they derive a corrupt nature, thereby rendering them both unable and unwilling to meet the claims of God’s righteous and holy law.

6. That though all men are rendered spiritually impotent by the Fall, they are none the less accountable to God for their sins, and they shall answer for the same in the day of judgement except they be granted repentance unto eternal life.

7. The special, particular and eternal redemption from all sin, and the penal consequence thereof, of all God’s elect, through the substitutionary sacrifice of the Lord Jesus Christ.

8. The eternal and everlasting justification through faith of the elect and redeemed Church, by the blood and imputed righteousness of Christ, irrespective of any moral or spiritual works done by them either before or after regeneration.

9. The effectual calling of all the redeemed by the invincible power and grace of the Holy Spirit, according to the counsel of God’s will, involving their regeneration and sanctification by the direct agency of the Holy Spirit, through whom the saints grow in grace and holiness in the fear of the Lord.

10. The grace of faith whereby the elect are enabled to believe to the saving of their souls is the gift of God, and the work of the Holy Spirit in their hearts, who convinces them of sin, works in them repentance unto life, and enables them to look to, receive, and rest upon the Lord Jesus Christ alone for salvation.

11. The final perseverance in the ways of God of all those who have been chosen by the Father, redeemed by the Son, and regenerated by the Holy Spirit, so that they shall never perish, but have eternal life.

12. The second coming of the Lord Jesus Christ, the resurrection of the dead, both of the just and the unjust, when the wicked will go away into everlasting punishment and the righteous into life eternal.

13. The duty and privilege of all true believers to profess their repentance towards God and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, by being baptised, that is, immersed in water, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, prior to becoming members of a Christian Church.

14. The preaching of the Gospel to every creature as a divine command and solemn duty.

15. The law of God as revealed in the Bible is the rule for the moral conduct of individuals and the necessity for a believer’s life to be consistent with the profession he or she makes, seeking God’s grace to strive after holiness of life.

16. The congregational order of the church.

In additon to the doctrinal statements above, we as a Church uphold the following ethical statement, the basis for which is also found in the Bible:

Marriage is a union between one man and one woman to the exclusion of all others, sealed by vows that make it life-long. God instituted the marriage relationship for the mutual help and comfort of husband and wife, the procreation of children and the prevention of immorality. The sexual relationship is sacred and is not to be indulged promiscuously but only within the bonds of marriage.