The Triune God (Trinity)

The nature of the Godhead

We believe in one God, who is infinitely perfect and eternally existing three Persons the Father, the Son, and the holy Spirit-who have precisely the same nature, attributes, and perfection, and worthy of precisely the same homage, confidence and obedience.

(Mt 3:16-17; 28:19, Jn 15:26, 1 Co 12:4-6; 2 Co 13:14, Eph 4:4-6)

1.1 God the Father

The nature/attributes and work of the father

We believe in God the Father, the Creator of all things. He governs all creatures by His wise and holy providence. He is the Heavenly Father of all who become His children through faith in Jesus Christ.

(Ge 1:1, Dt 32:4, Ps 19:1-3; Ps 23; Jn 1:1-2; 10-14, Jn 4:24, Eph 2-18, 1 Jn 1:5)

1.2 God the Son

The nature/attributes and work of the son

We believe in God the Son, Jesus Christ, who is true God and true man, and who was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. He died on the cross and shed His blood as a substitutionary sacrifice for our sins. God raised Him up from the dead. He ascended into heaven and shall come again as He promised.

(Iso 52-13-53:12: Mt 1-18-25, Lk 1-35, Ac 1:9-11; 1 Co 15:20-23; 1 Jn 2:1-2)

1.3 God the Holy Spirit

The nature/attributes and work of the Holy Spirit

We believe in God the Holy Spirit, the Third Person of the Triune God. He eternally possesses all d' attributes together with the Father and the Son. He convicts of sin, regenerates and indwells believers, empowering them for godly living and service. The characteristic marks of the work of the Holy Spirit in Christian lives are "love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control."

We further believe that Holy Spirit gives gifts to believers for the service in the church, to build up the body of Christ for the attainment of unity of the faith and knowledge of the Son of God, to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.

(Jn 14:26; Ac 1:8; Ar 2:1-4; Ro 8:9, 12:4-8; 1 Cor 3:16; 12:3, 7 10, 12-13, 27-30; Eph 4:11-16; Gal 5:22-23)

2 The Word of God

The source, nature and purpose of the word of God

We believe in the Old and New Testaments as the inerrant and infallible inspired Word of God, the complete revelation of His will for the salvation of men, and the final authority for Christian faith and life.

(Nu 23:19; Tit 1:1-3; 1 Th 2:13; 2 Ti 3:14-17; 2 Pe 1:20-21; Ps 119: 105, 133, 160; Pr 30:50)

3 Satan

The nature of Satan and his end

We believe in the existence of Satan as a fallen angelic creature of God, who is the originator of sin and enemy of God and man. Satan was defeated through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. He now rules as the "god of this world," but is destined to eternal punishment in the lake of fire.

(Iso 14:12-15; Eze 28:12-19; Mt 25:41, Jn 8:44, 14:28-31; 2 Co 11:13-15; Eph 6:10-12; 1 Pe 5:8; 1 Jn 3:8; Heb 2:14-15; Jas 4:7-8; Rev 12:9; 20:1-3, 7-10)

4 Man

The nature and condition of man

We believe that man was created in the image of God but fell into sin through the disobedience of the first man, Adam and the entire human race is in need of salvation.

(Ge 1:27: 3:6; Ps 51:3, Isa 53:6: 64:6; Jer 17:9; Ro 3:23; 5:12: Eph 2:1-3)

5 Redemption

The only way of redemption

We believe that a sinner is saved only by the grace of God through the regeneration of the Holy Spirit and justification by faith in Jesus Christ.

(Iso 53: 1 Co 15:3-4; Ro 8:1-9; 3:21-26; 1 Pe 1:13-21; Gal 5:16-26)

6 The Church

Nature of the church an its purpose

We believe that Christ is the head of the church which is His body. The church is one and it consists of all who have been regenerated by the Holy Spirit through faith in Jesus Christ, for worship, fellowship and the advancement of the Gospel. We believe in the local church, the tangible and geographical manifestation of the church universal, a congregation of baptised believers bound together by covenant to accomplish the will and the work of God, making disciples of all nations.

(Mt 28:18-20; Ac 1:8; 2:42-47; 2 Co 5:8; Eph 4:15-16)

7 Ordinances

Nature of the ordinances and its purpose

We believe that water baptism and the Lord's Supper are ordinances to be observed by the church. Baptism portrays the union of the believer with the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The Lord's Supper is a continuing memorial of the broken body and shed blood of Christ and also the anticipation of His return. They are, however, not to be regarded as a means of salvation.

(Mt 3:15-16, 26:26-30; 28:19-20, Ac 2:41-42; 8:37-38; 1 Co 11:23-26)

8 The Second Coming of Christ

The reality of the eternal future

We believe in the personal and imminent coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. We believe in the bodily resurrection of the dead of the believer to everlasting blessedness and joy with the Lord; of the unbeliever to judgment and everlasting punishment, separated from God.

(Mt 25:46; 1 Co 15:50-58; 1 Th 4:13-18; Rev 20:4-6, 11-15)