What We Believe

We believe that the story of the world can be summarised in five points:

  • Creation In the beginning, God made the universe and all of its living creatures. God also created humankind in His own likeness to be the crowning jewel of all creation, to be His representatives on earth, and to worship and enjoy Him forever.

  • Fall Human beings decided to disobey God. We thus broke our relationship with God, with each other, and with the rest of creation. Suffering and death entered the world as punishment for our rebellion. The human race began worshipping things that are not God and became enslaved to all kinds of evil.

  • Redemption – God did not abandon the world to utter destruction but granted mercy and forgiveness, pointing us to the only way of salvation, which is through faith in Him. Still, God’s justice required that full payment be made for human sins. Therefore, in the fullness of time, out of divine love, God sent His only begotten Son Jesus to die as a sacrifice for sins and then to be raised to life on the third day, so that those who believe in Him would not perish but would share in His everlasting life.

  • Renewal – The death and resurrection of Jesus Christ ushers in a new creation. Those who put their faith in Him experience a transformation of their hearts and lives through the supernatural work of the Holy Spirit. We are gathered into a community to worship God and to spread the good news of Christ’s redemption through our words and our actions. God uses us, His people, not only as recipients of renewal but also as agents of renewal. God has not abandoned His good creation but in Christ and through Christ is renewing all aspects of creation that were corrupted by the fall.

  • Consummation – One day, Jesus will return as king and judge of the universe and will bring the renewal of our world to perfection. Those who have trusted in Him will then enjoy eternal life and fellowship with Him forever.

Our beliefs are determined by the Bible, a collection of 66 books which we recognize as the true and inerrant words of God. We also believe that the Apostles’ Creed (see below), the Nicene Creed, and the Westminster Standards are faithful summaries of what the Bible teaches.

 


The Apostles' Creed

I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth.

I believe in Jesus Christ, his only begotten Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; he descended into hell. The third day he rose again from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from there he shall come to judge the living and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy universal church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting.

Amen.