Basis of Faith
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We hold
uncompromisingly to the five pillars
heralded by the Protestant Reformation. |
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Sola Scriptura
- The Bible alone is the infallible and inerrant Word of God. |
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'It is
not the church's business to make truth, alter truth or improve truth, but
rather to receive it, stand firm upon it, contend earnestly for it, preach
it, adorn it with holy living,
and - if necessary - die for it.'
('The Lamb
is all the Glory', a commentary on Revelation by Richard Brooks - Welwyn
Commentary Series, p.24.) |
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The
Scriptures
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We
hold to the great doctrines of the Reformation in matters concerning
the salvation of men. We are a local church that acknowledges the
supreme authority of Holy Scripture. In issues concerning faith and
practice the Scripture is our sole authority. Should doctrine or
actions be contrary to the Bible then no matter who is promoting
them, no matter what clever arguments are produced in favour of
them, we cannot with good conscience endorse them. We desire to have
our consciences bound by the Word of God. We are not governed by
tradition, the opinion of man, sentiment, or by pragmatism, but the
Word of God alone. Our Pastor preaches in accordance with the
1689 Baptist Confession of Faith
as a good and accurate summary of the sound doctrine found in the
Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments.
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Preaching
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We
believe that the preaching of the Bible must have the central place in our
services. We are convinced that nothing can or should take the place of
the preaching of the Word. In these days of increasing usage of
multi-media equipment, emphasis on musical programmes and drama, we desire
to stress the significance of the preaching of the Word of God. Since the
receiving of the Word of God is of utmost importance we consider the
singing of hymns and prayer of the corporate assembly as means of
preparing one's heart for the preaching and yet they are in themselves
legitimate means through which we render praise and worship to God.
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The Doctrines
of Grace
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We
are in no doubt as to the beauty of the teaching regarding God’s Free
and Sovereign Grace. Of ourselves we could never aspire to His great plan
of salvation. And yet, before the foundation of the world our salvation
was fixed in the mind of God and through the work of the effectual calling
of the Holy Spirit we were brought into the Family of God. His work of
redemption shall continue and will be fully realised when we stand before
His Throne.
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Evangelism
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We
believe in the necessity and responsibility of evangelism. We have
no more liking for Hyper-Calvinism than we have for Arminianism. We
do not believe that there is any inconsistency between God's
sovereignty in the salvation of His chosen people and His command to preach the gospel to every creature. We believe that in
evangelism as in everything else, the Word of God must govern us. |
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Worship
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We
have a serious approach to worship. The God we worship is a God of
majesty, glory and holiness. We believe that when we come together to
worship this great and glorious God of the Bible, we ought to do so with
reverence and a wholesome fear of God. We feel there must be joy as well,
but it must be a joy that is a joy in God, not mere emotionalism and
sentimentality manufactured by a cleverly created atmosphere, but a joy
arising out of the knowledge of the Lord imparted by the Word through the
Scriptures and controlled by reverence. We believe that there is a world
of difference between a "dead" service and a serious spiritual
service. Because of this desire for serious worship, we believe anything
that would detract from serious worship must not be allowed among us.
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