What We Teach

These are the main things our church believes and teaches. Each point lists Bible passages, so you can read them for yourself.

1. The Bible

   We believe the Bible is God’s Word to us. The Holy Spirit moved human authors to write all 66 books of the Old and New Testaments. It is without error and is the final authority for what we believe and how we live. It never goes out of date, and it teaches, comforts, encourages and directs us in everyday life.

   Ps 19:7–11; Ps 119:160; 1 Cor 2:7–13; 2 Tim 3:16; 2 Pet 1:20–21

2. One God

   We believe there is one true God, who exists eternally as three Persons: the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.

   Deut 6:4; Isa 45:5–7; Matt 28:19; 2 Cor 13:14

3. God the Father

   We believe God the Father rules over the whole universe. He made all things, holds all things together and governs all things.

   Gen 1:1–31; Ps 103:19; Rom 11:36; 1 Cor 8:6

4. Jesus Christ

   We believe Jesus Christ is fully God and fully man. He was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary, uniting a divine and a human nature in one person. By dying on the cross He accomplished our redemption, and on the third day He rose from the dead, defeating death.

   Luke 1:35; John 1:14; Acts 2:30–33; Rom 3:24–25; 1 Pet 2:24

5. The Holy Spirit

   We believe the Holy Spirit carries out God’s will in the world. He convicts people of sin and glorifies Jesus. He gives new birth so that people can believe and be saved, and He keeps working in believers to make them more like Christ.

   John 3:5–7; John 16:7–9; Rom 8:9; 2 Cor 3:18; Eph 2:22

6. Humanity

   We believe God made every person in His image, to worship Him. Through Adam’s disobedience sin entered the world. Everyone has sinned against God in thought, word and deed, lives under spiritual and physical death, and cannot turn back to God on their own. Our only hope is God’s grace in Jesus Christ. Those He saves are restored to a life of worshiping God.

   Gen 1:26–27; Gen 3:1–19; Isa 43:7; Rom 3:23; Rom 6:23; Eph 2:1–10

7. Salvation

   We believe salvation is by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone. On the cross Jesus took the punishment we deserved for rebelling against God. No one can save themselves by good works or any other way. Everyone who trusts in Jesus is forgiven, brought back to God, adopted as His child, and promised eternal life with Him.

   John 1:12; Acts 2:38; Rom 8:14–17; Eph 2:8–10; 1 Pet 1:18–19; 1 Pet 3:18

8. The Church

   We believe God calls every Christian to belong to a local church: believers in one place who meet regularly to worship together. Joining a church means committing to love and serve its members by encouraging one another, strengthening one another’s faith, and caring for one another in practical ways.

   Acts 2:42; Rom 12:3–16; Eph 4:11–16; Heb 10:24–25

9. Angels

   We believe God created angels to serve and worship Him, carry His messages and help believers. Demons are fallen angels: evil, deceptive and powerful, yet still under the authority and power of Jesus Christ.

   Matt 8:29; Luke 2:9–14; Luke 7:21; 1 Tim 4:1; Heb 1:6–7, 14; Rev 1:1–3

10. The Last Things

    We believe Jesus Christ will come again and set up His kingdom of justice, peace and righteousness. He will defeat Satan for good and make a new heaven and a new earth, where there is no more sin, sorrow or sickness. Believers will live there with God, worshiping and enjoying Him forever.

    Matt 25:41; 2 Pet 3:10; Rev 20:1–10; Rev 21:1–8

11. Marriage and Sexuality

    We believe God designed marriage as a lifelong covenant between one man and one woman, a picture of Christ’s love for the church. God intends sexual intimacy only between a husband and wife within marriage.

    Gen 1:27–28; Gen 2:23–24; Rom 1:24–28; 1 Cor 6:9–10; Eph 5:22–33; 1 Thess 4:1–8

12. Gender

    We believe God created Adam and Eve in His image, male and female, equal in worth before Him and distinct from each other. This distinction is part of God’s good design from the beginning, given for the blessing and joy of the people He made.

    Gen 1:27–28; Deut 22:5; 1 Cor 6:9–10