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Our Beliefs
As a Church, in all matters of faith and conduct our primary authority is The Word of God. However because many interpret the Bible in different ways we belief the Savoy Declaration of faith to be an accurate statement of the truth of God's word. The Savoy is virtually identical with the Westminster Confession of Faith and Order. Copies of these may be obtained from the Church Officers. Our beliefs can be described as Evangelical and Reformed. Evangelical because we believe that the Bible is the Word of God and that it is the only authority for all our faith and practice. We believe that salvation is by the grace of God alone and through faith alone in the Lord Jesus Christ, who suffered the penalty for our sins by dying in our place. We believe that apart from the Lord Jesus Christ there is no other Saviour and that, without Him, men and women remain guilty, lost and bound for hell. Reformed because we believe those doctrines which are sometimes called Calvinistic but which we would prefer to call the Biblical doctrines of grace. At the heart of these great truths is the fact that God is absolutely sovereign in every realm including our salvation. It is He who by His Spirit convicts us of sin, gives us repentance and faith, sanctifies us and enables us to persevere in the faith. This does not, however, reduce human responsibility in the slightest degree.Whilst agreeing together on the great essentials of the Faith, we agree to differ and to respect one another’s convictions on other important but secondary matters. Amongst these we place baptism, so we provide for both the baptism of adult believers, and the children of believing parents who wish their children to be baptised. This is one way in which we implement the Biblical teaching about the unity of all true believers.
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________________________ "But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God--and righteousness and sanctification and redemption" (1 Corinthians 1 v30) |