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members of the Church hold to the Creeds of the church,
known as Apostles, Nicene and Athanasian Creeds and have
a common Statement of Faith in that they believe in:
God the Father,
our creator, redeemer and sustainer, the fountainhead
of grace in which we live and find our identity.
God the Son,
Jesus Christ who has perfectly revealed the Father to
us.
God the Holy
Spirit who communicates to us the Truth of the Father
by showing us the Son.
The Triune
God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
The perfect
humanity and atoning death of our Lord Jesus Christ who,
being raised from the dead and present with the Father,
is lord of the universe.
The amazing
grace of the Father who made it possible for sinful humanity,
being altogether dead to Him in sin since the Fall and
subject to His wrath and condemnation, to be made His
children through the gifts of repentance and faith.
Further
to this the members of the Church believe :
That man's
justification, sanctification and glorification were accomplished
by the Son on the cross and are received by us through
faith alone.
That by faith,
evoked by the Holy Spirit's regeneration, we may live
as God's family, freed from the power and pollution of
our sin and empowered to serve God.
That in the
Lord's Supper and in Baptism our Lord has given to all
who believe two visible ordinances showing the nature
of his saving grace.
In the people
of God called the Church, the body of Christ, of which
we are part and over which our Lord is the sovereign head.
That all who
are members of the church are one in Christ.
In the personal
return of our Lord, in his risen power and glory, to judge
the living and the dead.
In the divine
inspiration of all Holy Scripture and in its authority
and sufficiency to guide us in our faith and all our relationships.
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