What We Believe

SECTION 1: The Scriptures Inspired.

We believe the WORD OF GOD as contained in the Holy Bible is inerrant in its’ content, absolute in its’ authority and complete in its’ revelation.

Psalm 688:11; II Timothy 3:16-17; II Peter 1:20-21

 

SECTION 2: The One True Godhead.

We believe in ONE GOD, existing in three persons (Trinity or Tri-unity). God the Father, God the Word/Son/Jesus and God the Holy Ghost.

Genesis 1:1-3; St. John 15:25; II Corinthians 13:14; I John 5:7

 

SECTION 3: The Deity & Lordship of Jesus Christ

We believe in the DEITY and LORDSHIP of Jesus Christ that He is God in the flesh, the Lamb that takes away the sin of the world and Lord over the Church.

Isaiah 7:14; St Matthew 1:23; St. John 1:14, 29; Colossians 1:18

 

SECTION 4: Man, His Fall & Redemption

We believe in man, his fall and redemption through Jesus Christ. We believe that man was made in the image and likeness of God, through disobedience, man fell from the grace of God and is redeemed by the grace of God.

Genesis 1:26-31; Genesis 3:1-7; Romans 5:6-21

 

SECTION 5: Salvation of Mankind

We believe in the SALVATION of mankind through confessed faith. You confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has resurrected Him and live according to the confession of your faith.

Romans 10:9-10; I Corinthians 15:1-4;I Timothy 4:12-16

 

SECTION 6: Water Baptism

We believe that WATER BAPTISM is a rite of the Church, that is an outward expression of an inward experience, and that it shows that the believer is dead to sin, that the old man has been buried with Christ and it shows that he (the believer) has been resurrected in the newness of life.

Romans 6:3-4; I Peter 3:21; Acts 2:38

 

SECTION 7: Baptism of the Holy Ghost

We believe in the BAPTISM of the HOLY GHOST, and that it is subsequent to salvation, a necessity for every believer, essential for kingdom building, and is accompanied initially by the evidence of other/unknown tongues.

Acts 19:2; Acts 2:4; Romans 8:9; Acts 1:8; Acts 10:46; I Corinthians 14:2

 

SECTION 8: Holy Communion & Feet Washing

We believe in HOLY COMMUNION and FEET WASHING, that these too are rites of the church, and they show that you are one with Christ, that you believe in and walk according to His teachings and that you partake in this rite, to commemorate His death.

St. John 13:4-15; I Corinthians 11:23-28; St. Luke 22:19

 

SECTION 9: Church Fellowship

We believe CHURCH FELLOWSHIP is essential for spiritual growth, a command of God to corporately worship together, and an assembly ordained of God to increase knowledge and strength.

I Peter 2:1-2: Hebrews 10:25; Acts 2:41-44; Acts 20:27-23

 

SECTION 10: Total Prosperity

We believe TOTAL PROSPERITY [III John 1:]

to be Spiritual, [St. John 3:3; II Corinthians 5:17-21; Romans 10:9-10]

Mental, [Isaiah 26:3; Romans 12:1-2; II Timothy 1:7]

Physical. [Isaiah 53:4-5; St. Matthew 8:17,1 Peter 2:24]

Financial [Deuteronomy28:1-14; Malachi 3:10-11; St. Luke 6:33; II Corinthians 9:6-10]

and Social [Proverbs 3:3-4; Hebrews 12:14; I Timothy 2:1-4].

 

SECTION 11: The Law of Giving.

We believe that GIVING is the highest manifestation of love. For God so loved the world, that He gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

St John 3:16

The Law of Giving as instituted by God is a precedent for mankind to live an abundant life as God has promised. Through faith, God has commanded His people to tithe and bring offerings. As Abraham believed God and it was accounted to him for righteousness (for he brought tithes of all unto Melchizedek), we believe, since tithing and offerings precede the Law of Moses, it is therefore an act of faith and not simply obedience to Jewish custom. Tithe and offering is inherent in the Law of Giving, which is an integral part of our worship, and the command of God that is evidentiary of our faith and obedience to the Word of God.

Genesis 14:18-20: Genesis 18:19; Genesis 26:12; Galatians 3:6-9,14-18

To withhold the tithe and offering is an abomination to the Lord that invokes a curse, not only upon the individual, but also upon their household and upon the entire congregation.

Malachi 3:8-9; Deuteronomy 28:15-20; Joshua 6:17-19

(a) Tithe – The tenth part of agricultural or personal income set apart as an offering to God. The tithe is sacred and separate, belonging wholly to God and is the first tenth of all increase. In observing and keeping the Law of Giving [through tithing] postures the doer to participate in the manifold blessings promised by God.

Malachi: 3:10-12: Proverbs 3:9-10: Deuteronomy 28:1-14, St Lute 6:38

(b) Offering -An act of worship presented to God, of the remaining aggregate of our substance, with a cheerful spirit and a willing heart. The offering is not of equal gift, but rather of equal sacrifice. The offering, comprised of your substance and your increase, should represent the escalating increase of the individual giver.

Exodus 25.1-2; St. Luke 21:1-4; II Corinthians 9:6-11; Phillippians 4:10,15-19

 

SECTION 12: The Great Commission

We believe the GREAT COMMISSION of the church is to go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature, make disciples of believers and to establish the Kingdom of God on earth.

St. Matthew 28:18-20; Acts 1:8; Si. John 4:1; Revelation 11:15

 

SECTION 13: The Blessed Hope

We believe that Jesus is coming again to gather all His saints to Heaven, which is the rapture of The Church.

I Corinthians 15:51-52; I Thessalonians 3:13:1 Thessalonians 4:16-17; II Thessalonians 2:1

 

SECTION 14: The Millennial Reign of Jesus

We believe in the return of our Lord Jesus Christ with His Saints from Heaven to rule and reign for one thousand years on earth as the Scriptures promised (Revelation 20:1-6). After this, there shall be a new heaven and a new earth (Revelation 21:1-2).

 

SECTION 15: Hell & The Lake of Fire

We believe those who die and have not accepted the redemptive work of Jesus Christ will suffer and be tormented in the flames of hell where there is weeping and gnashing of teeth and eternal separation from God

Psalm 9:17; Isaiah 5:14; St. Matthew 10:28; St. Matthew 25.41; St Luke 18:23

The devil and his angels, the beast and the false prophet, and anyone whose name was not found written in the Book of Life, shall be consigned to everlasting punishment in the lake of fire, which bums with brimstone. This is the second death, the lake of fire.

St. John 5:28-29: Revelation 19:20; Revelation 20:10-15

SECTION 16: Lifestyle of the Believer

(a) FAMILY (I Timothy 5:8)

God’s order of the Family:

Marriage – covenant or union between one man and one woman.

St. Matthew 19:4-6; Genesis 2:24; Hebrews 13:4

Husband – responsible for the spiritual & financial development of the home; he is to love his wife as Christ loved the Church; rear children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord and provide for the household.

Ephesians 5:25, 28-29; Ephesians 6:4; I Timothy 5:8; I Peter 3:7-9

Wife – responsible for the development of a peaceful and loving home; she reveres and is submitted to her husband; she rears children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

Proverbs 14:1; Proverbs 31:27-29; Ephesians 5:22-24, 33; I Peter 3:1-6

Children – are to honor and obey their parents; conduct themselves in a manner, which reveres God.

Exodus 20:12: Ecclesiastes 12:1; Ephesians 6:1-3; I Timothy 4:12

(b) CHRISTIAN ETHICS: Believers must practice and exemplify lifestyles and conduct of righteousness, honesty and integrity; having a good report, distinguishing a spiritual and moral deference.

Romans 12:9-13,17; Romans 16:17-13; Ephesians 4:22-24; III John 1:11; Proverbs 11:1-3; Proverbs 16:2; Proverbs 20:7; Proverbs 22:1

(c) OBEDIENCE TO CIVIL LAW (as it coincides with the Scriptures).

Proverbs 21:30; Romans 13:1-7; Matthew 22:20-21; Acts 4:19; Acts 5:29

(d) OVERCOMING THE WORKS OF THE FLESH/SIN:

Adultery

Romans 7:13; Galatians 5:16; 19-21; St. Matthew 5:27-28; I Corinthians 6:9-11

Fornication

I Corinthians 6:18-20:I Corinthians 7:2; II Timothy 2:22; I Thessalonians 4.1-4; Ephesians 5:3-5

Drinking (Alcohol Consumption); Drugs

Proverbs 20-1; Proverbs 23:20-21, 29-32; I Corinthians 6:10; Ephesians 5:18

Smoking

I Corinthians 3:16-17:I Corinthians 6:19-20; II Corinthians 7:1

Homosexuality, Gay Life-Style, Lesbianism, Tran sexuality (Transgender), Bi-Sexuality & Transvestism and the like

Leviticus 13:22-24; Leviticus 20:13; Deuteronomy 23:17-18; St. Matthew 10:15; St. Matthew 11:22-23; Romans 1:26-29; I Corinthians 6:9-10

Sexual Perversions (included but not limited to pedophilia, beastiality, incest, etc.)

Leviticus 20:1 5-16; Romans 1:22-32; Colossians 3:5

SECTION 17: Idolatry/Idolatrous Practice

We believe the practice of idolatry is a sin; idolatry is the worship or divine honour paid to any created object or being. We believe any form of syncretism is idolatry. We believe the God of the bible is to be worshipped in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, giving thanks to God our Father, by Him through the Holy Spirit.

Exodus 20:3-5, St. Matthew 4:10; Acts 17:16, 22-31, Colossians 3:17, I John 5:21, Revelation 21:8

Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.

1 John 3:9

Whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.

1 John 5:4