The motto, "In
essentials, unity; in non-essentials, liberty; in all things,
charity,” defines our heart
attitude. The key fundamental is a personal experience of salvation
through Jesus Christ. All who have accepted Jesus Christ as Saviour
and Lord and have been born again can become members and be received
into the fellowship of the church. The members of the church come
from a rich variety of church and un-churched backgrounds. We
hold to same key fundamentals, such as the deity of Christ, the
trinity, salvation through faith, etc. of the Christian faith
held by all main denominations. Everyone regardless of background
or belief is warmly welcome to our services.
As a Pentecostal/Charismatic Church we accept the reliability
of the Bible as the inspired Word of God, that Salvation is through
belief in the death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ,
who we also acknowledge as the Healer of the body and the Baptiser
in the Holy Spirit, which we believe is a present-day experience
for all believers. We believe that all the gifts of the Holy Spirit
are for the Church today and that those who are born of the Spirit
should grow in the fruit of the Spirit. We also believe in the
personal return of Jesus Christ who will receive to Himself the
Church and reign in power and glory.
Our beliefs are encapsulated
by the following fundamentals of the Elim Pentecostal Church movement,
of which we are a part:
THE BIBLE
We believe the Bible, as originally
given, to be without error, the fully inspired and infallible
Word of God and the supreme and final authority in all matters
of faith and conduct.
THE TRINITY
We believe that the Godhead exists co-equally and co-eternally
in three persons Father, Son and Holy Spirit and that these three
are one God, sovereign in creation, providence and redemption.
THE SAVIOUR
We believe in the true and proper
deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His real
and complete humanity, in His sinless life, in His authoritative
teaching, in His substitutionary and atoning sacrifice through
His shed blood, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to
the right hand of the Father, in His heavenly
THE HOLY SPIRIT
We believe in the deity of the Holy
Spirit who proceeds from the Father and the Son and the necessity
of His work in conviction of sin, repentance, regeneration and
sanctification, and that the believer is also promised an enduement
of power as the gift of Christ through the baptism in the Holy
Spirit with signs following. Through this enduement the believer
is empowered for fuller participation in the ministry of the Church,
its worship, evangelism and service.
MANKIND
We believe in the universal sinfulness
of all men since the Fall, rendering man subject to God's wrath
and condemnation.
SALVATION
We believe in the necessity for salvation of the repentance towards
God and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ by which the sinner is
pardoned and accepted as righteous in God's sight. This justification
is imputed by the grace of God because of the atoning work of
Christ, is received by faith alone and is evidenced by the Fruit
of the Spirit and a holy life.
THE CHURCH
We believe in the spiritual unity and the priesthood of all believers
in Christ and these comprise the universal Church, the Body of
Christ.
THE MINISTRY
We believe in the ministries that
Christ has set in His Church, namely, apostles, prophets, evangelists,
pastors and teachers, and in the present operation of the manifold
Gifts of the Holy Spirit according to the New Testament.
THE ORDINANCES
We believe in the baptism of believers
by immersion in water in obedience to the command of Christ and
in the commemoration of Christ's death by the observance of the
Lord's Supper until His return.
THE COMMISSION
We believe that the gospel embraces the needs of the whole man
and that the Church is therefore commissioned to preach the gospel
to the world and to fulfil a ministry of healing and deliverance
to the spiritual and physical needs of mankind.
THE COMING KING
We believe in the personal, physical and visible return of the
Lord Jesus Christ to reign in power and glory.
THE FUTURE STATE
We believe in the resurrection of
the dead and in the final judgement of the world, the eternal
conscious bliss of the righteous and the eternal conscious punishment
of the wicked.