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the full, divine inspiration of the Bible and the supreme authority of both Old and New Testaments, which are the written Word of God – fully trustworthy and sufficient for faith and conduct; the reliability of the New Testament in its testimony to the character, authorship and interpretation of the Old Testament; and our need of the Holy Spirit for a true and spiritual understanding of the whole Bible.
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the Trinity: there is one God, but in three Persons – God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit; the unity of the Godhead and their divine co-existence and co-equality; and the love, grace and sovereignty of the Triune God in creation, providence and redemption.
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the sinfulness [total depravity] of all people as a consequence of the Fall and which incurs divine wrath and judgement; therefore, the need for all people to be born again [regeneration/conversion].
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the Lord Jesus Christ who has always existed as a Person in the Godhead, but was born of the Virgin Mary and became fully man; therefore, his true and proper deity and his real and perfect manhood; the authority of his teaching and the infallibility of his words; his sinless life; his atoning sacrifice on the cross: dying in our place, paying the price of sin and defeating evil, so reconciling us with God; his bodily resurrection and his ascension into heaven; and his present priestly intercession for his people at the Father’s right hand, as the only Saviour of the world.
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the justification of sinners through the forgiveness of sins solely by the grace of God through faith in Christ.
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the Holy Spirit who brings a person to faith in Christ through his work of illumination, conviction of sin, repentance, new birth and sanctification; he lives in the Christian believer and distributes his gifts to every believer to enable them to contribute to the spiritual welfare and effective ministry of the local church.
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the Church which, as the body of Christ, comprises believers throughout the world, but which has numerous local expressions; new birth and personal confession of Christ as essentials for church membership; the priesthood of all believers.
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the ordinances of water baptism for believers by total immersion and the Lord’s Supper [Communion], symbolising the body and blood of Christ, in remembrance of his sacrificial death until he returns.
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the personal and visible return of Jesus Christ in power and glory.
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the resurrection of the body and the final judgment of all people, both the living and the dead; heaven and hell - the eternal blessedness of the redeemed in the presence of God and the eternal condemnation and separation from God of the lost; a new heaven and earth.
