Our Doctrine

Our Doctrine is deliberately only one page long and will always be secondary to the Bible; we are required to have one by the Charity Commision and it outlines our core beliefs.

Members of the fellowship accept the revelation of God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, given in the Scriptures in the Old and new Testaments. They assert the following doctrines which they regard as crucial to the understanding of the faith and which should issue in mutual love, practical service and evangelistic action:

  The sovereignty of God in creation, revelation, redemption and final judgement.

  The divine inspiration of the Holy Scriptures and their consequent entire trustworthiness and supreme authority in all matters of faith and conduct.

  The universal sinfulness of fallen man, making him subject to God's judgement.

  The substitutionary sacrifice of the Lord Jesus Christ as the sole and all sufficient ground of redemption from the guilt and power of sin and from its eternal consequences.

  The bodily resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ and His ascension into Heaven, where He is now seated at the right hand of the Father.

  Salvation as the gift of God, brought to man by grace and received by personal faith and union with the Lord Jesus Christ.

  The illuminating, regenerating, indwelling and sanctifying work of God the Holy Spirit, who empowers the believer to use spiritual gifts for the carrying out of the work of the Lord Jesus Christ.

  The priesthood of all believers, who form the universal church, which is the Body of Christ and which is committed to the proclamation of the Gospel under the authority of Christ, who is the Head of the church.

  The expectation of the personal, visible and bodily return of the Lord Jesus Christ in power and glory.