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There is only one God in Trinity - Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. From eternity to eternity he is the sovereign and loving Creator, Judge, and Redeemer. He alone is to be worshipped and served above all else.

• Deuteronomy 6:4
• Psalm 90:2
• Psalm 103
• 2 Corinthians 13:14
• Revelation 4:11

The 66 books of the Old and New Testaments are God's Word. They are inspired by God, completely truthful and trustworthy as originally given, and have supreme authority in all matters of faith, conduct, and experience.

• Luke 24:25-27
• 2 Timothy 3:16-17
• 2 Peter 3:16

Men and women together are created in the image of God and are completely equal in worth and dignity. Our gender is part of God's good design and is not interchangeable. Our sexuality is a good gift from God and is to be enjoyed only in the covenant relationship of a one man, one woman marriage relationship voluntarily entered into for life.

• Genesis 1:26-27
• Matthew 19:4-5
• Galatians 3:26-29
• Hebrews 13:4

Humanity is universally sinful since the Fall and are all guilty before God. Left to ourselves, we are justly under God's wrath and deserving of eternal condemnation.

• Matthew 25:41
• Romans 1:18-32, 3:10-12, 23

Jesus Christ was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. He is both fully God and fully human. He lived a perfect and sinless life but died on the cross in our place as a once for all sacrifice for our sins, turning God's wrath away from us. On the third day he was raised bodily from the dead and now reigns in heaven as Lord of all. From there he will return to judge the living and the dead and usher in the new creation.

• 1 Corinthians 15:1-8
• 2 Corinthians 5:21
• Philippians 2:6-11
• Colossians 1:15-19
• 1 Peter 3:18
• 2 Peter 3:10-13

It is only through Jesus Christ that humanity can be saved from the guilt, penalty, and power of sin. A person is saved when they are born again by the work of the Holy Spirit, and by his power repent of their sins, put their trust in Jesus Christ, and follow Christ as Lord. Salvation is by grace alone, through faith alone, not by good works. The final goal of salvation is the bodily resurrection from the dead of all God's people so that they might live and reign eternally with Christ in a new creation.

• Ephesians 2:8-10
• 1 Thessalonians 1:8-10, 4:13-18
• 1 Timothy 2:5
• Titus 3:5
• Revelation 20:6

The Holy Spirit is co-equal with God the Father and the Son and indwells all who have been born again and saved. He brings glory to Jesus and illuminates hearts and minds to hear and obey God's Word. He produces holiness and good works in God's people. He empowers and gifts all believers for service and ministry, for the building up of Christ's body, the church, and as a witness to the world.

• John 14:25-26, 15:26, 16:7-11
• Romans 8:5-13
• 1 Corinthians 12:1-11
• 2 Corinthians 3:12-18

The church is the gathering of God's people around the Lord Jesus. The local church is the visible expression of the heavenly and universal church, and as the body of Christ is key to God's saving purposes for his world and to the growth and flourishing of his people.

The local church submits to Jesus as its Chief Shepherd, and is governed by God's Word and Spirit through its own converted, baptised, and committed members, while overseen and led by qualified, godly, and ordained ministers (also called pastors). It meets regularly for worship, prayer, hearing of God's Word, mutual edification, the sacraments of baptism and holy communion, and church discipline, in order that God's people might be sent into the world for the purpose of service and mission.

• Matthew 16:18, 28:18-20
• Acts 2:42-47, 20:28
• 1 Corinthians 1:2
• Ephesians 1:22-23, 3:10-11, 4:11-16
• Hebrews 12:22-24

We believe in one God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, who designed sex as part of His loving plan for humanity, and whose will for sexual integrity is clearly revealed in Holy Scripture.

We believe God created each person in His image as male or female, and any person’s attempt to deny or change this distorts God’s good design.

We believe God blesses sexual intimacy solely between a man and a woman within the holy covenant of marriage, a life-giving mystery that reflects Christ’s love for His church.

We believe God calls a husband and wife to be fruitful and multiply, that every life is sacred, and that children are precious to God and must be protected from sexualisation.

We believe God calls all people to the joy of living a chaste life, by celibacy in singleness and faithfulness in marriage, and that His commands are given for the common good.

We believe sexual activities outside these bounds are sins which grieve God’s heart, injure others, and enslave people to idolatry.

We believe our bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, that Christ calls and empowers us to repent from all sin, including sexual sin, that His mercy abounds to forgive and restore, and that by living with sexual integrity we glorify God and humbly embrace His wise and loving plan for human life.

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