Basis of Faith
All committee members are
required to subscribe to the following statement,
summarising the major doctrines of Scripture which are
essential to a proper understanding of the Christian
faith.
- The sovereignty of God the Father, God the Son
and God the Holy Spirit in creation, providence,
revelation, redemption and final judgement
- The divine inspiration of Holy Scripture and its
consequent entire trustworthiness and supreme
authority in all matters of faith and conduct
- The universal sinfulness and guilt of fallen
human beings, making them subject to God's wrath
and condemnation
- The substitutionary atonement of the incarnate
Son of God as the sole and all-sufficient ground
of redemption from the guilt and power of sin and
its eternal consequences
- The justification of the sinner solely by the
grace of God through faith in Christ crucified
and risen from the dead
- The illumination, regeneration, indwelling,
empowering and sanctifying work of the Holy
Spirit
- The priesthood of all believers who form the
universal Church, the Body of which Christ is the
Head, and which is committed by His command to
the proclamation of the Gospel throughout the
world
- The expectation of the personal, visible return
of the Lord Jesus Christ in power and glory