The Holy Bible, divinely inspired by God and written by men, is God’s revelation of Himself to mankind. All Scripture is true, without error, and unchanging. Scripture reveals God’s expectations and redemptive plan for the nations. Scripture is the supreme standard for human conduct, creeds, and religious opinions. All Scripture is a testimony to Christ, who is Himself the focus of divine revelation. (2 Timothy 3:16)

There is only one living and true God. He is the Creator, Redeemer, Preserver, and Ruler of the universe. God is infinite, holy, and perfect. He is all-powerful and has perfect knowledge of the past, present, and future. We owe God the highest love, reverence, and obedience. God reveals Himself through the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, called the Trinity. (1 John 5:20)

God made mankind in His image and created humans as male and female as the crowning work of His creation. Gender is part of the goodness of God’s design. In the beginning, mankind was innocent of sin but given free will. By his free choice, man sinned against God and brought sin into humanity. Through the temptation of Satan, man transgressed God’s command and fell from innocence. Therefore, humans are incapable of moral action and have become transgressors under condemnation. Only the grace of God can restore man into holy fellowship with God. Christ died for all mankind; therefore, every person of every race possesses full dignity and is worthy of respect and Christian love. (Genesis 1:27)

Salvation is the redemption of mankind and is offered freely to anyone who accepts Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour. Jesus provides redemption through His death on the cross for the sinful world. There is no salvation apart from personal faith in Jesus Christ as Lord. In its broadest sense, salvation includes regeneration, justification, sanctification, and glorification. (Ephesians 1:7; Galations 2:20; Colossians 1:14)

A New Testament church of the Lord Jesus Christ is an autonomous local congregation of baptized believers, associated by covenant in the faith and fellowship of the gospel. This group observes the two ordinances of Christ (Baptism and the Lord’s Supper). Church members are governed by His laws, exercising gifts, rights, and privileges invested in them by His Word to extend the gospel to the ends of the earth. In such a congregation, each member is responsible and accountable to Christ as Lord. Its scriptural officers are pastors, elders, and deacons. While both men and women are gifted for service in the church, the offices of pastor, elders, and deacons are limited to men as qualified by Scripture. The New Testament also speaks of the church as the Body of Christ which includes all ages of the redeemed and believers from every tribe, tongue, people, and nation. (Acts 2:42-47)

Christian baptism is the immersion of a believer in water in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. It is an act of obedience symbolizing the believer’s faith in a crucified, buried, and risen Saviour. It is a symbol of the believer’s death to sin, the burial of the old life, and the resurrection to walk in newness of life in Christ Jesus. It is a testimony to his or her faith in the final resurrection of the dead. As a church ordinance, baptism is a prerequisite to the privileges of church membership and to the Lord’s Supper. (Acts 2:38; Acts 22:16; 1 Peter 3:21)