Our Beliefs

We are followers of Jesus who have come to love and treasure the Bible, God’s word. From the Bible we have developed these core beliefs and values, which structure and shape how we live as a community and within our family of churches, Sovereign Grace Churches. We are a confessional family of churches, which means that all Pastors adhere to and advocate for the doctrines taught in our Statement of Faith (see below).

 

1. We are Reformed

Scripture presents the all-glorious, triune God as the source and end of all things, sovereignly working all things according to His will, including our salvation, to display His immeasurable grace and glory (Ephesians 1:3-14). God’s sovereign grace in salvation humbles us, fills us with gratitude, and compels us to worship Him and share the message of His grace with all people. We join in the Reformation heritage, believing the Bible is the true word of God, revealing that salvation is in Christ alone, through faith alone, by grace alone, to the glory of God alone.

2. We are Gospel-Centred

We believe that the gospel - the good news of God’s saving activity in Jesus Christ - is the pinnacle of His redemptive acts, the centre of the Bible’s story, and the essential message for our faith, life, and witness (1 Cor. 15:1-5). We are committed to preaching the gospel, singing the gospel, praying the gospel, and building our church upon the gospel. Our ultimate hope in all that we do is not our plans and labours, but the perfect life, substitutionary death, victorious resurrection, and glorious ascension of Jesus Christ.

3. We are Missional

Our gospel-centrality entails not only treasuring the gospel personally but sharing it passionately. The risen Christ commissioned His church to make disciples of all nations (Matt. 28:18-20). We believe that commission falls to us and to all believers, and so we are eager to pursue this mission, relying fully on the Holy Spirit, to see the gospel proclaimed, lives changed, and more churches planted throughout the world, so that God may be glorified among every tribe, language, people, and nation.

 

4. We are Continuationist

With the outpouring of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, God’s purpose to dwell among His people entered a new era (Acts 2:1-21). We believe the Holy Spirit desires to continually fill each believer with increased power for the Christian life and witness, including the giving of His supernatural gifts for the building up of the church and for various works of ministry in the world. To be more precise we are “continuationist” rather than “cessationist”, and fit broadly in the Charismatic and Reformed movement.

5. We Are Complementarian

We believe it was God’s glorious plan to create men and women in His image, giving them equal dignity and value in His sight, while appointing differing and complementary roles for them within the home and the church (Genesis 1:26–28; Ephesians 5:22–33; 1 Timothy 2:8–15). Because these roles give different expressions to God’s image in humanity, they should be valued and pursued in joy and faith. As the redeemed community of God, the church has a unique opportunity and responsibility to celebrate this complementarity, to contend for it against cultural hostility, and to protect it from sinful distortions.

We believe the Danvers Statement on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood is a great summary of this, as well as the Nashville Statement. We know these are contentious truths but we love them. Feel free too chat with the Pastors with any questions you have.

6. We Are Family

We believe that the unity for which Jesus prayed among His people should find concrete expression among believers and churches. Indeed, the New Testament testifies to a vibrant interdependence among churches in the first century (John 17:20–21; Acts 16:4–5; 1 Corinthians 11:16; Galatians 2:7–10).

We seek to express a similar interdependence through our common fellowship, mission, and governance. Our fellowship extends beyond mere denominational affiliation; we are committed to applying the gospel together in relationships that foster mutual encouragement, care, and a glad pursuit of Christlikeness.

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