Independent

We are an independent church, as were all the churches of the New Testament. We are not affiliated with any man-made external organization. Our Head is the Lord Jesus Christ. We fellowship with sister churches of like precious faith and practice, and support missionaries sent forth by the authority of such churches.

We affirm without apology the doctrines frequently identified as the “Fundamentals of the Faith,” which include the deity, virgin birth, sinless life, substitutionary death, bodily resurrection, and imminent return of Jesus Christ. We reject, however, the prevalent concept that other doctrines clearly taught in God’s Word are “non-essentials.” Christ said:“Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven.” (Matt. 5:19) We see the importance of all that is taught in the scriptures and seek to walk by faith in obediance to all God's Word dictates.

We believe that God loved his elect with an everlasting love and that they are redeemed, quickened, and saved, not by themselves, nor through their own works, but only and wholly by God, of His own free grace and mercy. We believe that God will unfailingly call His elect unto Himself and bring them to belief in the glorious gospel of Jesus Christ.

We believe that we are responsible to do our part in ensuring that the gospel is carried throughout the world. We are opposed to cheap or high pressure methods of evangelism, and to the preaching of easy-believism, which neglects the essential of Biblical repentance. We believe that it is impossible for one to accept Christ as Savior while rejecting Him as Lord.

We believe in the imminent, bodily return of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. We hold to the biblical teaching of a general resurrection and a general judgement that will occur at the return of Christ, where those who are saved will be resurrected to eternal life and those who have rebelled against God will be swept away into eternal judgment. We believe that Christ is on the Throne of David ruling and reigning from Heaven (NOW).

We believe that Christians should bring forth the fruits of salvation in their lives and that their relationships with Christ should affect every aspect of their lives: the clothes they wear, the language they use, the activities they participate in, the places they frequent, and even the jobs they hold. Christians should seek to separate themselves from evil of every sort. We are in the world, but not of the world.

We believe in the verbal plenary inspiration of the Holy Scriptures. We believe that God has preserved His very words in the transmission of His Word as found in the Greek Textus Receptus and the Hebrew Masoretic Text. We believe that the Bible as we have it today in the King James Version is the Word of God in the English language in a sense that cannot be said of any other translation.

The Primary Standard for our faith and practice?

Our doctrinal position?

Spurgeon's Catechism, 1855

A Note from our Pastor