II. Objects

1. To present postgraduate students and staff with the Christian gospel and to lead them to a personal faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.

2. To strengthen postgraduate students and staff in their faith and witness and to encourage them to continually submit every aspect of their lives to the Lordship of Christ, including their work and studies.

3. To ensure that postgraduate Christians in the University are made aware of the nature, needs and challenge of Christian service at home and abroad.

III. Doctrinal Basis

The S.U.P.B.F. upholds the fundamental truths of Christianity including;

1. The divine inspiration and infallibility of Holy Scripture as originally given, and its supreme authority in all matters of faith and conduct.

2. The unity of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit in the Godhead.

3. The universal guilt and sinfulness of man since the Fall, rendering man subject to God's wrath and condemnation.

4. Redemption from the guilt penalty and power of sin, only through the sacrificial death , as our Representative and Substitute, of Jesus Christ, the Incarnate Son of God.

5. The conception of Jesus Christ by the Holy Spirit and His birth by the Virgin Mary.

6. The bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.

7. The necessity of the work of the Holy Spirit to make the death of Jesus Christ effective to individual sinners, granting each one repentance towards God and faith in Jesus Christ.

8. The indwelling and work of the Holy Spirit in the believer.

9. The expectation of the personal return of the Lord Jesus Christ.