Our Beliefs

We believe in :

• The one true God who lives eternally in three persons – the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.
• The love, grace and sovereignty of God in creating, sustaining, ruling, redeeming and judging the world.
• The divine inspiration and supreme authority of the Old and New Testament Scriptures, which are the written Word of God – fully trustworthy for faith and conduct.
• The dignity of all people, male and female in God’s image to love, be holy and care for creation, yet corrupted by sin (the Fall), which incurs divine wrath and judgement.
• The incarnation of God’s eternal Son, the Lord Jesus Christ – born of virgin Mary; truly divine and truly human, yet without sin.
• The atoning sacrifice of Christ on the cross, dying in our place (substitution), paying the price for sin and defeating sin, Satan, evil  and death, so reconciling us with God.
• The physical resurrection of Christ, the first fruits of our resurrection, his ascension to the Father and exaltation, and his reign and mediation as the only Saviour of the world.
• The justification of sinners solely by the grace of God through faith in Christ.
• The ministry of God the Holy Spirit, who leads us to repentance, unites us with Christ through new birth, enables our discipleship and empowers our witness.
• The Church, the body of Christ both local and universal, the priesthood of all believers – given life by the Spirit and endowed by the Spirit’s gifts to worship God and proclaim the gospel, promoting justice and love.
• The coming of the Kingdom of God in the person of Jesus Christ to inaugurate God’s full reign over humanity both now and in the future.
• The personal and visible return of Jesus Christ to fulfil the purposes of God, who will raise all people to judgement, bring eternal life to the redeemed and eternal condemnation to the lost and establish a new heaven and earth.

No Statement of Belief can capture every area of belief.  Church history contains 1,000s of Faith statements.   CBC's is a conservative confession of our major Beliefs and is in line with other conservative statements.

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