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The one
true God who lives eternally in three persons - the Father, the
Son and the Holy Spirit.
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The
divine inspiration and supreme authority of the Old and New
Testament Scriptures, which are the written Word of God - fully
sufficient for faith and conduct.
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The
love, grace and sovereignty of God in creating, sustaining,
ruling, redeeming and judging the world.
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The
sinfulness of human nature in consequence of Adam’s sin, and the
necessity for forgiveness, cleansing and regeneration.
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The
incarnation of God’s eternal Son, the Lord Jesus Christ - born
of the virgin Mary; truly divine and truly human, yet without
sin.
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The
redeeming sacrifice of Christ on the cross, where He bore our
sin and defeated the powers of evil, thus securing for us
freedom from both the guilt and power of sin, and reconciling us
with God.
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The
bodily resurrection of Christ, the firstfruits of our
resurrection; His ascension to the Father, and His reign and
mediation as the only Saviour of the world.
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The justification
of sinners solely by the grace of God through faith in Christ.
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The
necessity of the work of the Holy Spirit in conviction of sin,
conversion, regeneration, and sanctification; in ministry and
worship, and in the exercising of spiritual gifts through the
body of believers; also in empowering our discipleship and
enabling our witness.
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The
baptism in the Holy Spirit as subsequent to repentance – as
recorded in Acts 2:38; 8:14-17 - and the availability and
exercise of the spiritual gifts as described in 1 Corinthians
chapters 12 to 14.
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The
Church, the body of Christ both local and universal; the
priesthood of all believers.
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Baptism
by immersion of believers; the Lord’s Supper as a commemoration
of our Lord’s death.
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The
personal and visible return of Jesus Christ to fulfil the
purposes of God; the resurrection of the body, when God will
raise all people to judgement, confirming eternal life to the
redeemed and eternal judgement to the lost, and establish a new
heaven and new earth.
Mike with his wife Faith attend Westgate Christian Fellowship,
Exeter. The church is a member of the Evangelical Alliance, the
umbrella body respresenting the UK's two million evangelical
Christians.
