Our Beliefs

 

The Evangelical Presbyterian Church seeks, by God's grace to remain loyal to revealed Truth. Our ultimate standard of faith and practice is the Bible, the word of God written. We confess the infallibility, divine inspiration, supremacy and full authority of the Bible.

The central message of the Bible is that whilst man is God's creature and was made originally in God's image and likeness, he rebelled against God and has become God's enemy. The consequence is that all men are born in a state of sin and are subject to God's wrath and face the prospect of eternal damnation in hell. Yet, wonderfully, God has made a way of salvation. A way whereby sin can be justly dealt with. God has brought this about through his Son, Jesus Christ, who though eternally God, was made man. He lived his life in perfect obedience but was put to death in the stead of sinners. It is through Jesus Christ alone that man can be made right with God.

 

As a Presbyterian Church we hold the Westminster Confession of Faith and the Larger and Shorter Catechisms as our subordinate standards. These we accept as being founded on and agreeable to the Word of God. In seeking to maintain a position of confessional integrity we believe in the necessity of Church discipline and therefore require all holding office to subscribe without reservation to the Confession and Catechisms. Members of our Presbytery are required to renew their subscription annually.

Being Presbyterian we adhere to traditional Presbyterian Church policy, having both elders and deacons in our congregations. While within the office of elder we distinguish between those ruling and teaching, our ruling elders are equal with our teaching elders (or ministers). Each local congregation elects its own office-bearers and calls its own minister.

 

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