We worship Yhaweh (Ex.3:14) the creator of the Heavens and the Earth (Gen.1:1), the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Who has revealed His true nature (1Col.1:15) through His Son; Jesus Christ (Yhashua the Messiah in Hebrew). There is only one true God of three equal persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. The nature of God is a mystery beyond our ability to fully understand in this present age. God is good, kind, compassionate, loving, and full of grace (Exo.34:6). God's nature and ways are revealed in the Bible which confirms that Jesus is divine and that He is the perfect reflection and image of God the Father (Heb.1:3). The creed of Nicea (325AD) is a helpful in understanding the early Churches understanding of God's nature and the relationship of the Trinity.

"God is love" (1 John 4:8) and we (believers) are God’s beloved children (John 1:12). We are able to love God, only because He first loved us (1 John 4:19). We are called into an intimate and personal relationship with God, through Jesus Christ, who is the perfect expression of God’s unconditional love. Love, compassion, grace and a desire for holiness are primary proofs of true salvation (1 John 4:15-21). Love is God’s heart for us and love fulfills all the requirements of the Law (Gal.5:14). We are called to emulate Jesus, we love others unconditionally because we are unconditionally loved by our heavenly Father.

Through Jesus Christ we have receive God’s grace (John 1:17) i.e. God’s unearned and undeserved favor, blessing, righteousness, forgiveness and enabling. The New Covenant has been established  solely through God’s grace (Heb.9:14-15) which comes only through Jesus Christ. The Holy Spirit empowers us to live in grace (Heb.10:29) which is the only way we are able to rightly relate to God and to others. It is God's grace that helps us in our weakness to live a righteous, holy life (Titus 2:12). Because of God’s grace, those who believe, are completely forgiven, justified and righteous in God’s eyes. The key theme of the scriptures is the revealing of mankind’s sin of pride and unbelief in God’s goodness; our self righteousness, independence from God , our use of knowledge, good works and religious laws to justify ourselves along with our resulting fall into moral sin and depravity. God's original will for mankind was that we were to simply live in a childlike trust of Him as a loving Father and abide in His grace, righteousness and faithfulness. God’s goodness, grace (Gen.6:8), true righteousness (Gen.15:6) and plan of salvation through the cross of Jesus Christ has been progressively revealed throughout the Scriptures, culminating in the fullness of the Gospel of the Grace of Jesus (Acts 20:24) being revealed to the Apostle Paul by the risen and glorified Lord Jesus (Gal.1:12). Understanding that we are a New Covenant people and that this covenant is founded on the grace that comes through the finished work of the cross is central to who we are as children of God and ambassadors of Christ's kingdom.

Through freedom of choice mankind’s pride and independence led to the fall of both humankind and creation into a state of sin. Humankind is created in God's image but due to rebellion (Gen.3:1-24) everything was polluted by the law of sin and death (Rom.8:1). At the fall Satan usurped humankind’s God given authority to reign over creation. The fall and sin thwarted God’s original purpose of an intimate relationship with humankind and we came under the judgment of God (Gen. 6:6-7). Consequently, without exception, every person needs to be saved from this fall into sin and separation from God. All need to be restored into a personal relationship with a loving and Holy God, who desires a Father child relationship with us (Rom.8:15). Not everyone is saved, but through the cross Jesus has done everything necessary for every person to be saved, Jesus has reconciled man to God (2Cor.5:17-19). Personal salvation is a free gift of grace, initiated first by a loving God who is sovereign. Salvation is received by faith (Eph. 2:7-10) and is available to everyone who chooses to believe in Jesus Christ as both Lord and Savior. Salvation includes repentance, being born again as a new spiritual being (John 3:3-8), being filled with the Holy Spirit (John 4:17), receiving eternal life and a present new life of increasing health, peace and well being, right now, right here. True salvation is evidenced by a passion for Jesus, a transformed person and a changing lifestyle of increasing love and holiness. We are baptized in water as an outward confirmation of an inner work of salvation and sanctification brought about by the Holy Spirit.

Because of the fall of mankind (Gen.3) every person is destined to sin because all mankind inherited a sin nature from our forefather Adam (Ro.5:12). Sin is destructive, horrible and evil. It is something everyone needs to be set free from. Without being "born again" no person has the ability or will power to stop sinning, in fact we are all born as slaves to sin (Ro.6:6) and remain in this bondage until we are saved. Sadly the consequences of sin is death which manifests in broken relationships, sickness, a cursed life - and all the evil we see in the fallen world around us. The Old Testament laws of God exposes and reveals sin (Ro.5:20) and confirms that without God's grace no one is righteous or holy (Ro.3:10). The good news however, is that Jesus Christ, through the cross, came to set set us free from the power of sin so that we no longer have to live as slaves. We now live as slaves to righteousness which enables us to live holy (Ro.6:1), blessed and joyful lives that glorify God.

The gospel is good news! God no longer condemns us for our sins (Rom.8:1), He is not angry with us, nor out to punish us. This is because Jesus paid for all sins on the cross and was punished in our place (2 Co.5:21). Because of the cross, our sins are forgiven unconditionally, God no longer remembers our sins (Heb.8:12), nor are they taken into account any longer (Rom.4:8)(2Co.5:19). Our focus is now no longer on sin but on righteousness. Believers are now free from the curse of  sin and the death it causes. Believers still sin from time to time (Gal.6:1) but we do not willingly pursue a sinful lifestyle (1 John 3:6). Grace covers our sin but it is not a licence to sin (Ro.6:1) as many people fear. True grace empowers us to resist and overcome temptations and sin.

We were once Sinners (Rom.5:19) but this is no longer our identity. We are now saints; holy ones set apart for God (Eph.1:1).  As new creations, our desire is to live  righteously, led by the Spirit of God, we do not desire to sin, when we sin, God's grace is there to cover our sin.

We are able to forgive others because we first received God’s forgiveness (Col.3:13). It is the kindness of God which results in repentance (Rom.2:4) and the acknowledgment that we were Sinners (1 John1:8-10) who needed salvation ( 2 Cor.7:10). Repentance is a change of mind concerning sin (Rom.12:2), true righteousness and holiness, and repentance is evidenced by a radical change of lifestyle and actions. Forgiving others and receiving God's forgiveness is a key part of Christian living.

Sadly today the word "Christian" has a loaded meanings, which are not always helpful. However it is a Biblical term and in the true, original sense of the word Christian’s are believers who follow Jesus, have repented of their old way of life and thinking, accepted Jesus as both Lord and Savior (2 Peter 3:18), have died to “self” (Col.3:9-10), and been “born again” by the indwelling presence of the Spirit of God. They have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Christianity is not a religion - it is a daily relationship with the living God. Sadly, not everyone who calls themselves Christian in the traditional sense of the word are necessarily Christian (Matt.7:22) as they may know about God but never have entered into a personal relationship with God.

In the eyes of the Lord there is only one "Church" and it is made up of all ‘born again” believers across time and space. Despite many man made divisions, there is also only one local “church” in any one location (2Cor.1:1) and again it is made up of all believers of all denominations and church types in any one town. We believe that local church is the answer to a whole and blessed community. Church is based on loving family type relationships that strengthens and empowers Christian family life and marriages. Church and it is made up of believers who fellowship together to worship the Lord (1Cor.11:18) –  a church is not a building (Eph.2:21-22) but the people who gather therein. We recognize that there are many valid styles and expression of church ranging from formal and institutional to organic and free. We believe the Lord to be at work in all types of churches. The church is called to be contextual and cross cultural and therefore it may be made up of many churches that fellowship in different ways and in different places within community. We are committed to strive for the unity of all “born again” believers (John 17:21) as this is both desirable and possible by the Spirit (Eph.4:3) as Jesus is the sole head of the Church. The Church is also referred to as Jesus’ Body on the earth (Col.1:18), Jesus' Bride and the New Jerusalem (Rev.21:2).