Outside view of Green Bank Chapel building and car park from the road

Statement of Faith

The Bible.

We believe that the Bible is the inspired Word of God; that it is inerrant and infallible, the supreme and ultimate authority in all matters of faith and conduct, understood only through the illumination and teaching of the Holy Spirit.

The Godhead.

We believe that the Godhead exists co-equally and co-eternally in three persons; Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and that these three are one God, sovereign in creation, providence and redemption.

The Lord Jesus Christ.

We believe in the true and proper deity of our Lord Jesus Christ; in His virgin birth; in His real and complete humanity; in His sinless life; in His authoritative teaching; in His sustitutionary and atoning sacrifice through His shed blood; in His bodily resurrection; in His ascension to the right hand of the Father; in His heavenly intercession; in His personal, pre-millennial and pre-tribulation return to receive His church and to establish His millennial kingdom.

The Holy Spirit.

We believe in the deity of the Holy Spirit who proceeds from the Father and the Son. The Holy Spirit’s work is to convince the world of sin, righteousness and judgement; to teach; to guide into all truth; to bring the word of Christ to rememberance; to glorify Christ; to show things to come; to produce fruit in the lives of the believers; to equip believers for effective service and ministry.

Mankind.

We believe in the total depravity of fallen human nature, rendering man subject to the wrath of God.

Salvation.

We believe that salvation is available to all; that it includes justification, sanctification and glorification; that repentance for sin and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ are essential to salvation; that the repentant sinner is thus justified by faith alone; that this is evidential in holy living.

The Church.

We believe in the unity and priesthood of all true believers in Christ.

The Commission.

We believe that the commission of the Lord Jesus Christ to all believers is “Go ye into all the world, and preach the Gospel to every creature. Teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost; teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you.”

The Coming King.

We believe in the personal, pre-millennial, pre-tribulation return of the Lord Jesus Christ. We believe that the signs of the times point exclusively towards the close of “the times of the Gentiles”; that the return of our Lord is imminent; that the completed Church will be translated to meet the Lord in the air, to be forever with the Lord; that Israel will be restored to her own land in unbelief and will afterwards be converted as she repents, recognises and receives Christ as Messiah; that the Lord Jesus Christ will reign for a thousand years upon the earth during which time there will be a further outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon all flesh; that the message of the imminent return of Christ is the greatest motivation to prayer, holiness of life and evangelism.

The Future State.

We believe in the resurrection of the just and the unjust; the eternal blessedness of the redeemed in Christ and the eternal punishment of those who have ignored or rejected the offer of salvation.