The beliefs we hold
Our church is part of the Baptist Union of Victoria, and shares a common statement of beliefs and truths with other Baptist churches.
Statement of Faith
Our church is part of the Baptist Union of Victoria, and shares a common statement of beliefs and truths with other Baptist churches. This statement is as follows:
The Doctrinal Basis from the Constitution of the Baptist Union of Victoria
The divine inspiration and supreme authority of the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments.
The existence of one God in three person: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
The deity and incarnation of the Lord Jesus Christ, who is the Son of God, the second person of the Holy Trinity.
The fallen, sinful and lost state of all people.
The salvation of men and women from the penal consequences and power of sin through the perfect obedience of the Lord Jesus Christ, His atoning death, His resurrection from the dead, His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and His unchanging priesthood.
The immediate work of the Holy Spirit in the regeneration of men and women, in their sanctification, and in their preservation to the heavenly Kingdom of the Lord Jesus Christ.
The necessity, in order to know salvation, of repentance towards God and of faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.
The resurrection of the dead, and the final judgment of all people by the Lord Jesus Christ.
The two ordinances of the Lord Jesus Christ, namely Baptism and the Lord’s Supper, which are of perpetual obligation: Baptism being the immersion of believers upon the profession of their faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, and a symbol of the fellowship of the regenerate in His death, burial and resurrection; the Lord’s Supper being a memorial, until He comes, of the sacrifice of the body and blood of the Lord Jesus Christ.