WE BELIEVE

  1. In the verbal inspiration and divine authority of the Bible in every part as originally given. 2 Tim. 3.16
  1. In one God eternally existing in three equal Persons, – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Matt. 28.19
  1. That the Lord Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God was miraculously begotten of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary; that His life was sinless and His teaching infallible and that He is Very God and Very Man. John 1.1; 1John 3.5
  1. That man is utterly sinful by nature and that it is impossible for him to be saved by his own works. Romans 3.23; Eph. 2.8-9
  1. That on Calvary, our Lord, Jesus Christ wholly and eternally paid the penalty for sin through the shedding of His blood and any person who rests in faith on that finished work immediately enter into its benefits to his eternal salvation. John 5.25; John 19.30
  1. That God set His seal to the work of the Cross by raising our Lord Jesus Christ from the dead and seating Him His Own right hand in Heaven. 1 Cor. 15.17-20; Heb. 8.1-2
  1. That the Holy Spirit operates in the conviction and conversion of the sinner and in the sanctification of the believer whom He indwells from conversion. John 16.13; Eph. 1.13; 1 Cor. 6.19
  1. That all true Christians are priests to God. 1 Cor. 12.14; 1 Peter 2.5
  1. That there is but one church and fellowship, the Body and Bride of Christ, composed of all those who accept Jesus has Saviour and confess Him as Lord. Eph.1.22-23; 1 Cor. 12.12-13
  1. That the local assembly or church is an expression of the whole body and has entire responsibility in matters of self-government and discipline. Matt. 18.20; Romans 12.5
  1. That Christian baptism is the immersion in water of believers only, in the Name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Matt. 28.19; Acts 2.41
  1. That the Lord’s Supper is an ordinance of the Lord Jesus Christ to be observed on the first day of each week by Christians only. Luke 22.19-20; 1 Cor 11.23-34
  1. That the Lord Jesus Christ will return to take away His redeemed people (1 Thes. 4.16; 1 Cor.15.51-52) and subsequently to judge the world and set up His kingdom. Rev. 19.11-16
Cherry River Gospel Chapel