WHO WE ARE
We are an assembly of Bible believing Christians, followers of Jesus Christ. We are united in seeking the Truth that is in the Holy Scriptures, spreading the Love of God to the people, and sharing our Faith, the Gospel, our great commission.
OUR MISSION
Proclaim the saving power and hope in Jesus Christ through His death and resurrection by teaching, encouraging and living in His likeness in Cambridge and wherever the Lord leads.
OUR VISION
That many people will come to know Jesus Christ personally and intimately, trusting Him as their Lord and Saviour, joining us in glorifying and serving HIs holy Name.
That people will be developed to spiritual maturity through biblical truth and principles.
That each member will be equipped to minister by discerning the spiritual gifts and talents that God entrusted to them.
STATEMENT OF FAITH
The scripture
We believe the Holy Scriptures, consisting of the sixty-six books of the Old and New Testaments, to be the plenary (complete), verbal (every word), inspired Word ofGod. We believe they are inerrant in the original manuscripts, authoritative, infallible, and God-breathed. They are the complete and unalterable revelation of God to man and they are the supreme and ultimate authority for faith and practice. We believe in a literal, grammatical, and historical interpretation of the Scriptures with a dispensational understanding of God's progressive revelation.
(II Timothy 3:16-17; II Peter 1:20-21; Matthew 5:18 )
Jesus Christ
We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God, having been born of the virgin Mary, became a man without ceasing to be God, in order that He might reveal God and redeem sinful man. (Matthew 1:18-20; John 1:1-2, 14, 18; Luke 1:35 )
We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ, being sinless, died for the sins of mankind as a substitutionary sacrifice, offering unlimited atonement for the sins of the whole world and that our justification is verified by His literal and physical resurrection from the dead. (Matthew 28:5-6; Romans 3:24-26; 4:25; I Corinthians 5:21; I John 2:2 )
We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ ascended bodily into heaven and is now seated at the right hand of the Father where, as our High Priest, He fulfils the ministry of Intercessor and Advocate.(Romans 8:34; Acts 1:9-10; Hebrews 4:14-16;7:23-25; 9:24; I John 2:1 )
The Godhead
We believe there is one triune God, eternally existing in three distinct persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. They are co-equal in being, co-identical in essence, and co-equal in power and glory. They have the same divine attributes and
perfections, yet exercise them within the scope of their varied roles.
(Exodus 20:2-3; Deuteronomy 6:4; Matthew 28:19; John 14:7-12; I Corinthians 8:6; II Corinthians13:14; I John 5:7 )
Man
We believe that man was created in the image of God (The dignity of all people, made male and female in God's image to love, be holy and care for creation) and that he sinned, thereby incurring upon himself not only physical death, but also spiritual death, which is separation from God. We believe that all human beings are born with a sinful nature and are sinners by birth and by choice. They are positionally inclined to evil and are therefore under just condemnation to eternal damnation in a literal hell without defense or excuse.
(Genesis 1:26-27; 2:17; 3:1-24; Romans 3:23; 5:12-21; Ephesians 2:1-13;
Revelation 20:14-15)
Church Ordinances
We believe there are two church ordinances: Baptism and the Lord's Supper. We believe that Baptism is an act of obedience whereby one is immersed, giving public testimony of his identification with the death, burial, and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. We believe that the Lord's Supper is a memorial of the death of Christ and that it is open only to those who have been saved through faith in His atoning blood and who are walking in obedient fellowship with Him. We believe that neitherof these ordinances offer special grace or merit. They are not sacraments; rather, simple acts of obedience.
(Matthew 3:16-17; 28:19-20; Acts 2:38-41; 8:36-38; 9:18; 10:45-48; 16:31-33; Mark 14; Luke 22;I Corinthians 11:23-30 )
Future Events
We believe in the personal, bodily, imminent coming of our Lord Jesus Christ in the air to catch away (rapture) His own, the Church, prior to the seven years of tribulation on earth. We believe in His subsequent personal visible return to the earth with His saints at the close of the tribulation to judge the nations and establish His millennial (1000 years) kingdom on earth.
(I Thessalonians 4:13-18;
Revelation 19:11-16; 20:1-6 )
Salvation
We believe that salvation is not a process but a point-in-time of repentance of sin and place one's faith and trust in the shed blood of Christ alone for the forgiveness of sin, recognising that He died, was buried, and rose again the third day, according to the scriptures. We believe that all those who receive Jesus Christ as Savior are saved from sin’s penalty, which is eternal damnation.
(Luke 5:32; 13:3; 24:46-47; Acts 3:19; 17:30; Romans 10:9-13; Ephesians 1:7; Hebrews 9:22; I Peter 1:18-19; II Peter 3:9; I Corinthians 15:1-4 )
We believe that salvation is a gift of God, by grace, through faith. It cannot be earned or merited by any good work of man.
(John 3:1-18; Romans 6:23; Ephesians 2:8-9; Titus 3:5 ).
We believe that regeneration, or the new birth, is that change produced in the soul by the Holy Spirit by which a new nature and spiritual life, not before possessed, are imparted. The regenerated person becomes a new creation in Christ Jesus and part of the family of God, eternally secure, and never to be separated from Him.
(John 1:12; 3:3-6; 5:24; 10:27-30; Hebrews 7:25; I Peter 1:23; Titus 3:5 )