What we stand on.
These are not opinions or preferences. These are the convictions that anchor everything we preach, teach, and live. Rooted in the New Covenant. Grounded in the Word. Shaped by the finished work of Jesus Christ.

“For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.” — John 1:17
Why the New Covenant matters.
Grace and Truth places a particular emphasis on the New Covenant — not because the Old Testament is unimportant, but because Jesus said He came to fulfil it and establish something better. The New Covenant means that God deals with us through what Christ has accomplished, not through what we deserve. Forgiveness is complete. Righteousness is a gift. The Holy Spirit lives in us permanently. Healing is provided. This is not a new theology — it is the theology of Paul, Hebrews, and John. And it changes everything.
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The Bible — Inspired, Authoritative, and Alive
We believe the Bible is the inspired, infallible Word of God — the supreme authority for all matters of faith and life. It is not merely a historical document but a living word, breathed out by the Holy Spirit, able to transform every person who receives it with faith. The New Covenant scriptures reveal the fullness of God's grace in Jesus Christ and are the foundation for everything we believe and practice.
2 Timothy 3:16–17Hebrews 4:122 Peter 1:20–21John 17:17
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The Triune God — Father, Son, and Holy Spirit
We believe in one God, eternally existing in three Persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit — equal in nature, distinct in Person, unified in purpose. The Father is the source of all grace. The Son is the fullness of grace and truth in human form. The Holy Spirit is the active presence of God in the world and in the hearts of believers today. This is not three gods, but one God who is perfect relationship, perfect love, and perfect community.
Matthew 28:19John 1:1–142 Corinthians 13:14Deuteronomy 6:4
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Jesus Christ — Lord, Saviour, and the Face of Grace
We believe that Jesus Christ is fully God and fully man — born of a virgin, lived a sinless life, died on the cross as the complete and final sacrifice for all sin, rose bodily from the dead on the third day, and ascended to the right hand of the Father where He reigns today. He is not merely a teacher or example — He is the Son of God, the Lamb who takes away the sin of the world, and the only name by which anyone can be saved. In Him, grace and truth are perfectly united.
John 1:14, 17Colossians 2:91 Corinthians 15:3–4Acts 4:12Philippians 2:9–11
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The Gospel of Grace — Righteousness as a Gift
We believe the Gospel is the best news ever announced: that God, in His overwhelming love, has made us righteous through the finished work of Jesus Christ — not by our effort, performance, or religious observance, but entirely by grace through faith. Salvation is not a reward for the worthy — it is a free gift to the undeserving. We are justified freely, declared righteous before God, and accepted completely — not because of what we do, but because of what Jesus has already done. This is the heart of the New Covenant.
Ephesians 2:8–9 Romans 3:21–24Romans 5:172 Corinthians 5:21Titus 3:5
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The New Covenant — A Better Covenant on Better Promises
We believe that through the death and resurrection of Jesus, God established a New Covenant — superior to the Old Covenant of law in every way. Under the New Covenant, sin has been dealt with once and for all. The law is no longer our means of acceptance before God. Instead, God writes His desires on our hearts by the Holy Spirit, gives us His own righteousness as a gift, and promises to remember our sins no more. We live not under law as a system of earning, but under grace as a way of living — free, loved, and fully accepted in Christ.
Hebrews 8:6–13Hebrews 10:14–17Jeremiah 31:31–34Romans 6:14Galatians 4:4–5
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The Holy Spirit — Our Indwelling Helper and Empowerer
We believe the Bible is the inspired, infallible Word of God — the supreme authority for all matters of faith and life. It is not merely a historical document but a living word, breathed out by the Holy Spirit, able to transform every person who receives it with faith. The New Covenant scriptures reveal the fullness of God's grace in Jesus Christ and are the foundation for everything we believe and practice.
John 14:16–17Romans 8:9–11Galatians 5:22–25Ephesians 1:13–14John 16:13
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Baptism in the Holy Spirit — Power for Living and Ministry
We believe that beyond the indwelling of the Spirit at salvation, God offers every believer a distinct experience of being baptised in the Holy Spirit — an immersion in God's power that ignites and equips for life and service. This experience, promised by Jesus and demonstrated at Pentecost, is available to every believer today. We welcome speaking in tongues as one of the biblical expressions of this encounter, alongside prophecy, intercession, and a deep awareness of God's presence. This is not for an elite few — it is a gift offered to all.
Acts 1:8Acts 2:1–4, 38–39Luke 11:131 Corinthians 14:2–5Acts 10:44–46
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The Gifts of the Spirit — Active and Available Today
We believe that all the spiritual gifts described in the New Testament — including prophecy, healing, words of knowledge and wisdom, discerning of spirits, miracles, tongues, and interpretation — are given by the Holy Spirit to the church today for the building up of believers and the reaching of the lost. These gifts are not relics of a past age. They are expressions of Jesus' ongoing ministry through His body, the church. We pursue them eagerly, practise them humbly, and weigh them carefully against the Word of God.
1 Corinthians 12:1–111 Corinthians 14:1Romans 12:6–8Ephesians 4:11–13Hebrews 13:8
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Healing — Provided in the Atonement
We believe that physical healing is provided for in the redemptive work of Jesus Christ. As He bore our sins on the cross, He also bore our sicknesses and infirmities. We therefore pray for the sick with faith and expectation, believing that God heals today — sometimes immediately, sometimes progressively, always according to His sovereign grace and wisdom. We do not make healing a test of faith or a measure of spirituality. We simply bring our whole selves to a God who is both Saviour and Healer, and trust Him completely with the outcome.
Isaiah 53:4–5Matthew 8:16–17James 5:14–151 Peter 2:24Psalm 103:2–3
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Salvation and New Identity — Born Again, New Creation
We believe that every person who confesses Jesus Christ as Lord and believes in their heart that God raised Him from the dead is saved — born again by the Spirit of God, made a brand new creation, and given the very righteousness of Christ as their identity. The old has gone; the new has come. Salvation is not a self-improvement programme — it is a death and resurrection. The believer's deepest identity is no longer sinner, but saint — not defined by their past, but by who they are in Christ.
Romans 10:9–102 Corinthians 5:17John 3:3–61 John 3:1–2Colossians 1:13–14
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Water Baptism and Communion — Celebrations of Grace
We believe in water baptism by immersion as a public declaration of faith — an outward sign of the inward reality of dying to self and rising with Christ. It is not what saves us, but it is a powerful and obedient expression of our new life in Him. We also celebrate Communion — the Lord's Supper — as a joyful remembrance of Christ's sacrifice, a proclamation of His death until He returns, and a participation in His life. These are not empty rituals but living celebrations of everything grace has accomplished.
Romans 6:3–4Matthew 28:19Acts 2:38–411 Corinthians 11:23–26Luke 22:19–20
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The Church — The Family of the Redeemed
We believe that the church is the body of Christ on earth — not a building or an institution, but a living community of people who have been redeemed by grace and gathered by the Spirit. The local church is God's chosen vehicle for discipleship, worship, mission, and the demonstration of His kingdom. Every believer is a vital member of the body, gifted by the Spirit and called to serve. Grace and Truth exists to be a family where every person is genuinely known, truly loved, and released to walk in their God-given calling.
1 Corinthians 12:12–27Ephesians 2:19–22Hebrews 10:24–25Acts 2:42–47Ephesians 4:15–16
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The Return of Christ and Eternal Life — Hope That Changes Everything
We believe in the physical, visible, and glorious return of Jesus Christ — the blessed hope of the church. At His return, the dead in Christ will be raised, the living will be transformed, and all of creation will be renewed. Those who have placed their faith in Christ will live with Him forever in resurrection bodies in the new creation — not as disembodied souls in a cloud, but as whole persons in a fully restored world. This is not wishful thinking. It is the certain promise of the God who never breaks His word, secured by the resurrection of Jesus as the first fruits of what is coming.
John 14:1–31 Thessalonians 4:16–171 Corinthians 15:51–54Revelation 21:1–5Titus 2:13
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