STandards & BeliEfs
WE WANT TO BE KNOWN FOR WHAT WE ARE FOR
Through our worship, in our sermons, everything we do is about Jesus. All our efforts are focused on the town knowing the hope and freedom found in Jesus and we want people to be empowered to make a difference wherever they are.
GENEROSITY IS
OUR HEART
We will volunteer our talents, passion, time, energy and resources for the mission of God and of our church both locally and globally, seeing people’s lives transformed as a result of our faithfulness to God's call.
LIFE IS BETTER TOGETHER
We are a church of different people and we believe that together we are stronger. We never condemn people and will always choose to see the best in people. We love diversity and embrace a multi-cultural, multi-ethnic and multi-generational church that reflects the heart of God.
THE NEXT GENERATION
We are committed to seeing every generation connect with God. Our children and young people are are the church of today, therefore we are committed to equipping, training and helping the next generation.
PRESENCE LED
We believe the Holy Spirit is present and leading us to become more like Jesus both in character and deed. We love to spend time in worship and prayer and believe we grow as a result of spending time with Jesus in his scriptures.
COMMITTED TO COMMUNITY
We want our town to be better as a result of us being here. We aren’t just passive with our faith but believe in an active, participational faith that sees the love of God shared to the masses through practical expressions of love and kindness.
ELIM'S FOUNDATIONAL TRUTHS
Elim's Foundational Truths explain our theology and are a statement of faith - they are powerful, non-negotiable and guide all we say and do. These twelve truths are explained below.
THE BIBLE
We believe the Bible, as originally given, to be without error, the fully inspired and infallible Word of God and the supreme and final authority in all matters of faith and conduct.
THE HOLY SPIRIT
We believe in the deity of the Holy Spirit who proceeds from the Father and the Son and the necessity of His work in conviction of sin, repentance, regeneration and sanctification, and that the believer is also promised an enduement of power as the gift of Christ through the baptism in the Holy Spirit with signs following. Through this enduement, the believer is empowered for fuller participation in the ministry of the Church, its worship, evangelism and service.
THE CHURCH
We believe in the spiritual unity and the priesthood of all believers in Christ and that these comprise the universal Church, the Body of Christ.
THE COMMISSION
We believe that the Gospel embraces the needs of the whole man and that the Church is therefore commissioned to preach the Gospel to the world and to fulfil a ministry of healing and deliverance to the spiritual and physical needs of mankind.
THE TRINITY
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.
HUMANITY
We believe in the inherent dignity and value of every person, as created in God’s image and likeness, male and female, to be in fellowship with God and serve God’s purposes in creation. Yet on account of the universal sinfulness of all people due to the Fall, humanity is subject to God’s righteous wrath and condemnation.
THE MINISTRY
We believe in the ministries that Christ has set in His Church, namely, apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers and in the present operation of the manifold Gifts of the Holy Spirit according to the New Testament.
THE COMING KING
We believe in the personal, physical and visible return of the Lord Jesus Christ to reign in power and glory.
THE SAVIOUR
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 substitutionary and atoning sacrifice through His blood shed, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, in His heavenly intercession and His second advent to receive His Church.
SALVATION
We believe in the necessity for salvation of repentance towards God and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ by which the sinner is pardoned and accepted as righteous in God’s sight. This justification is imputed by the grace of God because of the atoning work of Christ, is received by faith alone and is evidenced by the Fruit of the Spirit and a holy life.
THE ORDINANCES
We believe in the baptism of believers by immersion in water in obedience to the command of Christ and in the commemoration of Christ’s death by the observance of the Lord’s Supper until His return.
THE FUTURE STATE
We believe in the resurrection of the dead and in the final judgement of the world, the eternal conscious bliss of the righteous and the eternal conscious punishment of the wicked.