We believe that all the biblical gifts of the Holy Spirit are valid today. No gift has ceased to exist although the Holy Spirit gives gifts as he chooses and some gifts may not always be evident in our church. We encourage the use of all the gifts but do not tend to use the prophetic gift of tongues in our church services.

We believe that both men and women can be gifted and called to leadership in the church. We also believe that wives need to submit to husbands and husbands need to love (which involves submission) their wives, so there needs to be agreement about ministry roles in a godly marriage. We encourage women to use their gifts and fulfil their God-given ministry in the church and beyond. For 30 years, we have been taught by both male and female preachers.

We firmly believe that God created the earth as the Bible states. God as Creator informs our perspective on all of creation and life. We believe that the Bible does not clearly record over what period God created the world, but we support Christian scientists who research the scientific basis of God’s creative work.

We believe that corporate worship should be in spirit (touching the spiritual realm and aided by the Holy Spirit) and in truth (in sincerity and in accordance with the Scripture). The Bible describes many different styles of corporate worship, all of which involve the mind, emotions and body. In our corporate worship, we encourage both freedom (it's between you and God) and love (don't do something that will severely inhibit the worship of your brothers and sisters).

We believe that Satan and his demons are actively trying to influence God’s world and destroy his kingdom work. We believe that prayer has a key role in the defeat of Satan. We pray for healing and deliverance and have seen God answer many of our prayers. We also pray for a greater release of God’s power in revival. However, we recognise that what we want is not always what God wills and we do not believe that God chooses to heal everyone now.

We believe that divorce was never God's intention for his people so we work hard to maintain and grow our marriages and are concerned with the lack of valuing of marriage in our society. However, we believe that Jesus allowed for divorce in some circumstances and that he forgives and heals us from our brokenness. There are many divorced and remarried people who have found a home in our church.

We believe that God created and intended sexual relationships for committed, heterosexual marriage. We believe that same sex attraction (along with many other human challenges) came as a result of a broken world but is not sinful in itself. We believe that God does not want people (whatever their orientation) to engage in sexual relationships outside of monogamous, heterosexual marriage. However, we take seriously Jesus’ call to love our neighbour, so sexual practice is never a barrier to our offering love and care.

The Bible clearly states that drunkenness is sin, but is generally positive regarding the controlled consumption of alcohol. We neither encourage nor discourage the use of alcohol, but because the abuse of alcohol is responsible for damage in our society and some in our church have been impacted by this, we do not allow alcohol to be consumed in our church grounds.

We live in a society that tends to venerate money and possessions. Jesus said, "You cannot serve God and money," and he taught more on money and possessions than on any other subject. We therefore talk freely about money, tithing and giving. We teach that Christians should give in a generous, sacrificial way and live lives that reflect godly stewardship of all they have. We believe that generous giving brings God’s blessing, however, these blessings are often spiritual. We will not pressure people to give.

As followers of Jesus we are committed to standing against attitudes, structures and laws that oppress and disadvantage the poor and struggling in our society and in our world. We believe we should challenge the status quo when it hurts those whom God would protect. We believe that our faith must include a heart for social concern/justice.

We believe that there are Christians in all Christian denominations and we want to work together with these our brothers and sisters. We are Baptist by conviction, but we do not believe that we have an exclusive claim to biblical truth. We seek to learn from the emphases of other Christian denominations and are prepared to cooperate in any way that expands God's kingdom. We believe that this is not the time to squabble over minor doctrinal differences but to work together in love.

We are pro-life in that we believe that God gives life and only God has the right to take it away. We regard the lives of unborn infants and the dying as precious to God and therefore oppose any intervention that will end their lives prematurely. We accept that there may be very limited circumstances when a life may be ended or allowed to end prematurely for a greater good (e.g. to preserve the life of a mother, to allow a person whose brain has ceased to function to die).

We believe that Jesus is returning as Judge and Lord and that through his intervention we will live forever with him in a new heaven and earth. While we are completely confident of Christ’s victory, we believe that as the return of Jesus nears, spiritual warfare will increase. We do not subscribe to one particular viewpoint regarding the order of events preceding Christ's return. It is likely that the return of Jesus will be greater than and different from any of our human systems and timetables.