Distinctives that have developed in the life of this Church.
The following list is not exclusive but it is a summary of the disciplines and distinctives, which have emerged in our life and which
have also been important in guaranteeing and developing the life that we have as a church.

1. Christ: The Scriptures attest that Christ is the First and Last, the Alpha and Omega, The Amen. We receive the Biblical
testimony to the Deity of Christ. The Apostles and Nicene Creed attest the Biblical teaching of the person of Christ. We, His
church are a part of the Communion of Saints which exists and is called in every generation. It is joined through the
generations and is in heaven and earth. The person of Christ defines everything for us and gives to us all that we need
to know. He is the inexhaustible object of our study and affections. We love Him.

2. The Grace of God: This means that the organisation of a church is different from all other clubs, societies, associations, or
whatever, in that the response to its laws and its Head, is a response of the heart evoked by the love of God. The actions of
the people in the church are a voluntary response to this grace. This means that we must wait for God to work in His
people and refuse to be quarrelsome, complaining, or impatient.

3. The Priesthood of all Believers: Each person has a role and ministry to be used for the up-building of the church in
truth and love. It seems that in many ways God graces each one through the service and grace of other believers.

4. Speech: The Bible speaks very clearly and strongly about speech as an instrument that can bless, or curse. We seek to
practice a discipline that excludes gossip, or any comment which would bring down the dignity of another in the eyes
of those with whom we are talking. We accept this as a high discipline which must be pursued. We also accept the
discipline of not using the Name of God to strengthen or endorse what we say, even when we think we are speaking in
harmony with His will and His Word, we will leave such judgments to be made by our hearers instead.

5. Sound judgment: We will seek to practice the discipline of not jumping to conclusions and thus rejecting, pre-judging, or
prejudice. This means that we will be critical of our own intuitions and hunches, and will accept the labour of assessing
evidence before we allow our minds to form definite conclusions about people, events and happenings in the church.
And given this discipline, we will seek also to think with mercy.

6. Law: This we believe is to be exampled and to be patiently and purposefully worked into the lives of our people, through
earnest prayer. Unexampled and prayerless declarations of law quickly produce a legalistic style. We value interdependability
and seek to grow deeper in such blessings to each other.

7. Creedal Foundations: We hold to unity in primaries and liberty in secondaries. Many schisms have occurred through the
centuries in mixing these distinctions. The creeds disregard such things as baptisms, church government, and style of church
meetings; from primary doctrine. We will seek to make applications into our daily lives and culture from the primary doctrines
of Scripture and respect the varying traditions expressed in our church, which show differences in understanding and
interpretation of secondary matters.

8. The Communion of Saints: This means that we deliberately reject distinctions based on worldly status, encouraging in our
young people a resistance to being awed by those positions, presenting false values of humanhood. The Communion of
Saints, based in the call of Christ, is the high status of human worth.

9. Evangelising boldness: By praying for each other and honouring Christ in our daily lives and personal contacts.