What We Believe
The purpose of this statement is to outline the doctrinal position from which NCM operates. This doctrinal basis is not intended to be a fully developed Evangelical Statement of Faith or a creedal statement. Rather, it articulates those beliefs that we as New Covenant Ministries hold that shape our approach to safeguarding.
We approach safeguarding as a practical outworking of these Biblically-based values and beliefs. Trustees must be in full agreement with this statement.
We ask those who access the services of New Covenant Ministries to confirm that they understand that this is the basis from which we work and that they are happy to accept that we will work from this framework. Organisations who do not wish or not able to do so will be signposted to other organisations whose approach to safeguarding and worldview are more closely aligned.
God
o He is the only true and living God and is infinitely perfect in his wisdom, knowledge, love, holiness and justice and goodness unchanging in his character
o God is all powerful and the Creator of all things, both visible and invisible, establishing them with order and purpose
Jesus Christ
We believe that, moved by love and in obedience to his Father, the Eternal Son became human: The Word became flesh, fully God and fully human.
o The man Jesus, who was the promised Messiah of Israel, was conceived through the miraculous agency of the Holy Spirit, and was born of the virgin Mary
o He perfectly obeyed his heavenly Father, lived a sinless life, performed miraculous signs, was crucified under Pontius Pilate, rose bodily from the dead on the third day, and ascended into heaven.
As the glorified King, he is now seated at the right hand of God the Father, exercising in heaven and on earth all of God’s sovereignty, and is our High Priest, Righteous Advocate and the only mediator between God and man.
By his incarnation, life, death, resurrection, and ascension, Jesus Christ acted as our representative and substitute
o He did this so that in him we might become the righteousness of God
Through the cross, he propitiated God, and by bearing the full penalty of our sins in his own body he reconciled to God all who believe.
By his resurrection Christ Jesus was vindicated by his Father, broke the power of death and brought everlasting life to all his people
By his ascension he has been forever exalted as Lord and has prepared a place for us to be with him.
We believe that salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name given under heaven by which we must be saved
The Gospel
We believe that the gospel is the good news of Jesus Christ
o Rejected by many as foolishness, the gospel is the power of God to those who are being saved by the sacrificial death and resurrection of Jesus Christ
God commands his people to preach this gospel throughout the world, holding out the offer of forgiveness of sin and reconciliation to God.
o The Gospel spreads by the transformation of individual hearts.
o Cultural transformation occurs through an individual’s transformation. The gospel cannot be advanced by force.