New South Wales Consolidated Acts

FELLOWSHIP OF CONGREGATIONAL CHURCHES (NEW SOUTH WALES) INCORPORATION ACT 1977 - SCHEDULE 1

SCHEDULE 1

(Section 4, Schedule 3)

1

The existence of one only God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

2

The Incarnation of the Divine Word as our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, Who lived, died and rose again, enabling man to enter into full communion with God, redeeming him from sin and death, and making him an inheritor of Life Eternal.

3

Man’s moral responsibility; the free invitation of the Gospel; man’s ability to respond to the Gospel through the grace of God; and the influence and teaching of the Holy Spirit.

4

The Holy Scriptures as the record of God’s revealed Will and Word, and as containing all truth needful to make us wise unto salvation.

5

The Church of Jesus Christ, “Which is His Body” to which belong all who acknowledge Him as Lord and Saviour; the divinely appointed means for the preaching of the Word; the ministry of the Sacraments and the promotion of the Kingdom of God.

6

The right of every local Church to manage its own affairs.

7

The baptism of infants and of adult believers who were not baptised in infancy.

8

The open confession of discipleship in the observance of the Lord’s Supper.