Who We Are
Rooted in faith, growing in community, serving Mthatha.
Vision Statement
Where everybody is somebody in Christ and Jesus is Lord
- A. The sixty-six books of the Old and New Testament are the complete and divine revelation of God to Man.
- B. Loving God includes comprehensive willing obedience, devotion and submission to all that is revealed in the Bible regarding our relationship with God in our worship and service to Him.
- C. The Scriptures shall be interpreted according to their normal grammatical-historical meaning, and all issues of interpretation and meaning shall be determined by the pastor/s & elders of NBC.
- REF: (2 Tim. 3:16-17; 2 Pet. 1:20-21)
- A. We believe in one triune God, eternally existing in three persons—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
- B. Each co-eternal in being, co-identical in nature, coequal in power and glory, and having the same attributes and perfections.
- REF: (Deut. 6:4; Matt. 28:19; John 14:10, 26; 2 Cor. 13:14)
- A. We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God, became man, without ceasing to be God, having been conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, so that He might reveal God and redeem sinful men.
- REF: (Isa. 7:14; 9:6; Luke 1:35; John 1:1-2, 14; 2 Cor. 5:19-21; Gal. 4:4-5; Phil. 2:5-8)
- B. We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ accomplished our redemption through His death on the cross as a representative, vicarious, substitutionary sacrifice; and that our justification is made sure by His literal, physical resurrection from the dead.
- REF: (Acts 2:18-36; Rom. 3:24-25; Eph. 1:7; 1 Pet. 2:24; 1 Pet. 1:3-5)
- C. We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ ascended to Heaven and is now exalted at the right hand of God where, as our High Priest, He fulfills the ministry of Representative, Intercessor, and Advocate.
- REF: (Acts 1:9-10; Rom. 8:34; Heb. 9:24; 7:25; 1 John 2:1-2)
- A. We believe that the Holy Spirit is a person who convicts the world of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment, the Divine Teacher who assists believers to understand and appropriate the Scriptures and that all believers must be filled with the Spirit.
- REF: (Eph. 1:17-18; 5:18; 1 John 2:20, 27)
- B. He is the Supernatural Agent in regeneration, baptizing all believers into the body of Christ, indwelling and sealing them until the day of redemption.
- REF: (John 16:8-11; Rom. 8:9; 1 Cor. 12:12-14; 2 Cor. 3:6; Eph. 1:13-14)
- C. We believe that God is sovereign in the bestowal of spiritual gifts to every believer. God uniquely uses evangelists, pastors, and teachers to equip believers in the assembly in order that they can do the work of the ministry.
- REF: (Rom. 12:3-8; 1 Cor. 12:4-11, 28; Eph. 4:7-12)
- A. We believe that man was created in the image and likeness of God; but that in Adam’s sin, the human race fell, inherited a sinful nature, and became alienated from God.
- B. Man is totally depraved and, of himself, utterly unable to remedy his lost condition.
- REF: (Gen. 1:26-27; Rom. 3:22-23; 5:12; 6:23; Eph. 2:1-3, 12)
- A. We believe that salvation is the gift of God brought to man by grace and received by personal faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, whose precious blood was shed on Calvary for the forgiveness of our sins.
- REF: (John 1:12; Eph. 1:7; 2:8-10; 1 Pet. 1:18-19)
- A. We believe that all the redeemed, once saved, are kept by God’s power and are thus secure in Christ forever.
- REF: (John 6:37-40; 10:27-30; Rom. 8:1, 38-39; 1 Cor. 1:4-8; 1 Pet. 1:4-5)
- B. We believe that it is the privilege of believers to rejoice in the assurance of their salvation through the testimony of God’s Word, which clearly forbids the use of Christian liberty as an occasion to the flesh.
- REF: (Rom. 13:13-14; Gal. 5:13; Titus 2:11-15)
- A. We believe that every saved person possesses two natures, with provision made for victory of the new nature over the old nature through the power of the indwelling Holy Spirit.
- B. All claims to the eradication of the old nature in this life are unscriptural.
- REF: (Rom. 6:13; 8:12-13; Gal. 5:16-25; Eph. 4:22-24; Col. 3:10; 1 Pet. 1:14-16; 1 John 3:5-9)
- A. We believe that all the saved should live in such a manner as not to bring reproach upon their Savior and Lord.
- B. God commands His people to separate from all religious apostasy, worldly and sinful pleasures, practices, and associations.
- REF: (Rom. 12:1-2; 14:13; 2 Cor. 6:14; 7:1; 2 Tim. 3:1-5; 1 John 2:15-17; 2 John 9-11)
- A. We believe that the local church, which is the body and espoused bride of Christ, is solely made up of born-again persons.
- B. The establishment and continuance of local churches is clearly taught and defined in the New Testament Scriptures.
- REF: (Acts 14:27; 20:17, 28-32; 1 Cor. 3:9, 16; 5:4-7, 13; 11:2; Eph. 1:22-23; 5:25-27; 1 Tim. 3:1-13; Titus 1:5-11)
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- A. We believe that Christian baptism is the immersion of a believer in water to show forth in a solemn and beautiful emblem our faith in the crucified, buried, and risen Savior, and our union with Him in death to sin and resurrection to a new life.
- B. Baptism is also a prerequisite to the privileges of church membership and to the Lord’s Supper, which is the commemoration of His death until He comes, preceded always by solemn self-examination.
- REF: (Matt. 28:19-20; Acts 2:41-42; 8:36-39; Rom. 6:3-5; 1 Cor. 11:23-28)
- A. We believe that Satan is a person, the author of sin and the cause of the Fall of Man; that he is the open and declared enemy of God and man; and that he shall be eternally punished in the Lake of Fire.
- REF: (Job 1:6-7; Isa. 14:12-17; Matt. 4:2-11; 25:41; Rev. 20:10)