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The
church shall be called Davenport Road Evangelical Church (The
Railway Mission), Derby. |
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The following
Doctrinal Basis shall be accepted by all members of the church:-
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We believe in |
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The full and verbal
inspiration of all the Old Testament and New Testament Scriptures as
originally given, |
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and of these alone
alone; they being in themselves the Word of God, without error, and
wholly reliable |
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in both fact
and doctrine; their final authority and perpetual sufficiency in all
matters of faith and practice. |
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The unity
of the Godhead and the divine co-equality of the Father, the Son,
and the Holy Spirit; the sovereignty of |
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God in creation,
providence, and redemption. |
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The total
depravity of human nature in consequence of the fall, and the
necessity for regeneration |
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The true and proper
Deity of our Lord Jesus Christ; His virgin birth; His real and
perfect manhood; |
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the authority of His
teaching, and the infallibility of all His utterances; His work of
atonement or sinners of |
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mankind by His
substitutionary sufferings and death; His bodily resurrection and
His ascension into Heaven, |
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and His present high
priestly intercession for His people at the right hand of the
Father. |
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The justification of
the sinner solely by faith in our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ,
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The work of the Holy
Spirit essential for a true and spiritual understanding of the
Scriptures; for regeneration, |
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conversion and
sanctification, for ministry and worship. |
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The universal Church,
the body of which Christ is the Head, embracing all the redeemed,
called by God |
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through the Gospel,
born of the Spirit and justified by faith; the local church,
comprising such believers as the |
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expression of the
universal Church; and fellowship between such churches, manifesting
the unity of the body of |
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Christ. |
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The ordinances of
Baptism and the Lord's Supper as being instituted by our Lord Jesus
Christ, but not in Baptism |
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as conveying
regenerating grace, nor in the Lord's Supper as being a sacrifice
for sin nor involving any change in |
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the substance of the
bread and wine. |
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The personal return
of the Lord Jesus Christ in glory. |
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The resurrection of
the body; the judgment of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ, with
the eternal blessedness |
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of the righteous and
the eternal punishment of the wicked. |
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