The basis of the Four Counties Gospel Partnership shall be that the fundamental truths of Christianity, as revealed in holy scripture, should govern the teaching and practice of the church. We understand these truths to include:

1. There is one God in three persons – the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
2. God is sovereign in creation, revelation, redemption, and final judgement.
3. The Bible, as originally given, is the inspired and infallible Word of God. It is the supreme authority and is sufficient in all matters of belief and behaviour.
4. Since the fall, the whole of humankind is sinful and guilty, so that everyone is subject to God’s wrath and condemnation.
5. The Lord Jesus Christ, God’s incarnate Son, is fully God; he was born of a virgin; his humanity is real and sinless; he died on the cross, was raised bodily from death, and is now reigning over heaven and earth.
6. Sinful human beings are redeemed from the guilt, penalty, and power of sin only through the sacrificial death once and for all time of their representative and substitute, Jesus Christ, the only mediator between them and God.
7. Those who believe in Christ are pardoned all their sins and accepted in God’s sight only because of the righteousness of Christ credited to them; this justification is God’s act of undeserved mercy, received solely by trust in him and not by their own efforts.
8. The Holy Spirit alone makes the work of Christ effective to individual sinners, enabling them to turn to God from their sin and to trust in Jesus Christ.
9. All those who believe in Christ are baptised with the Holy Spirit, who lives in all those he has regenerated. He makes them increasingly Christlike in character and behaviour, and equips them for ministry in the church and witness in the world.
10. The one, holy, universal church is the Body of Christ, to which all true believers belong. It is made visible in local churches and unity is expressed within and between local churches by mutual love, care, and encouragement.
11. The Lord Jesus Christ will return in person to judge everyone justly, to execute God’s eternal condemnation on those who have not repented, and to receive the redeemed to eternal glory.
    

Human sexuality and marriage

God created us male and female, and calls us to live according to our gender identity which is inseparable from our biological sex determined at conception. Our gender may not be changed or reassigned. God instituted marriage at the time of creation as a lifelong union between one man and one woman. Any sexual activity outside of this marriage union is sinful.