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ECCLESIASTICAL. ( f\ PEN IN G (SERVICE S. I rp I V 0 I. I rp H F. A T H E. rpiTOLl rp _ E A T B E. KARANGAHAPE ROAD. Q.UNDAY, TVECEMBiER *» C'UXDAY, pECEMBER X IrIORNI-NG. 11 A.M. EVENING, 7 P.M. siORXI'XG, 11 A.M. EVENING, 7 P.M. RP'- A. A. M CTRAY R ,BV - A. A. M tntßAY ' B EY - A. A. M I7BRAY - Subjects: 'A NEW BEGINNING- AND HOW TO SUCCEED." 'WHAT IS OCR FOUNDATION AND WILL IT STAND?" I PROPOSED NAME: I'H'E UNITED EVANGELICAL CHURCH 'IX N'KW ZEALAND. DRAFT FORM. AIMS AND OBJECTS. The Church shall aim at bringing the Gospel into touch with the careless and i UOD-ohill-cb-zoln-g communities. | Special attention will be paid to the Sunday -Evening service, which win be of a distinctly evangelistic character. , All Members shall be taught and encouraged to do personal work for the salvation of the people. Sunday-schools and Bible Classes will be established. A missionary spirit will be fostered, and the Church shall aim at sending out to foreign fields Its own -missionaries. ' A strong Committee will be formed to . give practical help anil sympathy In . cases of sickness, need, ant! distress. A fund will be created to enable that Committee to carry out its work effectively. Immediate steps shall be tnken to secure a site fur a Church building for the Sunday morning service, mid-week meetings. Bible Classes and Sundayschool. The Evening Service will continue to be held In t'.ie Tivoll Theatre, and no effort will l.c spared to make that, service n Means of Salvation to many. Xo methods for raining funds shall be 1 adopted that are not In accordance with | the mind of God revealed In the ' Scriptures. To form congregations in other centres, who, with oiii*elvo\ shall endeavour to put up a strong defence against tlie present trend of teaching and preaching, which is undermining the faith once and for all delivered lo the Saints. To work in harmony and goodwill with , all the mher religious bodies that -believe j the entire Bible to be Uie infallible Word I of God. DOCTRIXAL STANDARDS AND CONFESSION OF FAITH. The Church is founded on the following basis: — I. That the Wor.i of God rontained In the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments is the only rule of faith anil duty, ami is tbe Supreme Standard of this Church. The Bible, consisting of all the books of the Old and New Testaments, Is the Word of God, a supernaturnlly-given revelation from G_ Himself, concerning Himself, His being, nature, character, will and purpose*: and concerning man, his nature, need, duty, and destiny. The Scriptures' of 'he Old and New Testaments are without error or nils-statement In their .moral and spiritual teaching-"! nnd record of historical facts. They are without error or defect of any kind. i 11. There is one God, eternally existing ' and" manifesting Himself to lis in three Persons—l-'ather. Son, and Holy Spiritby Whom all things were created as recorded in the Scriptures. 111. We believe in the Deity of our -Lord .Testis Christ. Who In Very God. Who became in every respect a real man, yet without sin. Who was conceived by the Holj« Ghost, horn of the Virgin Mary. | We believe that when He became man. be did not empty Himself of His Deity, bnt possessed full and adequate knowledge of all things. All the words that He spake throughout His earthly ministry were words of God. There is; absolutely no error of any kind In them, and by the words of Jesus Christ the words" of all other teachers • must be tested. We believe that by His death on the | Cross He made a perfect atonement ' for sin, thus providing the only ground of Salvation and -acceptance with God. I We believe that by His death on the tion from the dead. His Ascension Into I Heaven, where He now appears in the i presence of God as the l-riest and Advocate of every believer. IV. The Holy Spirit Is s person and is possessed of all the distinctively Divine attributes. He is God. We believe In the 'Personality and Deity of the Holy Spirit, Who came down upon earth on the day of Pentecost to indwell believers and to be the Administrator in the Church of the Lord i Jesus Christ; and Who is also here to | "reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment." V. We believe that 'Heaven Is a place of Eternal Bliss for the Righteous, and Hell a place of Conscious and Eternss. Puulshmcut for the wicked. VI. Man was created in tlie image of God, after His likeness, but the whole human race fell in the fall of the first Adam. All men. until they accept the Lord Jesus as their personal Saviour, are lost, darkened In their understanding, alienated from the Life of God through the Ignorance that is In them, hardened In heart, morally and spiritually dead through their trespasses and sins. They cannot see, nor enter the Kingdom of God until they are bor_ again of the Holy Spirit. Men are justified on the simple and single ground of the shed blood of Christ, and upon the slnii-ie and single condition of faith in Him Who shed the .blood, and are born again by tne quickening, renewing, we.-iustng work of the Holy Spirit through the iustramentality of the Word of God. VII. We believe in t''e Personality of the Dcvli. who is the "Prince ot this world." the enemy of God's Truth, the , Instigator of Evil, and the spirit that now energises the Children of Disobedience. VIII. The Church consists of all those who. in this present dispensation, truly believe on Jesus Christ. It is the body and bride of Christ, which Christ loves, uud for which He has given Himself up. We believe that the supreme business of the Church is to carry the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ io all nations. IX. We believe in the Personal and Imminent Coming of our Lord Jesus Christ for nis Church, and i» est—Tjllsh His Kingdom of Righteousness and Peace upon the earth. X. We believe and acknowledge only two Sacraments. Baptism and the Lord's Supper, which were appointed by onr Lord to tie observed by His Church. We hold that believers only are the proper subjects of Baptism. We observe . Baptism by immersion, but allow liberty I as to mode. In regard to the Lord's Supper, it is proposed that the ordinance he observed j by the congregation quarterly. ■Provision will also be made so that those who so desire may partake of this Sacrament every lord's Day morning before the Pu-bilc Service. DEDICATION OF CHILDREN. Parents shall be encouraged to publicly dedicate their children to God. and a Dedication Service will be held In the Church whenever required. MEMBERSHIP. The condition of Membeiship shall be personal faith in the .Lord Jesus Christ as Substitute and Saviour from sin. A. A. MURRAY, Minister. G. G. CAMPBELL, - , Secretar/.