Elders at Ridley Hall pledge their adherence to the 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith.
Below is the Church Basis of Faith as appearing in our Membership Booklet.
The Holy Scriptures
The Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament as originally given, as the inspired and infallible and inerrant Word of God, and as the sole, supreme and all-sufficient authority in every matter of Christian faith and practice.
The Trinity
One living and true God, Sovereign in creation, providence and redemption, subsisting in three persons - Father, Son and Holy Spirit - the same in substance and equal in power and glory.
The Lord Jesus Christ
The eternal sonship and the essential, absolute and eternal deity, and the true and sinless humanity of the Lord Jesus Christ; His virgin birth, His death and burial. His physical resurrection and ascension into heaven, and His coming again in power and glory.
The Holy Spirit
The personality and Deity of the Holy Spirit, through whom the sinner is born again to saving repentance and faith, and by whom the saints are sanctified through the Truth.
The Total Depravity of Man Through the Fall The fall of mankind in Adam, through whom every human being has totally lost all original righteousness and holiness, and come under the righteous condemnation of God.
Unconditional Election
The personal and unconditional election in Christ, of a multitude which no man can number, unto everlasting salvation, out of God’s pure grace and love, without any foresight of faith or good works in them.
Particular Redemption
The personal and eternal redemption from all sin and the penal consequence thereof, of all God’s elect, by the substitutionary sacrifice of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Effectual Calling
The effectual calling of all the elect by the irresistible Grace of God.
Justification
The justification of sinners by faith alone, through the atoning death and resurrection and imputed righteousness of Christ.
Baptism
The Baptism of Believers by total immersion.
The Resurrection
The Second Coming of our Lord Jesus Christ when the dead in Christ will be raised and, together with the living who are in Christ, will return to Heaven with Him, while all outside of Him will go to everlasting punishment.
Final Perseverance
The final perseverance in the state of grace of all those who have been elected by the Father, redeemed by the Son and regenerated by the Holy Spirit, so that they shall never perish but have Eternal Life.
