Burnage Family Church

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE(1) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DOCTRINE OF:(A) THE ONE TRUE GOD WHO LIVES ETERNALLY IN THREE PERSONS Û THE FATHER, THE SON AND THE HOLY SPIRIT.(B) THE LOVE, GRACE AND SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD IN CREATING, SUSTAINING, RULING, REDEEMING AND JUDGING THE WORLD.(C) THE DIVINE INSPIRATION AND SUPREME AUTHORITY OF THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENT SCRIPTURES, WHICH ARE THE WRITTEN WORD OF GOD Û FULLY TRUSTWORTHY FOR FAITH AND CONDUCT.(D) THE DIGNITY OF ALL PEOPLE, MADE MALE AND FEMALE IN GODÆS IMAGE TO LOVE, BE HOLY AND CARE FOR CREATION, YET CORRUPTED BY SIN, WHICH INCURS DIVINE WRATH AND JUDGEMENT.(E) THE INCARNATION OF GODÆS ETERNAL SON, THE LORD JESUS CHRIST Û BORN OF THE VIRGIN MARY; TRULY DIVINE AND TRULY HUMAN, YET WITHOUT SIN.(F) THE ATONING SACRIFICE OF CHRIST ON THE CROSS: DYING IN OUR PLACE, PAYING THE PRICE OF SIN AND DEFEATING EVIL, SO RECONCILING US WITH GOD.(G) THE BODILY RESURRECTION OF CHRIST, THE FIRST FRUITS OF OUR RESURRECTION; HIS ASCENSION TO THE FATHER, AND HIS REIGN AND MEDIATION AS THE ONLY SAVIOUR OF THE WORLD.(H) THE JUSTIFICATION OF SINNERS SOLELY BY THE GRACE OF GOD THROUGH FAITH IN CHRIST.(I) THE MINISTRY OF GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT, WHO LEADS US TO REPENTANCE, UNITES US WITH CHRIST THROUGH NEW BIRTH, EMPOWERS OUR DISCIPLESHIP AND ENABLES OUR WITNESS.(J) THE CHURCH, THE BODY OF CHRIST BOTH LOCAL AND UNIVERSAL, THE PRIESTHOOD OF ALL BELIEVERS Ù GIVEN LIFE BY THE SPIRIT AND ENDOWED WITH THE SPIRITÆS GIFTS TO WORSHIP GOD AND PROCLAIM THE GOSPEL, PROMOTING JUSTICE AND LOVE.(K) THE PERSONAL AND VISIBLE RETURN OF JESUS CHRIST TO FULFIL THE PURPOSES OF GOD, WHO WILL RAISE ALL PEOPLE TO JUDGEMENT, BRING ETERNAL LIFE TO THE REDEEMED AND ETERNAL CONDEMNATION TO THE LOST, AND ESTABLISH A NEW HEAVEN AND NEW EARTH.(2) TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ÆSOCIALLY EXCLUDEDÆ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS); CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY); REFUGEE OR ASYLUM STATUS.