We welcome as Christian brothers and sisters all who experience the grace of new birth, bringing them to that fear and knowledge of God which is expressed in a life of obedience to His word.

We recognise our Christian duty of trust and mutual encouragement to all who serve Christ as Lord, not least to those who conscientiously prefer not to be identified with the same churches, alliances or councils as ourselves.

We respect the diversity of culture, experience and doctrinal understanding that God grants to His people, and acknowledge that some differences over issues not essential to salvation may well remain until the end of time.

We urge all Christians to pray as Christ prayed, that we may be one in the Father and the Son, and so by the Spirit promote personal relationships of love, peace and fellowship within the Body of Christ, His universal Church.

We encourage all Christians earnestly to contend for biblical truth, since only as we are open to learn from others and yield fuller obedience to the truth will we be drawn closer to Christ and to each other.

We call on each other, when speaking or writing of those issues of faith or practice that divide us, to acknowledge our own failings and the possibility that we ourselves may be mistaken, avoiding personal hostility and abuse, and speaking the truth in love and gentleness.

We owe it to each other, in making public comment on the alleged statements of our fellow Christians, first to confer directly with them and to establish what was actually intended. Then to commend what we can, to weigh the proportional significance of what we perceive to be in error, and to put a charitable construction on what is doubtful, expressing all with courtesy, humility and graciousness.

We rejoice in the spread of the Gospel across the world and urge all Christians to commit themselves to this task, avoiding unnecessary competition and co-operating, wherever possible, in the completion of Christ’s kingdom of peace, justice and holiness, to the glory of the one God – Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

We affirm that baptism is ordained by our Lord Jesus Christ as the public sign of repentance and faith, symbolising union with Him in His death, burial, and resurrection.

We hold that baptism is properly administered to those who personally confess faith in Christ, and that immersion in water most fully expresses the biblical pattern of dying to sin and rising to new life in Him.

We recognise baptism not as a means of salvation in itself, but as an act of obedient witness to the saving grace already received through faith.

We respect the sincerity of fellow Christians who practise baptism in other ways, while maintaining our conviction that believers’ baptism by full immersion best accords with Scripture.

We encourage all who have come to personal faith in Christ to follow Him in baptism, trusting His promise and rejoicing in the new life it signifies.

We affirm that God created humanity male and female, equal in dignity and worth, and that His design for marriage is a lifelong covenant union between one man and one woman, ordered toward mutual help, sexual expression, fidelity, and the nurture of family life.

We recognise that all people, whatever their experiences of sexuality or attraction, are made in the image of God and are to be treated with compassion, honour, and pastoral care.

We hold that discipleship to Christ calls every believer to holiness of life, including chastity outside marriage and faithfulness within it.

We acknowledge that many faithful believers experience same-sex attraction, and we commit ourselves to walk alongside them as we journey towards Christ.

We affirm that a person’s ultimate identity and worth are found not in sexual desire or behaviour but in the redeeming love of God in Christ, who calls each of us to take up our cross and follow Him.

We seek to speak the truth in love, upholding the teaching we have received while extending grace, patience, and humility toward all.