The story of the city

We believe the Bible — all sixty-six books — is the inspired, trustworthy Word of God: the city’s charter, the final authority for what we believe and how we live.

We believe in one God, eternally existing in three persons — Father, Son and Holy Spirit — the Architect and Builder of the city whose foundations cannot be shaken.

We believe Jesus Christ is fully God and fully man: born of a virgin, sinless in life, crucified for our sins, bodily risen, ascended, and coming again. He is the King of the city.

We believe the Holy Spirit indwells and empowers every believer — convicting, comforting, gifting and sending us as light into the world.

We believe salvation is by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone — not earned by works, but received as a gift, and evidenced by a changed life.

We believe the Church is the gathered people of God — a city within the city — called to worship, to one another, and to the world.

We practice believer’s baptism by immersion and share the Lord’s Supper regularly — the gate of public confession and the table of ongoing fellowship.

We believe every believer is sent. The city does not exist for itself: we make disciples in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, and to the ends of the earth.

We believe Christ will return, the dead will be raised, and God will dwell with His people in the city whose lamp is the Lamb. We live now in the light of then.