Southport Church of Christ had its early beginnings on the Gold Coast in 1957 and since that time has, under God's grace, developed into an impactive local Church, known and respected not only in this locality but also throughout Australia.
Southport Church of Christ is an autonomous (self governing) local Church and is affiliated with 'the Churches of Christ in Australia', who, in turn, trace their history back to the 1830's where Christians in Britain and the USA were seeking with a common purpose the restoration of New Testament Christianity. They never saw themselves as commencing a denomination but rather thought of themselves as being part of the 'Restoration Movement', known as 'people of the Bible'. Here at Southport Church of Christ we still commit ourselves to practising the basics of New Testament Christianity.
What do we believe?
The Bible is the inspired word of God and the supreme and final authority in faith and life,
Belief in one God eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit:
That Christ was begotten by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, is true God and true man;
That man was created in the image of God; that he sinned; and thereby incurred not only physical death; but also spiritual death which is separation from God; and that all human beings are born with a sinful nature, being sinners in thought, word and deed.
That the Lord Jesus Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, as a representative and substitutionary sacrifice, and that all who believe in Him are justified on the grounds of His shed blood.
In the resurrection of the crucified body of our Lord, in His ascension to heaven, in His present life there for us as High Priest and Advocate;
In the personal , imminent return of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ to receive His Church and to judge the world.
That all who come to repentance of sin, and faith in Jesus Christ as their Saviour and Lord, are born again of the Holy Spirit and baptised by the Holy Spirit into the body of Christ, thereby becoming children of God.
In the bodily resurrection of the just and the unjust; the everlasting blessedness of the saved, and the everlasting condemnation of the lost.
