The Statement of Faith for Lifespring is as follows:

We believe that:

• There is one God, infinitely perfect, eternally existent, in three Persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit who created all things, sustains all of life, is the Father of all humankind and is our Redeemer and Judge.
  
• Jesus Christ is ‘God with us,’ truly God and truly Man, conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. He is the ‘human face of God,’ teaching us by His words and works what God is like; out of obedience to the Father: dying for us to demonstrate His love for us, to defeat the power of death over us, and to atone for our sins; and is now seated in heaven interceding for us. We await His final coming from heaven to judge the world and receive His bride (Matthew 1:18; Luke 2:52; Hebrews 1:3, 4:15, 8:1, 10:10; 1 Corinthians 15:1-4; John 14:1-6). At the same time He has left His Spirit with us and in us. Where He is, the church is; where the church is, He is (1 John 4:4, 12-16).
  
• The Holy Spirit is ‘God in us,’ empowering us to live as a Church in the world. He gives spiritual gifts to all Christians to enable us to glorify Christ and serve one another (1 Corinthians 12:1-11). It is the prerogative of God to give, as He desires, and ours to receive (1 Corinthians 12:11). It is about God working in and through us to His glory and honour.
  
• The Bible (with its 66 Books) is given to man by inspiration of God. Jesus is the living Word of God. The Bible through the power of the Holy Spirit becomes the Word of God. So we interpret the Bible humbly, always open to the Lord to shed more light and truth from His holy Word through His Spirit (John 17:17). The Bible is the final authority for all our beliefs and practices concerning the salvation of people and of faith and of the Christian life. They are a sufficient and clear revelation of God’s will for all of God’s people, everywhere, at all times (2 Timothy 3:16; John 1:1; 2 Peter 1:19-21).
  
• Humans are created in the image of God, and although this image is tarnished by sin, our ‘God-likeness’ is reclaimed and restored through love and forgiveness ‘in Christ.’ Every person is born under judgement because of the sin of Adam and Eve and is unable to save himself or herself from the penalty of sin (eternal separation from God – Romans 3:23; 5:12; 1 Corinthians 15:22). People, however, are precious to God and are redeemed by coming to believe that Jesus Christ has saved them (Genesis 1:26, 27; Colossians 3:10; Romans 3:21-26).
• Worship means Jesus is to be Lord of everything we do, whether together in ‘Corporate Worship’ or in our homes, jobs, schools, leisure activities (etc.) doing it all for the glory of God. Worship is our response to the divine initiative. Our Worship Services acknowledges three biblical models:
  - The sacramental (Baptism & Communion);
  - The centrality of the Word; and
  - The exercising of our spiritual gifts.
  We pursue excellence in all we do because we want to honour God (Romans 12:1, 2).
  
• Believers are a Community who together follow Jesus Christ, sharing in a bond of love that transcends race, culture, nationality, sex and age. We bring together, in the Body of Christ, the fruit and gifts of the Spirit to bear on human need. We encourage all ministries to minister, both to itself and to those outside. Pastor-teachers empower the church to mature in Christ, acknowledging that ministry belongs to all (Colossians 1:28-29; Ephesians 4:11-16).
  
• The whole church is pastoral, priestly and evangelistic. Ultimately evangelism is the key to every ministry or activity that we do. We are to love the whole church, all the family of believers (1 Peter 2:17) and the people of the world (2 Peter 3:9). We are Christians first and church second. It is about having a Kingdom perspective. We wish to cooperate with all other individuals and churches that acknowledge the Lord Jesus Christ as God and Saviour according to the Scriptures.
  
• Spiritual formation is the dynamic process whereby the Word of God is applied by the Spirit of God to the hearts and minds of the children of God so they become more like the Son of God. Every Christian is encouraged to belong fully to the life and ministry of the church.
  
• The Church is God’s mission. Our mission is to continue the ministry of Jesus in our world through His strength and enabling;
  - doing works of justice (serving the powerless and rebuking oppressors),
  - healing (providing physical and spiritual reconciliation as signs of the Kingdom of God);
  - mercy (ministering to others at the point of their need) and
  - evangelism (calling people to faith, and to walk humbly before their God) (John 20:21, Matthew 23:23, Luke 4:18, 19, 11:42, Micah 6:8).
  
• We affirm the Lordship of Christ over His Church; the authority of the Bible over human precedents and traditions; believer's baptism only (in this church it is by immersion); freedom of conscience in matters unclear; and love which covers all action and motivation.