We're a family of believers with something for everyone; whether you're curious about God, beginning to discover who God is or are looking for a new spiritual home to belong to.
St Matthews is a church in Table View, Cape Town on the West Coast of South Africa. We’re a family of believers with something for everyone; whether you’re curious about God, beginning to discover who God is or are looking for a new spiritual home to belong to.
St Matthews has a place for you!
We would like to personally invite you to come join us for one of our Sunday services. The atmosphere is relaxed and the messages are faithful to the Bible and relevant to your daily life. And afterwards you can enjoy the family atmosphere of Reach Cafe. Our goal is to help you discover salvation through Jesus and help you grow deeper in that relationship with Him. We have ministries tailored specifically to every member of your family whatever their age. We also offer many other opportunities to grow in small groups, mission trips and involvement with the needy in our community.
St Matthews is part of REACH SA, the Reformed, Evangelical, Anglican Church of South Africa. An association of churches that is reaching out to the people of South Africa with the gospel.
We are:
Reformed: We believe that the Bible is our final authority in all matters of faith and life. We believe that salvation is by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone, to the glory of God alone.
Evangelical: We believe that Jesus is God’s full and final revelation to us and the world. We believe the Bible is all about Jesus. The death and resurrection of Jesus qualify Him alone to be the Saviour of the world.
Anglican: Our Reformed roots are traced back to the Reformation in England. We hold to the 39 Articles of faith as a good summary of biblical truth. Our services reflect the principles of Anglican liturgy. We are, however, not part of the Anglican church world-wide. We are part of REACH SA.
Church: The gathering (or assembly) of God’s people to encourage each other to hear His Word and be equipped to do the good works that God expects us to do in the church and world.
Sola scriptura, sometimes referred to as the formal principle of the Reformation, is the belief that “only Scripture, because it is God’s inspired Word, is our inerrant, sufficient, and final authority for the church” (God’s Word Alone). Notice, the basis of sola scriptura is Scripture’s inspired nature. As Paul says, “All Scripture is breathed-out by God” (2 Tim. 3:16–17).
Scripture, as the Christian’s final authority, is a gift from God. It is a gift because in Scripture we are given Jesus Christ himself. God would have been perfectly just and holy to leave us in our sin and condemnation. But our great God stooped down so low as to speak a saving word to us lost sinners, a word that reached its pinnacle in the living Word, the Lord Jesus himself (John 1:1).
But how does the believer receive the redemption Christ has accomplished? Through faith and faith alone. Rather than trusting in ourselves, we trust in another: Jesus Christ. That means, then, that God declares us right with him not on the basis of something in us but only on the basis of an alien righteousness, a righteousness that is extra nos, outside ourselves. Of course, it is none other than the righteousness of Christ (2 Cor. 5:21; Phil. 3:9).
If the work of Christ is the basis of our right standing before God, and if we are justified by God not on the basis of our works but only through faith in the works of his Son, then it follows that our salvation is by grace and by grace alone. Sola gratia, however, is not limited to our justification, but spans all of salvation from start to finish.
Only if our salvation is by grace alone will God alone receive all the glory. If there is something of our own we can claim, then we no longer boast in Christ alone. But if he is the author and finisher of our salvation then he alone is to be magnified for his sovereign grace.
