Beliefs
Our vision is to…
“seek to know and share the transforming love of God in Jesus Christ”.
‘Know’
We believe you can know God through hearing Jesus’ words. Jesus made the astonishing claim to be God. His words are recorded in the Bible, written down by the eye witnesses of his life. The Bible is made up of several books, written over several thousand years. They all speak of God’s work in history, ending with the coming of the promised divine saviour, Jesus Christ. Through the Bible we can therefore discover God for ourselves.
Read or listen to the Bible here.
‘Love’
The heart of Christianity is about love. The Bible says that Jesus loved the world so much that he came to die for us. Why? Because this was the only way to bring us into a relationship with God. Jesus explained that we are seperated from God because of our wrongdoing against him. God is just and has promised to judge sin. But he also loves us. So he sent his son, Jesus, to die in our place so that we can be forgiven and enjoy a life of love with him forever.
Read more here.
‘Transforming’
Jesus Christ transforms life. We all have attitudes, thoughts and behaviours that we would like to change but we can’t. Jesus has the power to change us, which he showed by coming back to life after he had died. He does not offer us a life free from sin and suffering now, but he promises a full life that will end in perfection after death. In the mean time, he calls us to trust and obey him. Our lives have been changed by Jesus, which is why we want others to know him.
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As a member of the Evangelical Alliance, we seek to uphold the statement of faith below.
Statement of belief
We believe in…
- The one true God who lives eternally in three persons – the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.
- The love, grace and sovereignty of God in creating, sustaining, ruling, redeeming and judging the world.
- The divine inspiration and supreme authority of the Old and New Testament Scriptures, which are the written Word of God – fully trustworthy for faith and conduct.
- The dignity of all people, made male and female in God’s image to love, be holy and care for creation, yet corrupted by sin, which incurs divine wrath and judgement.
- The incarnation of God’s eternal Son, the Lord Jesus Christ – born of the virgin Mary; truly divine and truly human, yet without sin.
- The atoning sacrifice of Christ on the cross: dying in our place, paying the price of sin and defeating evil, so reconciling us with God.
- The bodily resurrection of Christ, the first fruits of our resurrection; his ascension to the Father, and his reign and mediation as the only Saviour of the world.
- The justification of sinners solely by the grace of God through faith in Christ.
- The ministry of God the Holy Spirit, who leads us to repentance, unites us with Christ through new birth, empowers our discipleship and enables our witness.
- The Church, the body of Christ both local and universal, the priesthood of all believers – given life by the Spirit and endowed with the Spirit’s gifts to worship God and proclaim the gospel, promoting justice and love.
- The personal and visible return of Jesus Christ to fulfil the purposes of God, who will raise all people to judgement, bring eternal life to the redeemed and eternal condemnation to the lost, and establish a new heaven and a new earth.
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