What we believe

Here is what we believe

God designed and created the human race and everything else,
and that he loves everything he ever made – this is why our
world is such a beautiful place and why life is often full of joy
Human beings, deceived by God’s Enemy,
rebelled against him and tried to make a go of things on their own
– this is why our world can also be such a cruel place and why life
can also be very painful
God loved us all so much that, even though we turned away from him,
he sent his only son, Jesus, to rescue us from all the darkness in life
through his death on the cross
Human beings can find peace with God simply by trusting Jesus and
believing that his death sets us right in God’s eyes – we believe that
Jesus wants to transform us into the people and communities we
were originally designed to be
God places his very own Spirit within all those who trust in Jesus
for salvation and that, through his Spirit, God speaks to his people today
– in our teaching and ministry on Sundays, and in our small groups,
we encourage people to discover this truth for themselves
Christians are given gifts to use in the service of others
– as a church family, we encourage everyone to discover
and use the special gift God has given them for the good of others,
in our church family and out in our communities
God will one day send Jesus back to earth to sort out all our problems
once and for all – the whole cosmos will be recreated and Christians
will live with God for ever
Christians, while we wait for Jesus to return, have been commissioned
by him to fight back against God’s Enemy, and to restore the people
and things the Enemy has stolen or corrupted – so we pray for the
sick to be healed, for those oppressed by spiritual darkness to be set free,
for relationships to be restored and for the power of Jesus’ love to transform
situations which humanly seem impossible