We believe the Bible is 100% true from Genesis 1 v1 through to Revelation 22 v 21, and the final authority in its completeness on all matters of faith. We believe it is the very voice of God. "When God's Word is being preached, you're not merely recieving information about God. God Himself is addressing you through His Word" Jeff Purswell
We need to realise there is nothing we can do and throw ourselves on the mercy of God. It is God who saves, but to help it is a good idea to think of becoming a Christian as simple as ABCD
A - Admit you are a sinner and have offended the Holy God. and you as a result of that sin are going to hell.
B - Believe that Jesus took the punishment for your sin when He died on the cross, and that he had to die, because there was no other way to take away that deserved and just punishment.
C - Confess, tell God you are a sinner and that you need respond to His gospel and to trust Him and Him alone to save you.
D - Do something about it, tell your friends, family and others, get into a good Bible believing church, who will support you, get into the Bible, let God speak to you. Stop doing things your own way and start following God's way.
"If you believe in your heart that Jesus is Lord and confess with your mouth that God raised Him from the dead, then you will saved!" Romans 10 v 9
We hold to the biblical views of men and women’s roles within the church and society
“This is the way God meant it to be before there was any sin in the world: sinless man, full of love, in his tender strong leadership in relation to woman; and sinless woman, full of love, in her joyful responsive support for man’s leadership. No belittling from the man, no grovelling from the woman. Two intelligent, humble God entranced beings living out, in beautiful harmony, their unique and different responsibilities. Sin has distorted this purpose at every level. We are not sinless anymore. But we believe that recovery of mature manhood and womanhood is possible by the power of God’s Spirit through faith in his promises and in obedience to His Word” John Piper (Council for Biblical Manhood and Womanhood)
No
Anyone and everyone is welcome to worship with us we do not have a 'closed door' neither are we afraid of debate, but those who wish to join us as members or workers would need to agree with our statement of faith, and constitution.
The term 'straight edge' originated in the hardcore/punk music scene in America where 'No drugs, No alcohol, No sex outside of a long term relationship' was seen as an act of rebellion.We saw this as a convenient tag for the Youth Work we were engaged in, where we used 'Straight edge' to mean God First, Bible Based, Drug Free, Booze Free, Dating Free, and Sex in Marriage only. We also saw the promotion of good christian literature and music as a positive alternative to the so called 'youth sub-cultures.'
We believe passionately in reaching out to our friends and community to share the truth of the gospel as found in the Word of God
The answer is neither and both...
We hold reformed doctrines and biblical truth dear to our hearts and we believe in the biblical use of all spiritual gifts both supernatural and natural and encourage their use within the teachings and guidelines of the New Testament. We do not believe, despite the many abuses, that the Holy Spirit’s work has changed or has ceased, and if the church in Acts needed His gifts we certainly need them today. We class ourselves as a continuationist church, this means we are open to The Holy Spirit acting in people's lives as he sees fit, we do not believe that the gifts are dependent on a particular worship style or can be harnessed by a particualr methodology. We do believe that the Holy Spirit gives and takes His gifts according to the needs of the church and are for the building up of the church. We do reject some of the unbiblical excesses of some charismatic churches and also we struggle with the total rejection of supernatural gifting, as we see instructions for their use within the church clearly written in the bible.
HOWEVER we welcome anyone who disagrees with us on these points to worship with us as we believe our unity is not based on worship style but on the fundamental truths of scripture.
