We believe that the Holy Bible is the Word of God. We believe the Bible was written by people thousands of years ago who were inspired by the Holy Spirit. This has resulted in the Old Testament which paves the way for the coming of Jesus and the New Testament which tells us of his coming, his death and resurrection. We believe the Bible is true, understandable, powerful to change lives, authoritative, and sufficient for us to know how we are saved.

The cross is the centre of the Christian religion across the world. We believe that Jesus Christ died on the cross for our sins. It was no accident that he was crucified nor was it the end of a good teacher, a wise man, or a failed revolutionary. Jesus Christ is the Son of God who hung upon the cross for the sin of his people. Without the cross the Christian faith has no good news, without the cross there is no forgiveness, and without the cross there is no hope. We trust that on the cross all our sin, guilt and shame was dealt with by Jesus as he suffered and died. Gloriously, wondrously, Jesus did not stay in the grave but rose from the dead three days later. In this he proved that he is who he said he was, that there is life beyond the grave and that the Christian hope is a living hope.

We believe that at Pentecost, the Father and the Son poured the Holy Spirit upon the Church. When we place our faith in Jesus as Son of God and in his work on the cross the Holy Spirit resides within us also. He is a person and not a force or power or an ‘it’. The Holy Spirit is fully God alongside the Father and the Son. The Spirit equips the Church to be able to live as God’s people in the world, He empowers the Church to live godly lives, and He changes us daily to become ever more like Jesus.