OUR VISION
Vision of the church
We exist for the sole purpose of
helping people follow Jesus.
Vision of the church - We exist for the sole purpose of helping people follow Jesus.
This we seek to do by concentrating on the following Key areas
Worship
This is our response to God’s initiative. It is a means of giving back to God of all that we have and are, in response to his giving to us in creation and redemption and involves the whole life of Christian believers.
Discipleship
This is our maturing as God’s people. It is a means of becoming more like Jesus Christ, by applying Jesus’ teachings to every area of our lives, and by living by these principles.
Fellowship
This is our common life together. It is means, as God’s new community of believers, we help our brothers and sisters in Jesus belong both to him and to one another.
Ministry
This is our demonstration of God’s love. It is a means of showing this love in practical service, and in the exercising of gifts and supernatural abilities.
Evangelism
This is our sharing of Christian good news with all people. It is a means of bringing people into a relationship with God through Jesus Christ.
OUR STATEMENT OF FAITH
Statement of Faith
We believe in...
We believe in
- The divine inspiration and infallibility of Holy Scripture as originally given, its supreme authority in all matters of faith and conduct, and the need of the teaching of the Holy Spirit to a true and spiritual understanding of it.
- The unity of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit in the Godhead.
- The sovereignty of God in Creation, Providence, Revelation, Redemption and Final Judgement.
- The universal sinfulness and guilt of human nature since the Fall rendering man subject to God’s righteous anger and condemnation.
- Redemption from the guilt, penalty and power of sin through the sacrificial death (as our Representative and Substitute) of Jesus Christ, the Incarnate Son of God.
- The Justification of the sinner freely by grace through faith alone in the Lord Jesus Christ.
- The Deity of our Lord Jesus Christ; His virgin birth; His sinless life; His vicarious death; His bodily resurrection from the dead; His ascension to heaven to be our mediator and the certainty of His visible and personal return with great glory.
- The necessity of the work of the Holy Spirit to make the death of Christ effective to the individual sinner granting him repentance toward God and faith in Jesus Christ, and giving new spiritual birth (regeneration).
- The indwelling and work of the Holy Spirit in all His fullness in the believer to make him more like the Lord Jesus Christ, equipping him with spiritual gifts for service and enabling him to worship aright.
- The resurrection of the body, the judgement of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ and the eternal blessedness in heaven of the redeemed and the eternal punishment in hell of the unbelieving.
- The priesthood of all the believers who form the one holy universal Church, the body of which Christ is the head.
- Each ‘local church’ as an autonomous ‘gathered community’ of regenerate believers living in fellowship with all other believers within the body of Christ; each local church having liberty under the guidance of the Holy Spirit to interpret and administer the Word of God.
MEMBERSHIP COVENANT
MEMBERSHIP COVENANT
We exist for the sole purpose of
helping people follow Jesus.
MEMBERSHIP COVENANT
Gathered together in the family of God our Father,
with whom we are at peace through our Lord Jesus Christ,
we gladly promise to love him with all our heart,
and we solemnly covenant with Him and with one another to support loyally this church,
believing that it is a habitation of God through the Spirit,
and part of the one Church of the redeemed,
belonging to both heaven and earth,
We promise that we will assemble regularly,
in order to offer to the Lord our prayer and praise,
to hear his word,
to partake of the symbols of his body once broken,
and to share in the fullness of life
of his continuing body, the Church,
we will support this church financially,
and take our share in its work and witness,
using the gifts and power he has given us,
thus helping to extend His kingdom
at home and abroad.
We will endeavour to be an example to each other
in love and humility,
to bear one another’s burdens,
and to keep the unity of the Spirit
in the bond of peace.
"Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than we can ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us, to Him be glory in the Church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever, Amen."
By the power and grace that comes from the Holy Spirit, I commit myself to the Body of Christ and the work of God at Tanterton Christian Fellowship.