Our Values & Beliefs.

Our aim is to be a loving community of disciples of Jesus, following him, growing in him, and witnessing to him through words, works and wonders.

We seek to be friendly and real with one another, meeting each week in a variety of small groups, and on Sundays at Chesterton Lane for celebration, prayer, bible-teaching and coffee.

  •  Worship is at the heart of our life together, and we look to allow God’s Holy Spirit freedom to convict, heal, speak and renew us. Prayer ministry is always part of what we do.

  • The foundation for our lives is our relationship with Jesus Christ, and we are convinced that this relationship is the most important & wonderful thing for any human being, both in this world and into eternity. Sharing this message of hope to the world is at the heart of who we are.

  • Serving our local community is one of our passions – young people, the elderly, those disadvantaged – and getting involved in civic society. Serving the wider world in prayer, missions and giving is vital to our church life.

  • Our understanding of God and the life that he wants us to live is drawn from the Bible which is at the heart of our understanding of the Christian faith. Our aim is to be stimulating, provocative, relevant and radical, as we attempt to follow the teaching of Jesus.

  • A three-part “Declaration of Principle” forms the basis of understanding for all who belong to the Baptist Union. It was introduced in 1873 with the intent of holding in union Baptists with widely different theological understandings, and progressively refined (1904, 1906, and 1938). 

    It is rooted in Jesus’ Great Commission (Matthew 28:18-20) with its threefold pattern of authority, baptism and mission. The first clause of the Declaration focuses on the absolute authority of Jesus Christ, with clause two on baptism into the life of God. Clause three is all about mission.

    The Basis of the Baptist Union is: 

    1. That our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, God manifest in the flesh, is the sole and absolute authority in all matters pertaining to faith and practice, as revealed in the Holy Scriptures, and that each Church has liberty, under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, to interpret and administer His laws. 

    2. That Christian Baptism is the immersion in water into the Name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, of those who have professed repentance towards God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ who ‘died for our sins according to the Scriptures; was buried, and rose again the third day’. 

    3. That it is the duty of every disciple to bear personal witness to the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and to take part in the evangelisation of the world.

    • 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 new earth.

  • For more information on Churches Together Cirencester follow this link: https://www.ctinc.org.uk/