What We Believe

“Knowing Jesus & Sharing His Love”

Vision Statement

At Concord Baptist we seek to be a church that

  • Is growing and thriving, where people are excited to attend, and want to invite friends, and who come to church with an expectation of meeting God, where worship is real and authentic and where God’s Spirit touches and transforms lives.
  • Loves Jesus supremely, where He invades everything we say and do, at work and home and in all our relationships. A church, where the Great Commission is our first priority.
  • Teaches the Bible in such a way that people want to align themselves with its values, beliefs and practices. Where gifts and talents are used in the building up of the body. A church that sees people come to Christ and develops them into fully devoted followers of Jesus.
  • Is genuinely welcoming of all who walk through the door regardless of background, social standing, ethnicity or age. A diverse church family that loves and serves each other, where acceptance of others permeates all we say and do. Where motivation comes from a heart that loves God and therefore puts the interests of others before self interest.
  • Makes corporate and personal prayer a matter of great urgency. Where in faith we embrace total dependency on God for the advancement of His Kingdom and for His blessing and power upon all our ministries.
  • Is significantly connected to its community, and serves it in relevant and life changing ways, providing opportunity for all ages to be involved in activities that help them find new life in Jesus.
  • Is open every day, and that uses its facilities as a centre of ministry. Where people can feel safe and cared for, where they can be involved in activities that help meet their needs and enable them to discover their real need of Jesus.
  • Has a focus beyond itself, that is prepared to see people and teams raised up, trained and sent to the world to reach the unreached for Christ.

Core Values

  1. LOVING GOD

    2. We wholeheartedly love and worship God; Father, Son & Spirit.

  2. BIBLE-CENTRED

    3. We are committed to listening to God speaking through the Bible.

  3. CHRIST-LIKE DISCIPLES

    4. We are committed to being gracious, loving and obedient; making and growing as disciples of Jesus.

  4. BEING A FAMILY

    5. We love and welcome all people into our church family. We laugh together, cry together and support one another during times of need.

  5. LOVE FOR OUR COMMUNITY

    6. We are actively involved in the wider community sharing God’s love in all sorts of ways.

Doctrinal Statement

  1. The Divine inspiration and authority of the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments.
  2. The existence of One God in three Persons, The Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.
  3. The sinfulness of man, his lost estate by nature.
  4. The Deity of Jesus Christ, His incarnation as the Son of God, His atoning death as the sole ground of our salvation, His resurrection from the dead, His exaltation to the right hand of God where He ever lives to make intercession for His people and His coming again to receive His own people to Himself and to judge the world.
  5. The need of the Holy Spirit for conversion and sanctification.
  6. The resurrection of the dead.
  7. Rewards and punishments in a future state.
  8. The baptism of believers by immersion as a public profession of faith in Jesus Christ and sign of a new life.