What We Believe

‘What Christians believe’ covers a huge amount of ground, but here are some of the central beliefs:

• We believe in one God, who exists as three persons in the Holy Trinity: the Father, the Son (Jesus Christ), and the Holy Spirit.
• Jesus Christ was born of a virgin: in other words, he was fathered by the Holy Spirit. He is human on his mother’s side (opening him up, therefore, to the temptations of sin) but also very much the son of God—the only son of God. He is therefore both fully God and fully man. See Matthew chapter 1 (NT)
• Jesus lived a sinless life. Although as a man he experienced all the temptations you and I face (lying, gossiping, lust, greed and all the rest), his righteousness as God meant that he never gave in to them. See 2 Corinthians chapter 5 (NT)
• Jesus died to break the curse of our sin. Sin cuts us off from God; it must be punished; it must be dealt with. The only way this could happen was for God himself, in the person of Jesus, to willingly give his life for ours. See 1 Corinthians chapter 15 (NT)
• Jesus was resurrected from the dead, claiming victory over sin and death and offering us all a glimpse of the promise that is ours because of what he did: that promise is eternal life in the company of God. See John chapter 20 (NT)
• Jesus will come back one day. We don’t know when, but we do know that he will establish his perfect kingdom, and rule as king over us all—just as some of his followers had hoped he would do during his ministry on earth. See 1 Thessalonians chapter 4 (NT)