What Are We?

The Christians who make up our church are all Baptists. This means that when we put our trust in Jesus Christ to be our Saviour we also obeyed his command to be baptised, which simply means we were immersed (dipped) in water. The Bible tells us that everyone who puts their faith in Jesus Christ should be baptised and that it should only be such people who are baptised - the Bible says nothing about immersing or sprinkling babies with water.

What’s the point of being baptised? Well it is an outward sign to show that a person is inwardly trusting Jesus Christ as the one who can wash away their sins and give to them a new life. Having been baptised a person then joins the church and can take part in the privileges of being a member of the church. In particular that means they can join in at the Lord’s Supper (or Communion Service), which is a special time when the members of our church eat bread and drink wine to remember the death of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Do you need to be a Baptist to come to our services? No you don’t! We are glad to welcome anyone to our regular services where we worship God and talk about what He has done. The only thing we would ask is that you remember that the Lord’s Supper is not for everyone, but rather for true Christians who have joined the church. However, you would be welcome to stay with us as an observer if you happen to visit when we are holding this special service.