Llanishen Baptist Church

  About Our Beliefs

“Baptists hold, in common with all Christians, the fundamental beliefs of the Christian faith.” (Morris West, Baptist Principles)

On ecumenical occasions, we often say the Nicene Creed as an expression of the faith we hold in common with the universal Church.

The Nicene Creed
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A more distinctively Baptist expression of faith is found in The Centenary Message of the 2005 Baptist World Congress. This has been adopted by The European Baptist Federation as, “a Statement of Baptist Identity which can helpfully summarise the core beliefs and values which are common among European and Middle Eastern Baptists.”

 The EBF Statement
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On 26th April 2009, our church meeting adopted the following short statement of the core beliefs of Llanishen Baptist Church.

Llanishen Baptist Church
Statement of Faith

We believe:

1. In One God in three Persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

2. God made the universe and rules over it.

3. We can trust the Bible because it is God’s Word.

4. Sin is our failure to love God, love others and care for God’s world.

5. Jesus was born of the virgin Mary, lived without sin, and is truly God and man.

6. Jesus died on the cross to pay the price of sin in our place, and to defeat evil.

7. Jesus rose again bodily, and lives as Lord of all.

8. God forgives our sins by his grace through faith in Jesus Christ alone.

9. The Holy Spirit leads us to Jesus Christ and helps us live and grow in him.

10. The Church exists to worship God, and to help people follow Jesus.

11. The local church has the freedom to be guided by Christ as believers meet in his name.

12. Jesus commands believers to be baptised as a sign of belonging to him.

13. Jesus commands believers to share bread and wine to remember what he has done for us.

14. Jesus will come again in glory to judge the earth, and bring eternal life to those who trust in him.

Bible References

1.   Deuteronomy 6:4; Matthew 28:19; John 14:16-17

2.   Genesis 1:1; Nehemiah 9:6; Jeremiah 32:17

3.  2 Timothy 3:16-17; Psalm 119:105; 2 Thessalonians 2:15

4.  Luke 10:27; Genesis 2:15; Romans 3:23

5.   Matthew 1:18; Hebrews 4:15; John 1:14; John 20:28

6.  1 Corinthians 15:3; Isaiah 53:5-6; 1 Peter 1:18-19

7.  1 Corinthians 15:3-4; John 20:26-27; Philippians 2:9-11

8.   Romans 3:23-24; Ephesians 1:7-8; Acts 4:12

9.  John 15:26; 1 Corinthians 12:13; 2 Corinthians 3:18; Acts 1:8

10.  Ephesians 1:22-23; Hebrews 13:15; Matthew 28:19-20

11.  Colossians 1:18; 1 Corinthians 12:12; Acts 15:22; Matthew 18:20

12.  Galatians 3:26-27; Colossians 3:11-12; Acts 18:8; Matthew 28:19

13.   Matthew 26:26-28; 1 Corinthians 11:23-26

14.  Hebrews 9:28; Acts 1:11; Acts 17:31; 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17