At Connect Christian Church we describe ourselves as being Christian, Evangelical, Reformed and Mission–Minded.

We are Christian 

Being Christian means at its heart that we are disciples of Jesus Christ. As Christians we adhere to the historic and universal Christian faith as summed up in the Apostles Creed, the Nicene Creed and the Athanasian Creed.

We are Evangelical

As Evangelicals:

• We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative Word of God.

• We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

• We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in his virgin birth, in his sinless life, in his miracles, in his vicarious and atoning death through his shed blood, in his bodily resurrection, in his ascension to the right hand of the Father and in his personal return in power and glory.

• We believe that for the salvation of lost and sinful people, regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential.

• We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a godly life.

• We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost; those who are saved to the resurrection of life and those who are lost to the resurrection of judgment.

• We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ.

We are Reformed 

Being Reformed means:

• We believe that God created the heavens and the earth. God’s inherent goodness and purposeful creation gives objective moral order and purpose to this world. All of life, thought, work and community is to be lived in joyful and thankful worship of the creator God.

• We believe that God created man and woman in a state of sinless perfection with particular dignity as his image bearers on the earth.

• We believe that Adam and Eve sinned against God and that everyone since is a sinner by nature and choice. Sin has totally affected all of creation including the marring of God’s image and likeness so that all of our being is stained by sin (including reasoning, desires and emotions).

• We believe that all people have sinned and separated themselves from the Holy God therefore everyone deserves the just punishment of hell.

• We believe that God in his unparalleled love and mercy has chosen to elect some people for salvation. We also believe that the salvation of the elect was predestined by God in eternity past.

• We believe that the salvation of God’s people was accomplished by the sinless and obedient life, the substitutionary atoning death and the physical resurrection of Jesus Christ in place of his people for their sins.

• We believe that the salvation of the elect, by God’s grace alone, shows forth in the ongoing repentance of sin and faith in Jesus Christ that leads to good works.

• We believe that God’s saving grace is ultimately irresistible and that God can soften even the hardest heart and save the worst of sinners according to his will.

• We believe that the gospel should be urgently proclaimed to all people so that through the preaching of God’s word and by the power of God’s Spirit they may believe and so be saved.

• We believe that true Christians who are born again of God’s Spirit will be kept by God throughout their life, as evidenced by personal transformation that includes an ever-growing love of God, love of their brothers and sisters in the church and love of the lost.

• We believe God continues to give spiritual gifts to his people for the service of the gospel and the building up of his church, but that no particular gift is evidence of a fullness of the Spirit.

We are mission-minded 

Being Mission-Minded means:

• We believe that we must be faithful to the unchanging message of the gospel, but that it is important for us to take heed to the changing context of the culture in which we minister.

• We believe that our mission is to bring people to Jesus, enfold them into his church so that they can be trained and nurtured to go out into their culture as disciple making disciples.

A more comprehensive explanation of these beliefs can be found in our confessions which are the Belgic Confession, the Heidelberg Catechism and the  Canons of Dort.