An old faith, lived out fresh
We’re an ordinary church holding to the historic Christian faith — with room for your questions along the way.
Being Baptist
Vale Community Church is a Baptist church — part of a wider movement of ordinary people following Jesus together. Being Baptist shapes how we belong, decide and serve.
Believer’s baptism
We baptise those who choose to follow Jesus for themselves — a personal ‘yes’ to God, going under the water and rising to new life. No pressure, no rush; in your own time.
The priesthood of all believers
Every one of us has direct access to God and a part to play. There’s no spiritual elite — ministry belongs to the whole church, not just the leaders.
A free church under Christ
Each Baptist church governs itself under the Lordship of Jesus, seeking his mind together in community — while belonging to something much bigger than ourselves.
Better together
We belong to the Central Baptist Association and the Baptist Union of Great Britain — a family of thousands of churches across the country and the world.
Our beliefs
We share the historic Christian faith, in the Baptist tradition. Swipe through what we believe.
God, become one of us
That our Lord and Saviour is Jesus Christ, the Son of God — very God himself, become real man.
God’s word, our guide
In the full inspiration and authority of the Bible as the sufficient rule of faith and conduct; and that each church has liberty, under the Holy Spirit, to search, interpret and live out his word.
One God, three persons
In one eternal God in three persons — Father, Son and Holy Spirit — coequal and coeternal.
A world that’s gone wrong
In the fall and sinful nature of all humanity — that something in each of us, and in the world, needs putting right.
Jesus, in our place
In the atoning sacrifice, in our place, of God’s Son the Lord Jesus Christ — his resurrection, ascension and personal return in glory.
Made right, by grace alone
That by the grace of God alone we can be made right with him, through a personal faith in Jesus — the only Saviour — a faith that is active in love and holy living.
God at work in us
In the renewing, sanctifying and enabling work of the Holy Spirit in the lives of believers.
Life beyond death
In the resurrection of the dead, bringing eternal blessing to all who have received Christ — the sure hope at the heart of our faith.
All God’s people, on mission
In the priesthood of all believers, who together form the universal Church — of which Christ is the head — called to share the good news throughout the world.
A personal ‘yes’
In believers’ baptism (credobaptism) — baptism upon a personal profession of faith in Jesus Christ.
Our story
Vale Community Church is a young church plant in the heart of Marston Moretaine — reaching our village afresh, while rooted in centuries of Baptist faith and the wider family of God’s people.
We’re only just getting started, and there’s a place for you in the story.
Still working things out?
So are most of us. Bring your questions to Doubts & Drinks, come along on a Sunday, or just drop us a line.
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