A Warm Welcome To Ashford Common Baptist Church (Sunbury)
People sometimes ask what being a Baptist Church means. Different types of Church place their emphasis on different ways of expressing their faith.
We join all mainstream Christian churches in our belief that God is the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. We believe that the Bible has been inspired by God and guides our understanding of Him. We believe that Jesus died on a cross, rose from the dead and now lives in heaven until He returns to earth. He has given us his Holy Spirit to enable us to enjoy a fulfilled new life if we ask for God’s forgiveness and turn from our old ways.
As a BAPTIST CHURCH we believe that Baptism is for those who choose to personally accept Jesus into their life, and we follow the biblical pattern of Baptism by immersion. Baptism symbolises death to an old way of life and rebirth into a new, Christ-centred life. Instead of baptising infants or children, we offer a service of dedication in which the family dedicate their child to God and themselves to following Christian principals as a family.
We value having a personal relationship with God. We corporately seek God’s plan for our Church, rather than being under a priest’s authority. Our pastor guides us in what we do, but does not have the ‘final say'.