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Finding
out about Christianity
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What
we believe
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We
are an active Church of England church in inner-city Wolverhampton
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We are evangelical and aim to bring glory to the one true God
(Father, Son and Holy Spirit) by knowing Him, and making Him
known to other people.
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We
seek to be loyal to the historic reformed protestant faith as defined in the
39 Articles of Religion.
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We believe that the Christian
gospel is
about the God who saves all kinds of people from His future judgment, by the forgiveness of sins,
through faith in Jesus Christ alone.
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We
welcome people at any stage of Christian understanding and hope to serve
everyone who comes here.
Our Aim
Statement explained
Prayerful : The
urgent need of the church is prayer. We seek, therefore, to pray as
individuals, small groups and as a whole church for all people, the
ministry at St Luke's and for the spread of the gospel of Christ.
Bible based: It is through the
teaching of God's word in the power of His Spirit that we come to know
God, are transformed and built up as His people, and proclaim Jesus
Christ as Lord. Expository bible teaching is, therefore, central to the
ministry at St Luke's. We do this in different settings to encourage
people to live as Christians ought.
United Church: As the word is taught faithfully, the gospel of
Jesus Christ creates unity. Attempts to unite around anyone or anything
apart from Christ is idolatry and will cause disunity. We seek to make
God's word available to people of all ages, backgrounds, ethnicity,
gender and spiritual maturity.
Serving Jesus Christ together: The
church pays some people to organise church life, but all of God's people
are called to serve Jesus Christ by serving one another. We, therefore,
encourage every member of St. Luke's to serve in some way. The Holy
Spirit gives different people different gifts which we aim to recognise
in people and then equip them to serve. When we use these gifts together
the church becomes effective in works of service and in mission.
In Mission: Mission is at the heart of God’s eternal purposes.
We therefore aim to steward our resources towards ministries which are
growing the church. In particular we aim to find new and imaginative
ways to take the joy and hope of the gospel out into the community of
Blakenhall and beyond so that those we get to know can hear and respond
to God's love in Christ where they are. We want to have strong links
with the staff, pupils and parents of our church school.
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