We Are Kingsgate

Great Yarmouth, UK

Our Beliefs

What we believe (beliefs) really does shape who we are as a church and impacts everything we do. 

We are Christian1

This separates us from all other religions, cults, philosophies and worldviews. As an expression of our commitment to the historical Christian faith we believe and hold fast to the Apostles Creed2 and the Nicene Creed3, both of which clearly spell out the core Christian beliefs (or doctrines). 

We are Evangelical

In its simplest form this means that we believe that the Bible is God’s Word and is therefore our final authority in all matters of life and doctrine and that people need to be saved by hearing and responding to the gospel of Jesus Christ. As a church we believe that the Evangelical Alliance’s (UK) Basis of Faith is a helpful summary of the essential beliefs of scripture4

We are Reformed

This means that we believe that scripture emphasises the sovereignty of God5 in all things, man’s inability to do spiritual good before God (apart from saving grace6, salvation is God’s divine initiative 7 from start to finish and the glory of God8 is the highest end of all. 

We are Charismatic

This means that we believe that all spiritual gifts9 and ministries10 are gifts of grace11 given by the Holy Spirit12 and are valid for today. As Christians we are called to live Spirit-empowered13 lives and to eagerly desire Spiritual Gifts14. 

Sources

  1. Acts 11:26 ↩︎
  2. “creed”—derived from the Latin “credo” meaning ‘I believe’ – is, in its ecclesiastical sense, used to denote a summary or concise statement of doctrines formulated and accepted by a church (Dodds, J.) ↩︎
  3. The Nicene Creed (325AD) ↩︎
  4. http://www.eauk.org/about/basis-of-faith.cfm ↩︎
  5. 1 Chron. 29:12; Ps 103:19; Ps 135:6; Job 9:12; Job 41:11; Rom 9:14-18 ↩︎
  6. Eph 2:1-5 ↩︎
  7. Acts 13:48; Eph 1:3-14; Eph 2:5 ↩︎
  8. Rom 11:36; 1 Cor 10:31; Eph 3:21; 1 Tim 1:17 ↩︎
  9. 1 Cor 12:7-11; Rom 12:6-8 ↩︎
  10. Eph 4:11 ↩︎
  11. Rom 12:6; 1 Cor 12:4-7 ↩︎
  12. 1 Cor 12:11; Heb 2:4; 1 Pet 4:10 ↩︎
  13. Acts 1:4-8 ↩︎
  14. 1 Cor 14:1 ↩︎