About Us
We are individuals. We are friends and family. We are grandfathers and grandmothers, aunts and uncles. We are young families with small children. We are athletes and couch potatoes, adventurous thrill-seekers and homebodies. Together we make up the body of Christ. From all different walks of life, we are bound by a common belief that Jesus is coming back to set up Gods Kingdom on this earth bringing peace to a world full of trouble.
Galatians 3:28
, “There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.”
If you want to learn more about God and want to serve him more perfectly, want to be more like Jesus and want to express your love for him, you might be just like us!
Christadelphian is a derivative of Greek words meaning Brethren In Christ. We are simply a group of Bible Students who meet together weekly to worship our Heavenly Father. We are a lay community, (meaning that there are no paid clergy), and the baptized men (Brothers) are responsible for leading, teaching, and exhorting (giving sermons to) the entire Ecclesia (church).
Our Congregations
We commonly refer to our congregation as an ‘ecclesia’. This is the New Testament greek word usually translated as ‘church’ in our English Bibles. Over the years, a church has come to refer more to a building rather than the people. Since the building in which we meet has no relevance to our salvation (Acts 7:48-50), we call ourselves an ‘ecclesia’, that is, a people called out to serve God. As the Bible states in Ephesians 2:18-22, God’s building is His people.
Our Beliefs
Christadelphians seek to emulate the faith of the first-century believers in Christ. With that in mind we believe:
- Jesus teaches that the principle of love underpins our relationship with both God and mankind.
- “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind’. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments” Matt 22:37-40
- “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind’. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments” Matt 22:37-40
- The Bible is God’s word and the only written message from him. It is without error, except for copying and translation errors.
- There is only one God – the Father. The Holy Spirit is God’s power.
- Jesus is the Son of God, and a human being, through his mother Mary.
- Man is mortal, having no existence when dead.
- By living a sinless life, ending with his sacrificial death by crucifixion, Jesus has opened the way of salvation from death – by grace, through faith in him.
- Belief and baptism are essential steps to salvation.
- God raised Jesus from death. Jesus is currently in Heaven, on God’s right hand. He will one day return.
- When Jesus returns, he will raise his “sleeping” followers from death and grant immortality to the faithful who have tried to live by God’s precepts.
- His followers will help him to rule, bringing justice, righteousness and peace to the whole world – the Kingdom of God.
About Our Memorial Service
The Memorial Service is our primary focus for meeting together each Sunday. It is a time for meditation and reflection. Hymns are sung, prayers are made and God’s word is expounded upon. The focal point of this service, called ‘the breaking of bread’ is modeled after the example found in the Bible where Jesus shared a last meal with his disciples before his crucifixion. While they were gathered together Jesus took bread, offered a prayer of thanks and divided it among the disciples. “This is my body,” he said, “do this as often as you meet together to remember me.” After the meal he took a cup of wine, offered a prayer of thanks and said, “this is the blood of the new covenant, shed for you – share it between you all.” The disciples understood that this meal is representative of Jesus’ sacrifice, burial and resurrection. After Jesus’ death, resurrection, and ascension to heaven the disciples met regularly on the first day of the week (Acts 20:7) and remembered Jesus in the way he commanded. Following this example, we meet each first day of the week, to remember and rededicate our lives to Jesus through the breaking of bread and reflection of his sacrifice.