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Introduction

 

Gabalfa Baptist Church is affiliated with the Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches. We are a church who base our beliefs and service on the known will of God as revealed in the Bible (see our Statement of Faith). As part of the body of our Lord Jesus Christ, not only do we seek to support and equip our own members for their personal growth, but in response to the "Great Commission", we also desire, in the power of the Holy Spirit, to equip and to provide opportunity to reach out to the lost in Cardiff and the world. We want to be used by God to spread the Good News of our Lord Jesus Christ.

What are the things that make Gabalfa Baptist Church what it is? Click here to read the five Practical and Doctrinal Distinctives of the Church.

 

 

The Churches Mission...

 

...is to reach and disciple people of all ages for Jesus Christ in response to the great commission (Matthew 28:18-20) towards building a community of mature believers who in a loving relationship with God and with one another, are committed to growing and mutually encouraging one another, as we fellowship together, in worship, prayer, Bible study/discussion, and helping with the practical needs of one another. (1 John 3:16-18 ; Gal 6:10).

It is also to have an impact on our community by being actively in the world and actively not of it. We want to show the transforming love and holiness of Christ in our lives (Matthew 5:13-16) through ministering to their practical needs (James 2:14-26), always with the active goal of introducing them to Christ, the Lord of our lives (Mark 16:15-16; 1 Peter 3:15).

 

 

Maturing Believers are moving towards being...

 

    • Those who know what they believe and why they believe it.

    • Those who can rightly divide the word of truth.

    • Those who, through obedience to the Word, can discern between good and evil; right and wrong; applying it to day to day life.

    • Those who, in their union with Christ, have developed the consistent (stable) characteristics of love.

    • Those who having been blessed are blessing others through the developing the use of their talents and spiritual gifts for the edifying of the Body of Christ.

    • Those who are consistently walking in the power of the resurrected Christ (Philip 3).

    • Those who are pressing on in their walk through faith, being conformed to the character of Christ, in the fruit of humility, of wisdom, and confidence (boldness) in the faith.