What we believe
We are...
A Christian Church
Most significantly we are a Christian church, so we aspire to listen to what God has to say to us in the Bible. We aim to put God’s word at the heart of everything we do from Sunday through to Saturday.
However, it’s often helpful for people to know a little more about what we think the Bible teaches. So, we would also describe ourselves as:
A Conservative Evangelical Church
This means we affirm a concise summary of the core doctrines of the Christian faith, like that used by the Universities and Colleges Christian Fellowship (UCCF). You can see and read this doctrinal basis on the UCCF website.
But such a concise summary doesn’t include everything that defines a church and what it believes. So, most specifically, we are:
A Presbyterian and Reformed Church
This means that our official doctrinal basis is the Westminster Confession of Faith.
It’s important to say, you don’t have to know anything about or agree with everything in these standards to be a part of Christ Church Central Leeds! But they do make clear what will be taught in our church, and how our church will be governed by our eldership.
Our ministries are grouped around five areas:
Week by week we gather to worship God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
We look to reach out in mission to our city, nation, and world that people might be brought to Christ.
We hope to grow ever more like Christ in active discipleship.
We want to be a church family where believers from all backgrounds and stages of life find a home.
We want to train men and women to fulfil their different callings serving Christ and his kingdom.
Most fundamentally, we hope to play our part in carrying out the Great Commission in Leeds: Go therefore and make disciples of all nations...
Matthew 28:19-20