Southlands Christian Church serving Horley, Redhill and Reigate

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Meeting times

Sunday

Prayer meeting @ 9.30am
Morning meeting @ 10.30am

Wednesday

Mens prayer @ 6.15am
Home groups @ 7.30pm

Friday

Ladies morning @ 9.30am

What do we believe?

The mission of Southlands Christian Church is to turn regular everyday people into fully devoted followers of Jesus Christ.

The sole basis of our belief is the Bible, which is uniquely God-inspired, without error, and the final authority on all matters. As the Bible teaches, there is one God, eternally existing in three persons - Father, Son, and Holy Spirit - each has all the attributes of God.

God created humans to have fellowship with Him, but they defied God by sinfully going their own way. As a result, we need God's saving grace to end our alienation from Him. Salvation comes only through God's saving grace - not human effort - and must be received personally by repentance and faith.

Jesus Christ, second Person of the Trinity, lived a sinless life on earth and voluntarily paid for our sin by dying on the cross as our substitute. This accomplishes salvation for all who receive grace by trusting in Him alone. He rose from the dead and is the only mediator between us and God. He will return to earth to consummate history.

The Holy Spirit draws sinners to Christ and equips believers for personal growth and service to the church. The church's role is to glorify God and serve those in need. At the end, everyone will experience bodily resurrection and the judgment. Those forgiven through Christ will enjoy eternal fellowship with God.

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  • We believe the Scripture, Old and New Testaments, are inspired by God as they were originally given. (2 Timothy 3:16; 1 Corinthians 2:13)
  • We believe God has revealed Himself as one God existing eternally in three persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit; distinguishable but indivisible. (Matthew 28:19; 2 Corinthians 13:14)
  • We believe the Lord Jesus Christ, fully God and fully man, was conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary and is the Savior of humanity. (Luke 1:26-35; John 1:18; Isaiah 7:14, 9:6)
  • We believe God created humanity in his image but humans rebelled through sin against God and became spiritually dead, totally depraved and eternally separated from God. (Romans 5:12,18)
  • We believe Jesus Christ died on the cross as a substitutionary sacrifice for the sins of humanity. He was buried and then resurrected on the third day appearing to his disciples. (1 Corinthians 15:1-4; Romans 4:25)
  • We believe Jesus Christ ascended into heaven, His exaltation as Heavenly High Priest and His personal, literal and bodily coming to earth again a second time. (John 14:2-3; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, Hebrews 4:14)
  • We believe the Holy Spirit indwells, guides and comforts believers through distributing gifts of the Spirit and leads believers to demonstrate the fruit of the Spirit. (John 16:13, Ephesians 4:7, Romans 12:6, Galatians 5:22)
  • We believe gifts of the Spirit in operation are essential to the ministry of the church. (1 Corinthians 12-14)
  • We believe in the salvation of sinners by grace through repentance and faith in the perfect and sufficient work of Jesus Christ crucified, by which forgiveness of sins is granted. (Ephesians 2:8-9; Hebrews 9:12,22; Romans 5:11)
  • We believe in the Spirit-filled life and the development of godly character in the fear of God as believers serve and demonstrate devotion to God. (Ephesians 5:18; 2 Corinthians 6:14, 7:1)
  • We believe the company of the called-out ones, the church, is the community where all believers join together in family to pursue the work of the ministry of Jesus Christ. (Ephesians 1:22-23)
  • We believe in water baptism by immersion as a confession by the believer in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ and an expression of faith and obedience to His command. (Matthew 28:19; Acts 2:37-41, 19:1-6)
  • We believe in the breaking of bread commonly called communion or the Lord's Supper where bread and the cup are the symbols of celebration and remembering Jesus' sacrifice. (1Corinthians 11:28-32)
  • We believe in Eternal Life for the believer and Eternal Punishment for the unbeliever who has rejected the sacrifice of Jesus Christ as Savior. (John 5:24, 3:16; Mark 9:43-50; 2 Thessalonians 1:9)