Interested in volunteering at Gilnahirk Baptist Church? Want to find out more about what we do as a church? Then this weekend is for you! Following our Sunday morning service we are hosting our first ever GBC Ministry Fair. This gives you the opportunity to find out more about serving at GBC by speaking to people who are already involved in our volunteer teams. You also will have the chance to register your interest in the various ministry options. We will then send you extra information about the ministry and arrange an opportunity for you to try out some of our ministries and […]
We are a church that moves through
Most people are familiar with the scene on a Sunday morning: Christian believers attending a service of worship which often includes hymns, prayers and a sermon. And when it’s all done, the faithful file out of the door and go home until the following week when the situation is repeated. But what happens on Monday morning? Are they still a church? Do they have any function or purpose for six out of the seven days of each week? The answer is yes. One Christian theologian has made an important and helpful distinction: the church is an organisation – the assembled church […]
We are a church that moves in
The Christian faith is not meant to be a dry set of beliefs, mental assent to a body of rigid doctrines, but instead it is essential for what the Bible considers to be true life, running deep and rich, flowing out into every aspect of the human experience. According to the Psalm-writer, the truly alive person is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. (Psalm 1:3) This life does not stem from superficial self-help psychology, discovering oneself through eastern mysticism or good old hedonism, but from […]
We are a church that moves out
Jesus never intended for his disciples to remain in a comfortable group together, talking about the good old days. After he rose from the dead, Jesus left his followers with these words: Go…and make disciples of all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. (Matthew 28:19-20) And when we turn a few books to the right, we see in the book of Acts that the disciples took this command seriously. After the Holy Spirit came down in a new, […]
We are a church that moves up
Our highest calling as human beings is to give God our worship. Not because he needs it, but because he deserves no less. God’s people worship him – give him honour and glory – because that can be our only response to who he is and what he has done. The largest book in the Bible is a huge collection of songs, written by various musicians and poets – the book of Psalms. Within this compilation, there is massive variety of worship forms: songs of jubilant praise and adoration; songs to mark a special day in Israel’s history; songs that […]
Where are we going as a church?
It is essential for a church to know where it’s going. Knowing our direction of travel gives us clear focus, helping us to be united in our various roles, everyone pulling together for the same cause. But it also helps those outside the church, people who are looking in, interested to know why the church does what it does from week to week. The direction of Gilnahirk Baptist Church can be summed up in four movements. As a church we go Up, In, Out and Through. This is nothing innovative or novel by the way. These four movements are drawn from […]