Our Ethos

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We at Long Eaton Baptist Church are, we are often told, well known for being a friendly, caring and loving Church.

 

As a fellowship of Jesus' disciples our goals are twofold:

 

Firstly, to encourage Christians to become more Christlike through living out their faith every day. 

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Secondly, to bear fruit in keeping with the Gospel; through sharing the good news of Jesus Christ with others and to be a positive influence in our local community and beyond.

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What we believe

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We believe that as people we often get things wrong and this results in people getting hurt and relationships being broken. This is no more true than where God is concerned - our actions hurt him and has resulted in our relationship with Him being broken. That’s why Jesus came, to restore our broken relationship with God and as a result of what Jesus did, the way is now open for all of us to get to know God, through Christ, if we choose.

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That’s it really; the rest, as they say, is academic.

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OK, perhaps not - but in a Baptist church if you ask a question you are likely to get a whole range of responses. This is because we believe you can hold your own opinion, provided you do so with a clear conscience - so it is not only important to know what you believe but why you believe it.

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To this end, we would encourage you to explore the questions you have, without dictating the answers.

 

On a practical level, we try our best to foster good relationships and the community is very important to us; whether it is deciding what we do as a fellowship or sharing the odd cup of coffee, we endeavour to include everyone.

 

Though, as we said, we do get it wrong sometimes. 

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If you want to know more, you can read more about the Baptist principles here.