Our Faith
OUR VISION
Hope Church exists to be a local church community that worships Jesus Christ. We’ve discovered that a relationship with God is real, possible and life-changing because of what Jesus did for us on the cross. As we come to him we experience complete forgiveness and are given the gift of new life through the resurrection of Jesus from the dead. As a church we seek to follow a living Saviour. Our greatest goal is to know Jesus more and more, seeking to become more like him and to glorify Him in everything we say and do.
Our desire is to be a church of growing disciples who are devoted to God’s Word the Bible, to each other and the community we live in. We want to share our lives, love our neighbours and be on God’s mission as part of Christ’s alternative society for the world.
We know we can’t live this way in our own strength and so we aim to rely on God’s Holy Spirit who gives us the strength to love, live and speak for Him. We want to express our dependence to God in prayer knowing that it is only Christ Himself who will build His church.
We want our whole area (and beyond!) to know all about the amazing love and rescue found in Jesus and so we want to introduce our community to the wonderful hope Jesus offers through knowing Him. For some of us it will be the reviving of a dormant faith, for others it will mean coming alive for the very first time. We want to see people awakened to Jesus Christ, find a place to belong in His family and get equipped to live for Him in every area of their lives.
OUR VALUES
Hope Church is a member of the Church of England, within the parish of Chesterton St George.
As an Anglican church, we believe in God as Father, Son and Holy Spirit. We believe that God reveals himself through the Bible. And we believe that being a Christian means accepting Jesus’ invitation to enjoy a relationship with God.
We are Christians committed to the good news of salvation found in Christ alone, by grace alone, through faith alone, as revealed in Scripture alone, to the glory of God alone.
For more information on what it means to be a part of the Church of England, visit their website.
Our sister church, St George’s, meets every Sunday at 10:00am (CB4 1LN).
A CHURCH FOR EVERYONE
Our vision for Hope Church is to be a church for everyone. To be welcoming, accessible and valuing equally every single person in our community.
We believe that God loves each of us just as we are. Jesus died and rose for us all - to forgive us and to bring us back into a relationship with Himself. Experiencing this new life as a follower of Jesus leads to deep transformation throughout our whole lives as we seek to live for God and show a better story to the world.
YOU ARE WELCOME!