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2012NTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTIONSTUARTBLOUNT: To many people today the Church would hardly be described as alive. Their experience of church has not always been either positive or thrilling. Yet to those of us who have discovered the reality of God in our lives and are connected with the exciting life and mission of the church the opposite is certainly true. Church is not about how religious we can be once a week, but how deeply we can be in relationship with God and how passionate we can be about his plans for our world today. God has never abandoned this world, even though so many of its inhabitants do not want His involvement in their lives. These pages are designed to reflect something of the LIFE that we believe is characteristic of God's Church, a movement of millions of people across the world who are seeking to make a difference by the way they live, the message they communicate and the hope they share… this is the kind of Church Christian Life Centre is today…
CHRISTIANLIFECENTRE: We are a vibrant Pentecostal Church reaching out across South Birmingham. Our Church family are spread right across the city of Birmingham living our faith in the ordinary things of life, making a difference and being a positive influence for the kingdom of God. After nearly 30 years of reaching out CLC has established a significant church community that is constantly looking to impact people's lives with the message of the love of God in both how we live and what we share. These pages reflect our ongoing journey to impact our community so that it sees the positive power of the kingdom of God at work.
WE MEET: 9AM A worship service including communion and a children's programme
11.15AM A celebration service including youth and children’s programme
6.30PM A celebration service including prayer ministry
WORSHIP: Music and worship are at the heart of our church. CLC was a church born in song and is a church that finds expression for itself in worship. Our gifted musicians and singers are committed to leading our corporate times of worship with a passion for the presence of God to be real and tangible among us.
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WE ARE‌ AN INTERNATIONAL CHURCH There are people from many different nations who have made CLC their home. This has given our church a much broader worldview and a greater heart for world mission.
A PENTECOSTAL CHURCH There are people from many different nations who have made CLC their home. This has given our church a much broader worldview and a greater heart for world mission.
A FAMILY CHURCH Christian Life Centre is a family and seeks to make people feel at home and to feel accepted. Whether married, single, young or old we aim to be a family to all.
AN EVANGELISTIC CHURCH We aim to spread the Good News about Jesus throughout our community through relationship and a creative evangelistic programme.
A TEACHING CHURCH We believe that the Bible is God’s Word to our generation. It teaches us who He is and who we are, what his plans are for mankind and how he wants his children to live. Preaching and teaching forms a central part of our collective worship experience. .
2012VISION
OURVISION: We dream of being a NEW HORIZON CHURCH. For us, that‘s a church that doesn’t settle or look simply for a place of comfort, but we are constantly seeking new horizons. We don’t want to be easily satisfied, because we want always to have higher aspirations and greater dreams of what God can make us into, and how God can use us to achieve his plans on the earth today
THE CHURCH OF MY DREAMS IS… STRONG AND SIGNIFICANT A Church which is both large and influential - a Church which cannot be ignored. It has facilities that can accommodate thousands and an extensive outreach programme transforming lives and futures.
VISIBLE AND VIBRANT A Church which is both large and influential - a Church which cannot be ignored. It has facilities that can accommodate thousands and an extensive outreach programme transforming lives and futures.
GROWING AND GOING A Church that is alive in worship and active in evangelism. It brings hope to every generation and Spirit-filled life to every individual. A Church that stands out and speaks up.
FRIENDLY & FAMILY A Church that welcomes. A place of healing for the lonely, the lowly, the hurting, the sick. A home for the old, the young, the single, the married, the parent, the child. A caring and compassionate community.
REAL & RELEVANT A Church that is making a difference in the world as it challenges mindsets and changes attitudes. It effectively communicates the unchanging truths of God’s Word in an ever changing world so that people are transformed eternally.
2012WEBELIEVE
WE BELIEVE IN… THE BIBLE We believe the Bible, as originally given, to be without error, the fully inspired and infallible Word of God and the supreme and final authority in all matters of faith and conduct.
THE TRINITY We believe that the Godhead exists co-equally and co-eternally in three persons Father, Son and Holy Spirit and that these three are one God, sovereign in creation, providence and redemption.
THE SAVIOUR We believe in the true and proper deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His real and complete humanity, in His sinless life, in His authoritative teaching, in His substitutionary and atoning sacrifice through His blood shed, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, in His heavenly intercession and His second advent to receive His Church.
THE HOLY SPIRIT We believe in the deity of the Holy Spirit who proceeds from the Father and the Son and the necessity of His work in conviction of sin, repentance, regeneration and sanctification, and that the believer is also promised an enduement of power as the gift of Christ through the baptism in the Holy Spirit with signs following. Through this enduement the believer is empowered for fuller participation in the ministry of the Church, its worship, evangelism and service.
MANKIND We believe in the universal sinfulness of all men since the Fall, rendering man subject to God’s wrath and condemnation.
SALVATION We believe in the necessity for salvation of repentance towards God and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ by which the sinner is pardoned and accepted as righteous in God’s sight. This justification is imputed by the grace of God because of the atoning work of Christ, is received by faith alone and is evidenced by the Fruit of the Spirit and a holy life.
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WE BELIEVE IN… THE CHURCH We believe in the spiritual unity and the priesthood of all believers in Christ and that these comprise the universal Church, the Body of Christ.
THE MINISTRY We believe in the ministries that Christ has set in His Church, namely, apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers and in the present operation of the manifold Gifts of the Holy Spirit according to the New Testament.
THE ORDINANCES We believe in the baptism of believers in water in obedience to the command of Christ and the commemoration of Christ’s death by the observance of the Lord’s Supper until His return.
THE COMISSION We believe that the Gospel embraces the needs of the whole man and that the Church is therefore commissioned to preach the gospel to the world and to fulfil a ministry of healing and deliverance to the spiritual and physical needs of mankind.
THE COMING KING We believe in the personal, physical and visible return of the Lord Jesus Christ to reign in power and glory.
THE FUTURE STATE We believe in the resurrection of the dead and in the final judgment of the world, the eternal conscious bliss of the righteous and the eternal conscious punishment of the wicked.
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