What We Do
Come along and join us at 10.30am every Sunday, at the YMCA on Freeman street. We open our service with a welcome and prayer, followed by a time of worship, which leads to our sermon. We seek to preach God’s word expository style - verse by verse, book by book. After the sermon, we partake in Holy Communion and close with a final song of worship. Afterwards, prayer is available for any spiritual, emotional or physical needs. We believe in a God who heals. Tea, coffee, biscuits and fellowship will follow the service. We also meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7pm for prayer and bible study.
Who We Are
Meet Our Elders
We believe the most biblical form of church governance is to be run by a plurality of elders. These elders/pastors are suitably qualified men who are responsible for the spiritual health of the congregation and how the church is run. Here are our elders.
Lawrence is a local man who has lived in the vicinity of Grimsby and Cleethorpes all of his life. He grew up in a non-Christian household but he always had a belief in God. He has worked on Grimsby and Immingham docks for most of his life. He is a married man with 2 children. He looked at the Morman faith as a young man in his search for God but was not impressed. He came to the Christian faith in 2009 and was baptized in 2010. Away from church he loves photography, running, cycling and watching football.
James is a local man living in the Grimsby and Cleethorpes area all his life. Growing up in Grimsby like a lot of other people he grew up with, James got involved in alcohol, drugs and violence. Having always had a belief in God, James came to the end of himself and became sick and wary of his sinful lifestyle at the end of 2010. He finally surrendered to God and was baptised in 2012 and is now a committed Christian, Husband, Father, foster Carer and preacher of Gods word. Outside of church James enjoys running, the gym, walking molly his Hungarian Vizsla, camping with the family, marvel movies and Star Wars.
Rob was born into a loving home in York, where faith in Jesus Christ was soon modelled to him. Studying medicine, Rob couldn't accept Darwin's theory of random and mindless evolution, instead learning how we are "fearfully and wonderfully made" (Psalm 139). He embraced his career as a GP in Grimsby, while Rob discovered the very real, personal relationship with God that he'd been missing, when he and his wife, Joan were born again on 5' March 1990. He was baptised and now has true peace, while sharing the Good News of the 'astounding riches of God's grace'. Rob helped set up the busy Grimsby branch of Gideon's International, while he also served as a church deacon for 6 years, before helping continue the work planted by Pastor Carl Peet, at Redeemer Grimsby.
What we Believe
We believe in the Bible
We believe that God has perfectly revealed who He is and what He commands in the Bible.
We believe in the Trinity
We believe that God is a complex unity. There is only one true God, but He exists eternally as three persons - Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
We believe in Jesus
We believe that Jesus is fully God and fully man. Through His life, death, and resurrection, He did all that was necessary to make salvation possible.
We believe in the Holy Spirit
We believe that the Holy Spirit is fully God. Through His ministry, He points us to Jesus and empowers our lives.
We believe in the Gospel
The Gospel is the good news that God saves sinners through Jesus' life, death, and resurrection.
We believe in the gifts of the Spirit
We believe that the Holy Spirit continues to give Jesus' followers all spiritual gifts to encourage believers and save those who do not yet believe.
We believe in original sin
We believe that, through Adam, sin has broken all humanity and creation, leaving the world in need of salvation.
We believe in salvation by Grace alone
We believe that salvation is by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone.
We believe in the existence of Satan
We believe Satan hates God's church and is determined to crush it. Satan was defeated at the cross even as we wait for his final judgment.
We believe in the Church
We believe the Church is Jesus' body on the earth. Her mission is to make Jesus known through preaching the gospel, caring for the poor, and serving our neighbours.
We believe in Baptism and Communion
We believe God has given us baptism and communion to strengthen Christians' lives and celebrate their inclusion into God's family.
We believe in Complementarianism
We believe that men and women are equals, created by God to fulfil different roles as co-workers in his kingdom.
We believe in Marriage
We believe the pattern for sex and marriage was established by God as He officiated Adam and Eve's male-female union in Eden.
We believe in the image of God
We believe that all humans are equal in dignity and value, bearing the image of God from the moment of conception, regardless of ethnicity or gender.
We believe in Heaven and Hell
We believe that followers of Jesus will spend eternity with Jesus in His kingdom Everyone who rejects Jesus will be punished with eternal separation from the presence of God.
We believe in Jesus’ return
We believe that Jesus will return to both restore creation and judge the living and the dead.
MEMBERSHIP STATEMENT OF FAITH
1. We believe that the Scriptures, both the Old and New Testaments, are the inspired Word of God and the final authority for all Christian faith and life. (Matthew 5:18; John 10:35; 17:17; 2 Timothy 3:16-17; 2 Peter 1:20-21)
2. We believe that the one true God exists eternally in 3 persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and that these, being one God, are equal in deity, power, and glory. (Isaiah 40-48; Psalm 104; Psalm 139;Matthew 10:29-31; 28:19; Acts 17:24-28; 2 Corinthians 13:14; Ephesians 1:9-12; 4:4-6; Colossians 1:16-17; Hebrews 1:1-3; Revelation 1:4-6)
3. We believe that Jesus Christ is God incarnate, fully God and fully man, that He was born of a virgin, lived a sinless life, offered himself as a substitutionary sacrifice for sinners, and was physically raised from the dead on the third day.(Isaiah 53:1-12; Matthew 1:18-25;John 1:1-18; Romans 8:34;1 Corinthians 15:1-28; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Galatians 3:10-14; Ephesians 1:7; Philippians 2:6-11; Colossians 1:15-23; 2:15; Hebrews 7:25; 9:13- 15; 10:19;1 Peter 2:21-25; 1 John 2:1-2; 3:8)
4. We believe that the Holy Spirit is fully God, equal with the Father and Son, that He imparts spiritual life through regeneration (the new birth), and that He indwells, leads, illumines and graciously empowers for godly living and service all who come to faith in Christ. (Matthew 3:11; John 1:12-13; 3:1-15; 15:26-27; 16:7-15; Romans 8:9; 1 Corinthians 12:12-13; 2 Corinthians 1:21-22; Ephesians 1:13-14; 5:18)
5. We believe that all humanity (with the exception of Jesus Christ) are born subject to sin and moral corruption, and are therefore by nature and choice the children of wrath, justly condemned in the sight of God, wholly unable to save themselves or to contribute in any way to their acceptance with God. (Genesis 1-3; Psalm 51:5; Romans 3:9-18; 5:12-21; Ephesians 2:1-3)
6. We believe that we are justified by grace alone, through faith alone, in the redemptive work of Christ alone. No ordinance, ritual, work, or any other activity on the part of an individual is required in order to be saved.(John 1:12-13; 6:37-44; 10:25-30; Acts 13:48; 16:30-31; Romans 3-4; 8:1-17,31-39; 9:1-23; 10:8-10; Ephesians 1:4-5; 2:8-10; Philippians 2:12-13; Titus 3:3-7; 1 John 1:7,9)
7. We believe that Christians will live for eternity in glorious fellowship with their great Triune God. Those who die without Christ will suffer eternal separation from the presence of God. (Matthew 25:46; Luke 16:19-31; John 5:25-29; 1 Corinthians 15:35-58; 2 Corinthians 5:1-10; Philippians 1:19-26; 3:20-21; 2 Thessalonians 1:5-10; Revelation 20:11-15; 21:1-22:15)
8. We believe in the personal, physical appearing of Jesus Christ when He returns to the earth as King to consummate His kingdom and to reign with His people for all eternity. ( 1 Corinthians 15:20-28,50-58; Philippians 3:20-21; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-5:11; 2 Thessalonians 1:3-12; Revelation 19:1-21)