We are a group of ordinary people who have come to know the extraordinary God of the universe through Jesus Christ his Son. When he came into this world, Jesus revealed God like never before and is renewing humanity through his life, death, resurrection and ascension. We have found his claims to be trustworthy and true; that he is indeed alive and is himself the Way and the Truth and the Life.

In him we have found the truth about God and humanity and this world, we have found forgiveness for our guilt, freedom from our sin, peace with God and man, and hope in life and death. He is full of grace and truth, he brings healing and renewal, and we have come to him by others sharing the good news with us from the Scriptures.

We gather as a family of faith every Sunday at 10:30am in the centre of Bellshill where we build one another up in love and truth and gladly share this good news with anyone interested in learning more about how good Jesus is.

In the flesh, Jesus was the son of Mary, who was married to Joseph, a carpenter from Nazareth. Jesus was born in Bethlehem, from the tribe of Judah and in the lineage of King David. Yet his identity and origin goes farther back...

The manner of life from birth to death was prophesied in the Old Testament and was fulfilled at the right time and place in history. Those who were there to witness Jesus' words and deeds wrote about what they saw, and explained his life and death and resurrection through the Old Testament, while also explaining the Old Testament through his life and death and resurrection. That is what the New Testament is all about, explaining who Jesus is, why he came and how that impacts the world and everyone in it. His words and deeds confirmed not only that he was the long-awaited Messiah from the royal lineage, but that he is the Son of God, that he came down from heaven, that he existed eternally in glory with the Father before the world existed, and that he has ascended to heaven to enter his glory having fulfilled the prophecies and completed his earthly work.

The world has never been the same since Jesus came because he is the True Light that came into the world, and his light has been overcoming the darkness ever since. He also said that he came into this world for the purpose of bearing witness to the truth, and so Jesus came to bring light and truth into the world.

Though he died in the flesh, he rose again physically and yet also immortal, just as he predicted and as the prophets said. He has ascended into heaven to receive his kingdom, as it was written in Psalm 110 and Daniel 7, and he will appear again soon to put an end to evil and darkness, to judge the world in righteousness and rule in his glorious kingdom forever with those who belong to him. His risen, glorified, eternal body does not belong in this fallen world, for he is already the first and also the king of the new world he is creating. Our world is passing away yet from heaven he is preparing and transforming as many as would come to him, that they may be ready and renewed when he returns, that they may enter his kingdom to be with him where he is and to this he invites all people to respond and come to him. 

In this day he will judge the living and the dead in righteousness, which is good because we know the world lacks true justice, yet we are all guilty. Therefore, Jesus has given his sinless life as a ransom, dying for the sins of the world, because all have sinned and are bound to death. He calls all to come to him because only he can remove our sin and rescue us from death. The good news is that to him all the prophets bear witness that everyone who believes in him and calls on his name will receive forgiveness of sins and life in his name. Not that he ignores evil, but he begins the process of removing evil by judging it on the cross, cancelling it's debt and transforming people by the power of his Spirit into new people fit for his kingdom. No form of sin or evil will ever enter his kingdom, so it follows that those he takes into his kingdom will finally and definitively be separated from sin forever and finally free to live as they are made to live. 

We believe there is nothing and no one else who makes sense of this world and all of these things like Jesus does.

Why not find out for yourself.

Whether or not you have had experience in a church, you may want to explore what Christianity is all about. Sometimes Christians and Churches can show well what Christianity is about, other times not so much (we are all imperfect). We find the best picture of what Christianity is all about is to look at the Christ himself - Jesus of Nazareth. We would encourage you to read for yourself, perhaps starting with one of the Gospels, who Jesus was and what he came to do. If you have never read the Bible as an adult, we would be glad to join you in a casual setting and begin to read with you.

A helpful resource and way to do this kind of joint exploration of the Bible is The Word One to One.

We have also found many helpful introductions to what Christianity is all about.

Click the image below to see one such resource.