Who we are
About Us
So, who are we at Community Bible Church?
Community Bible Church is an independent congregation, which means we're not part of a larger presbytery, association, or diocese. We keep in close fellowship with some other like-minded churches in Northland.
We were founded, oh, about twenty years ago now to provide a place for theologically conservative Bible-based expository preaching in Wellsford.
Community
“That's who we are: a community of different people from all walks of life, and all ages & stages, united as believers in the Lord Jesus Christ.”
Bible
“It's the centre of all we are, and all we do. We believe wholeheartedly in the sufficiency of Scripture, meaning that all of God's Word is all we need, for all of life.”
Church
“That's how we function: as a community of believers, in accordance with God's Word, gathering together regularly and intentionally to worship Him.”
Vision & Mission
To whole-heartedly love God & genuinely love others
Matthew 22:37-40. That continues to be our mission:
Exalt God
To faithfully preach the word.
Do all to the glory of God.
1 Corinthians 10:31Edify Believers
To encourage each other as we grow into the men and women God wants us to be in Christ.
For the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ.
Ephesians 4:12Evangelize Unbelievers
To reach out to Wellsford and surrounding communities with the light of the love and grace of God.
Go therefore and make disciples of all nations.
Matthew 28:19
What we believe
The Bible is God's Word
CBC knows the Bible to be the inspired, infallible, inerrant word of God, the final and ultimate authority for all matters of faith and doctrine.
We hold the traditional orthodox Christian doctrines of the Trinity of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and Jesus Christ as fully God and fully man.
It's only in the penal substitutionary atonement of Jesus Christ's death on the cross, and resurrection three days later, that we can be forgiven of our sin and brought into right relationship with God.
As far as where we're located in the church landscape, we're broadly evangelical Reformed in theology.
We subscribe to the Apostle's Creed and the Nicene Creed, we hold to the Five Solas of the Reformation, and we're in close harmony with the 1689 Second London Baptist Confession of Faith and the Westminster Shorter Catechism.
Get to know CBC
Core Values
The guiding principles and practices that describe how we carry out our vision and mission.
Read more →Our Doctrine
What we believe and teach, summarising the 1689 Second London Baptist Confession of Faith.
Read more →Leadership
Meet the elders and deacons who serve our church.
Read more →Family Integration
At CBC families and individuals worship together on the Lord's Day.
Read more →Membership
Why we believe in meaningful church membership, and what it means at CBC.
Read more →CBC Baptisms
Watch baptisms and testimonies from our church family.
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