What we believe
We are…
A Christian church
Most importantly we are a Christian church, so we listen to what God has to say to us in the Bible. We believe Jesus is central to God’s story of salvation and to our lives. We aim to put God’s word at the heart of everything we do from Sunday through to Saturday.
It’s often helpful for people to know a little more about what we think the Bible teaches. So, we would also describe ourselves as:
An evangelical church
This means we affirm a concise summary of the core doctrines of the Christian faith, such as you find in the Apostles’ Creed or the doctrinal basis of UCCF.
But these documents don’t define everything a church believes and practises. So, most specifically, we are:
A presbyterian and reformed church
This means that our official doctrinal basis is the Westminster Confession of Faith.
It’s important to say, you don’t have to know anything about or agree with everything in these standards to be a part of Buccleuch Free Church! But they do make clear what will be taught in our church, and how our church will be governed by our eldership.