What we believe

Our trust deeds declare us to be "Protestant Dissenters of the Denomination of Particular or Calvinistic Baptists", and gives the following summary of the doctrines we are to believe and teach:

The one living and true God

Three equal Persons in the Godhead

The proper deity and the real humanity of our Lord Jesus Christ

The sinful state of man by nature and by practice

The free justification of the penitent sinner by faith in the atoning sacrifice of Jesus Christ

The regeneration, conversion and sanctification of the soul of man by the Spirit and grace of God

The moral law a rule for the conduct of all believers

The resurrection of the dead and future judgment

The eternal happiness of the righteous and the everlasting misery of the wicked

This declaration and summary link us historically with the Baptist Confession of Faith of 1689 (also known as the Second London Confession). This was based on the First London Confession of 1644, rewritten in 1677 to agree as much as possible (baptism being the principal distinctive) with the Westminster and Savoy Confessions of Faith, in order to demonstrate substantial unity with Presbyterian and Independent Christians.

We believe and teach these things because God has revealed them to mankind in His written Word, the Holy Bible. Because the Bible places the greatest emphasis on the Gospel or Good News of Jesus Christ, we refer to ourselves as Evangelical (= 'of the Good News'). Every member of Hebron has experienced the power of this Good News in his or her own life. We have all - by God's free favour and sovereign power - turned from sin and put our trust in the Lord Jesus alone to save us from our sin and all its consequences.

Knowing the joy of total forgiveness, of eternal life already begun, and of intimate, personal knowledge of the Lord God Almighty, we wish all mankind to experience the same. So we encourage you to attend one of our worship services, to contact us by e-mail, or to follow some of our 'useful links'.