Glanrafon Evangelical Church     
Princess Street, Llangollen          
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About Us

At the moment we number around twenty five to thirty in our morning  congregation. Our services are focused around worshiping God through his Word
the Bible. We sing traditional hymns and the best of the modern ones.  One  service each Sunday is devoted to preaching the Gospel and as a church we are  committed to taking it out into our community. We preach the need of a personal  conversion through faith in the death and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ  as the sole means of salvation. We also  hold that the Bible is God’s Word  and as originally given was free from error and is our final authority in all  matters. We baptize by immersion and hold our independence dear but seek  union with other gospel honouring churches and are therefore happy to be in the Associating  Evangelical Churches of Wales. You are most warmly welcome to attend our  services whoever you are and we pray that through the presence of the Holy  Spirit you may be truly blessed.

Our Mission

Our mission is based upon the teaching of the New Testament  found in the Great Commission (Matthew 28:16-20). There the Lord Jesus Christ
gave his disciples and his entire Church throughout the ages, clear  instructions to take the Gospel out into the world and seek the salvation of the
lost.  We also take seriously the role of nurturing young saints and  building up one another in Christ.

What is an Evangelical?

The word Evangelical  is derived from the Greek word,  "euangelion", meaning "good news" or gospel,” 
This "good news" or "gospel," is made   known to us through the Bible. As Evangelicals we hold that the Bible is God's word and is completely trustworthy and  true. We seek   to base all   we teach and do upon it.

As evangelical Christians we believe in making the "good news" or " gospel," known to others. This follows the example of Jesus and the Apostles in the New Testament as well as the early Christians.  So  an Evangelical is one who makes known to those who do not  know the "good news" or "gospel," of
the Lord Jesus Christ as found in the Bible.

What does the word Gospel mean?

The  word Gospel simply means Good News as seen above.

The Oxford Dictionary explains it's English  origin “Old English gōdspel, from gōd ‘good’ + spel ‘news,  a story’  (see 
spell), translatingecclesiastical Latin bona annuntiatio or bonus nuntius, used to gloss ecclesiastical Latin evangelium,  from Greek euangelion 'good  news' (see evangel); after the vowel was shortened in Old English, the first  syllable was mistaken for god ‘God’”.  

What we believe - bases of Faith

Each member of the church  believes the following 

 
         
1.   (a) The unity of the Godhead, with  the distinctions of Persons in that unity: namely The Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, all being perfectly equal.  
      (Deut 6:4: Gen 1:1-2, 2:6; John 1:1-2 )
                        
 
      (b) The Sovereignty of God in Creation , Providence and  Redemption. 
     
(Gen 1:1; Prov 16:4; Psalm 47:2; Acts 17:26; Rom 8:28; Gal 1:4; Col 1:14; Titus 2:14; 1 Peter 1:18; Rev 5:9)
       
 2.   The Holy Scriptures, both Old and New Testaments to be the Word of God wholly and completely, and recognize their authority and sufficiency,
       and the need of the teaching of the Holy Spirit to a true and spiritual understanding of the whole. 
       (2 Tim 3:15-17; 1 Peter 1:10-12; 2 Peter 1:20-21; John 4: 26)
       
 3.   The Fall of man and his total departure from God as the consequence of sin, and the failure of the first man, to obey God.
       
(Gen 3:6,16-19; Rom 3:10-19,23; Rom 5:12-19; Rom 6; Rom 8:5-9)
       
 4.   
The Son of God, our Lord Jesus Christ .
       (a) Truly became man, being born of the Holy Spirit and conceived of the Virgin Mary.  
       
(John 1:14; Matt 1:20-25; Luke 1:25; Gal  4:4)
        
       (b) Lived a perfect life, was without sin, fully keeping God's Holy Law.
       
(Heb 4:15;1 Peter 2:22; 2 Cor 5:21; 1 John 3:5; 1 Peter 1:19; Matt 5:17; Matt  17:5).
     
       (c) Died as a substitute for sinners 
        (Is 53:5-6; 2Cor 5:21; Rom 5:6-8; 1 Peter 3:18)
 
       (d) Was raised from the dead, ascended into Heaven, at the right hand of  God and is now the all-sufficient High Priest for His people. 
      
(1 Cor 15 :3-4; Acts 1:9-11; Phil 2:9; Heb1:3; Eph 1:20; Heb 7:24-28; Heb 2:17-18; Heb 4:15-16)


  5.  That the justification of  the sinner  before  God is by faith alone in the Lord Jesus Christ.  
       (Eph 2:8-10; Hag 2:4; Acts 13:39;  Rom 5:1;    Rom 3:21-26; Rom 4:4-5; Gen 2:16)
       
  6.  The need of the work of the Holy Spirit in  regeneration (new birth),  conversion and  sanctification.
       (John 3:5-8, 16:8-11; Titus 3:4-7; 2 Thess 2:13-14; 1 Peter 1:2)
 
  7.  That this new birth results in and is made evident by holiness of life and good works.  
        (Matt 5:16; Eph 2:10; 4:24; Titus 2:7-8,14; Titus 3:4-8)
 
  8.  That every believer in our Lord  Jesus  Christ is eternally secure and kept by the Power of  God. 
     
 (John 10:27-29; John 3:16;  John 11:26; Rom  8:35-39; Phil 1:6; Jude :1; 1 Peter. 1:5) 
 
 9.   The world wide church of  God is the body of  which Christ is the  Head.
      
(Eph 1:22-23; Col 1:18-19; 1 Cor 12:12,27; 1 Cor 1:2)
       
       (a)  This embraces all those washed in the Blood of Jesus, Born of the Spirit of God and justified by Faith. 
      
(Rev 1:5-6; John 1:12-13; James 1:18; 1 John 4:7; 1 John 5:1; 1 Peter 1:23; John 3:3-8)
 
       (b)  The local church, being made up of all such believers is an expression of the worldwide church.
       
(Acts 2:41-47; Matt 18:20)
 
       (c)  Fellowship between such churches demonstrates the unity, of the Body of  Christ. 
      
(Acts 2:27-30; Rom 16:16; Phil 1:3-5; 1 John 1:3;1 Cor 16:1-3, 17-20)
 
 10. The personal return of our Lord Jesus Christ in glory, to receive His people and to judge the world. 
     
 (1 Thess 4; Acts 1:10-11; Job 19:25-26; Phil 3:20-21)