Governing document TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCH GLOUCESTER
Charity number: 1193524
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Charitable objects
3.1 THE PURPOSES OF THE CHURCH ARE:
3.1.1 THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH PRIMARILY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY WITHIN GLOUCESTER AND THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBOURHOOD IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CHURCH’S BASIS OF FAITH (AS OUTLINED IN APPENDIX 1) AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH BIBLICAL AND BAPTISTIC PRINCIPLES INCLUDING THAT:
I) OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST, GOD MANIFEST IN THE FLESH, IS THE SOLE AND ABSOLUTE AUTHORITY IN ALL MATTERS OF FAITH AND PRACTICE, AS REVEALED IN THE HOLY SCRIPTURES, AND THAT EACH CHURCH HAS LIBERTY, UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, TO INTERPRET AND ADMINISTER HIS LAWS.
II) BAPTISM IS THE IMMERSION IN WATER, INTO THE NAME OF THE FATHER, THE SON AND THE HOLY SPIRIT, OF THOSE WHO CREDIBLY PROFESS REPENTANCE TOWARD GOD AND FAITH IN THE LORD JESUS CHRIST AS A SYMBOL OF THEIR UNION WITH CHRIST AND ENTRY INTO HIS CHURCH
III) IT IS THE DUTY OF EVERY DISCIPLE TO BEAR PERSONAL WITNESS TO THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST, AND TO TAKE PART IN EVANGELISATION OF THE WORLD.
3.1.2 SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS SHALL, IN THE OPINION OF THE CHARITY TRUSTEES, PUT INTO PRACTICE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BASIS OF FAITH, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: THE PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF NEED, HARDSHIP AND SICKNESS; THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION; AND THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE;
PROVIDED THAT THE ADVANCEMENT OF SUCH PURPOSES MUST BE UNDERTAKEN IN A MANNER THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE DOCTRINAL DISTINCTIVES AND ETHICAL STATEMENTS AS MAY BE ADOPTED AND AMENDED BY THE CHURCH FROM TIME TO TIME IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE CHURCH HANDBOOK.
