Our being together as a church implies we aim to meet each week on a Sunday and sometimes during the week.
- We reverence life, especially when babies are born and when people pass away and support all people and families at these times through events that celebrate life.
- We believe that marriage between a man and a women reflects the created order and is an image of the relationship between Christ and the church and to be honoured.
- We organise ourselves to serve our communities and may do this through events that reach out to our communities with the message of Jesus.
Our congregational distinctive is that we believe,
- Jesus Christ is the Head of the Church Universal, which is his Body, and of each local church.
- Each local church is in itself a complete church, therefore autonomous, possessing all the rights and responsibilities of the Church by the Holy Spirit as set forth in the Scriptures.
- Jesus Christ exercises his authority in each local church by the Holy Spirit and through the Scriptures.
- Each local church, through its Church Meeting, is answerable only to Jesus Christ, and not to any association, conference, council, synod, or any other ecclesiastical body.
- It is proper and beneficial for each local church to seek fellowship and counsel of other churches that are like-minded in the Lord.
- Local churches have a responsibility to love and respect one another in the Lord and to show concern for one another’s welfare.
My conviction is there is a lot to recommend the Church and scope to see the community grow, God willing. This was the basis that I continued to support the continuing congregation at Takeley during 2024 as the administrator, having formerly been a trustee.
M Emlyn Humphries
Takeley Chapel 