What We Believe

These are our basic beliefs, which we believe to be core elements of biblical teaching.

We believe in the one true God who lives eternally in three equally divine persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, who live in perfect loving communion glorifying each other.

God the Father

We believe in God the Father, an infinite, personal spirit, perfect in holiness, wisdom, power and love. We believe that He infallibly foreknows all that shall come to pass, that He concerns Himself mercifully in the affairs of each person, that He hears and answers prayer, and that He saves from sin and death all who come to Him through Jesus Christ.

Jesus Christ

We believe in Jesus Christ, God’s only begotten Son, conceived by the Holy Spirit. We believe in His virgin birth, sinless life, miracles and teachings. We believe in His substitutionary atoning death, bodily resurrection, ascension into heaven, perpetual intercession for His people, and personal visible return to earth.

We believe in the atoning sacrifice of Christ on the cross: dying in our place, paying the price of sin and defeating evil so all who repent and trust in Jesus Christ are reconciled with God. We believe in the resurrection of Jesus Christ, which vindicated Him, defeated death, and secured eternal life for His people. The justification of sinners is solely by the grace of God through faith in Christ.

The Holy Spirit

We believe in the Holy Spirit who came forth from the Father and Son to convict the world of sin, righteousness, and judgement and to regenerate, sanctify and empower all who believe in Jesus Christ. We believe that the Holy Spirit indwells every believer in Christ, and that he is an abiding helper, teacher and guide.

Humanity and the Gospel

We believe in the love, grace and sovereignty of God in creating, sustaining, ruling, redeeming and judging the world. We believe that God’s creation was made very good and that God created human beings, male and female, in his own image.

We believe that God’s good creation has been corrupted by the fall as a result of Adam’s disobedience. This caused sin to enter the world and for every part of creation, including humanity, to be marred by the effects of sin, and bound by the futility of decay and death. Most significantly, humanity has become separated from God and under his righteous judgement.

We believe that the gospel of Jesus Christ is the only hope for humanity’s reconciliation to God for through it, Christ’s death and resurrection is proclaimed as the only means of salvation.

Revelation and the Bible

God has revealed His existence, power and character through the creation of all things, visible and invisible. He has revealed Himself in His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ who is, the very image of God.

We believe that the Bible is the Word of God, fully inspired and without error, written under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. Therefore, we believe that it has supreme authority in all matters of faith and conduct. We believe authoritative scripture to consist of the sixty-six books of the Old and New Testament and affirm its power to equip God’s people as they hear, believe and do God’s Word.

The Church

We believe in the universal church, the living spiritual body of which Christ is head and all born again persons are members. We believe in the local church, consisting of a body of believers in Jesus Christ, baptised on their own profession of faith. The local church gathers together on the Lord's Day for the purpose of hearing God's Word preached, praying together, singing praise to God, and encouraging one another through fellowship.

The body of believers are united by their love and worship of God and their love for one another. The church is known for its devotion to God's Word and prayer, to the ordinances of baptism and the Lord’s Supper, and to fulfilling our great commission.

The Return of Jesus Christ

We believe in the personal, glorious and visible return of the Lord Jesus Christ to fulfil the purposes of God, who will raise all people to judgement, bringing eternal life to the redeemed and eternal condemnation to the lost.

We believe that God will establish a new heaven and a new earth in which God will be all in all and his people will worship and treasure Him perfectly for all eternity.

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Planning your Visit

A Warm Hello

Thank you for visiting our website. At the very heart of Calderwood Baptist Church is our faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. We believe that Jesus Christ shows us what God is like and how we can have a relationship with God. And we believe that the only way to have this relationship with God is through Jesus' death and resurrection, which provides forgiveness and life to all who believe. It is our desire to share this life transforming news with people throughout East Kilbride and further afield.

Whether you're looking for a church or are interested in exploring Christianity, we hope you'll connect with us and begin to explore the good news about Jesus Christ. We are a church where you can connect with us and find a welcoming and loving community with a desire to serve you. We are a place where you can explore Christianity and find out who Jesus is and what it means to follow him. We are a church where you are invited to belong to our family who are united by our faith in Jesus and our trust in his saving death.

We are also a church that loves our community here in East Kilbride so we have a variety of ministries that seek to serve our community - information about these is included in our website. If there are other ways that we can serve you, please do reach out to us.

We look forward to welcoming you soon.
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Connect

Our Sunday services are a great way to connect with us and to begin your journey of getting to know us as a church and getting to know who Jesus is. You'll also get the chance to meet different people, some who have been Christians for a long time, some who are quite new to faith, and others who are still exploring. We really do our best to make everyone welcome!

You can also connect with us through a number of mid-week ministries that we run for our community and through our coffee shop, Hunter House Coffee Shop.

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Explore

At Calderwood, our desire is to know Jesus Christ and to make him known. Everything that we need to know about our Lord Jesus Christ is found in his living word, the Bible. So we take the Bible seriously, we read it and listen to it so we can hear what God is saying to us. If you would like to explore who Jesus is and how he came into the world to rescue us, we'd encourage you to read a bit of the Bible with a Christian friend.

We would be happy to give you a Bible and direct you to some good places to start. We'd also be happy to connect you with a Christian who would be happy to read some of the Bible with you. This is a great way to explore the Bible, discuss it, and hear how it has changed someone else's life.

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Belong

When we belong to Jesus Christ, we also belong to his family, the church. The church is a global family who are united by their belief in Jesus Christ as their Saviour and Lord. As a local church, we seek to live as family at Calderwood Baptist Church. Entrance into this family comes through faith in our Lord Jesus and our desire to live with Jesus, for Jesus, and according to his word. As a church, we extend an invitation to belong to Christ's family as we make him known and invite people to respond to the significance of Jesus in their lives. We practice baptism as a sign of our faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, and we take membership of Christ's church seriously as we seek to live together as a community of grace.

Get in touch with us to plan your visit

If you would like to come and visit the church beforehand you are more than welcome! Get in touch and we can arrange a time that suits you.

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