Townhead Church

Who are we? What do we do? Why do we do it?

Welcome to the Townhead Church website.
As part of the community of Newmilns for over 100 years, the Christians who meet in Townhead Church are keen to reach out to those who live around us, to share the good news from the Bible by preaching, teaching and living lives that show the love of Jesus.

We have a variety of activities throughout the week starting on Sundays when we meet at 10am for our weekly Communion service. After a coffee break we have our Family service at 11.30am which includes a time for children at the Good News Club. From 4pm to 5pm we meet for Bible study and teaching.

On Tuesday evenings we have our Housegroups at 7.30pm.

On Thursday night we meet for prayer at 7.30pm. Other occasional events include: Quiz and Curry nights, Car Treasure Hunts, Fireworks, Gala Day Events, Ceilidhs. The annual summer camp is a highlight for the young people.

Our Practice and Beliefs

As there are many ideas about what Christians believe, we have included this short guide to our practices and beliefs, as the foundation for all that we do.

• We believe that God has revealed Himself to humanity through the whole of what is written in the Bible, and that this revelation is without error and can be relied upon¹.
• God has revealed Himself as one God², in three persons Father³, Son⁴, and Holy Spirit⁵.
• All humanity, though created in the image of God⁶ and for His pleasure⁷, became hopelessly separated from Him through deliberate sin⁸.
• God's Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, though perfectly human⁹, was sinlessly perfect¹⁰. He was born to Mary, a virgin¹¹.
• Jesus lived a life of service, teaching and healing¹².
• Jesus willingly suffered a death that was a substitute for the death that fallen humanity deserved¹³. After His death He was physically resurrected, and then was taken up into heaven¹⁴. The blood that He shed made a relationship possible between God and people¹⁵.
• Our salvation cannot be achieved by any anything we do-it's an undeserved gift to all who have faith in Christ¹⁶.
• We believe in the reality of heaven and hell¹⁷ and the Bible is clear that only those who trust in Christ are assured of a place in heaven¹⁸.
• We believe that those who have put their faith in Christ for salvation should endeavour to follow him in their lives¹⁹, and should make public declaration of this through believer's baptism²⁰.
• In our practice we seek simply to follow the New Testament pattern of worship, including meeting on the first day of every week for communion²¹.
• Our Church is led by a group of elders who are responsible to God for overseeing all aspects of church life²².

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