Why Jesus?

Jesus is the most amazing person who ever lived! Those of us at NewHope Baptist Church who call ourselves his disciples, find his life and teaching awe-inspiring. Frankly we want to be like him. He is an amazing model, but even more incredible we experience Jesus as a living friend. We believe his message and commit our lives fully to him. The ancient scriptures - the Gospels and Paul's letters - make some incredible claims about him. It is claimed that he healed people of many illnesses, that his main interest while on earth was serving other people and helping them find hope and friendship with God and that he was raised by God from the dead.

And perhaps most amazing, it is claimed that he is God, that he can save all kinds of ordinary people today from all kinds of extraordinary hells and that he is presently alive in heaven. In his own words Jesus claims to have given his followers his living Spirit as a daily companion; and told us to expect his return at some future time when he will put things right in this world. It is this astonishing, wildly exciting, not easily figured-out person, Jesus the Christ that our church exists to serve. I can think of no better word to describe him than Saviour.

Every week we have worship gatherings, small groups and lots of programs where we teach about Jesus and discuss his significance for our lives. Come and explore, no strings attached! If you would like to know more about Jesus we suggest you take an Alpha course. This course is offered all over the world and will give you an opportunity to explore these claims about Jesus for yourself. Click to your left and check out the details for the next Alpha course at NewHope.

OR, if you want to surf the web and learn a bit more about Jesus, below are a couple of suggestions to start your journey. You can click below also to find our church's doctrinal statement.

AND, the most important thing to leave you with is this. You dont need to look that far. Jesus said: everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened (Matthew 7:8)! If you want to know Jesus just start exploring. Look in the Bible (read Mark or Luke) and start to pray (you don't need to be super religious, just talk as if he were in the room with you) you might be surprised what you discover!

Allan Demond - Senior Pastor

Some helpful sites

Baptist Union Website

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Christianity.net.au

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What do we believe?

Mission and Vision

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