Message from our Minister, Sean Fountain
It
is my great pleasure to welcome you to our web site.
Summer holidays present us with a chance to relax and spend
time with family and friends and what could be nicer than a trip to the
seaside? Pier Avenue Baptist Church is situated in the seaside town of
Clacton on Sea. We can assure all our visitors a warm welcome over the
summer months.
In the face of the Credit Crunch, rising food costs and
rising fuel prices does God really have anything to say to us today? We
believe that God continues to speak and calls us to follow Him.
So, as a Church, we have been considering the challenges
that face us as we seek to be disciples of Jesus in the 21st
Century. If you would like to find out more about what it means to follow
Jesus today, why not come along and join us?
Every blessing,
Sean
Our Mission Statement
 Our fellowship here in Clacton has a Mission Statement,
which summarizes what we stand for. It says that... Our Purpose
Is:
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To celebrate God's presence
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To communicate God's Word
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To educate God's people
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To demonstrate God's love
We have broken this down to explain it. Our
purpose is:
to celebrate God’s presence.
We do this whenever we meet for worship – mainly on Sundays at 10:30am &
6:00pm – but also at other times when we praise and worship God together.
It says we are here to communicate
God’s Word. We strongly believe in mission – both locally and
internationally, and we support all kinds of mission work, involving
practical caring as well as evangelism.
It says we aim to educate God’s
people. This we do through various youth and children's’
activities, through Bible study and House groups, and through our Sunday
teaching programme.
And it says we exist to
demonstrate God’s love. We truly want our Church to be a family, in
which Christian love is shared between every member, and through which
God’s love is shown to the local community and the world.
These are the principles we stand for, and we welcome
all who love the Lord Jesus Christ, and who share these aims, to join us
in serving God in Clacton.
As Baptists, we are part of the universal Church of
Jesus Christ – but we have our own distinctive practices too. Our name
comes from our belief that baptism is for 'believers' not babies. We
baptise those who profess a personal faith in Christ, and we do this by
'immersion' in water – not sprinkling. We also believe that each local
Church (fellowship) is independent, and we do not have bishops or a 'national' Church.
The committed members of each local Church have full responsibility to
support and finance its work.
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