What is Christianity?

Christians are followers of Jesus Christ. Jesus lived and died about 2,000 years ago. Christians believe that he is the Son of God, that he rose to life again after he died, and that he calls us to faith in him. Our faith is called 'Christianity'.

There are lots of ways to begin to understand more about Christianity, why Christians believe what they believe, and what difference it makes. The best way is to meet some Christians. You can do that by coming to any of our services or other events. You and your questions will be very welcome!

Some practical questions you might have about coming to church are answered here.

What do Christians believe?

An outline of Christian beliefs, taken from the Church of England website, is here.

Those beliefs come from the Bible. It is the source of the doctrine of the Church of England, with the Book of Common Prayer, the Ordinal, and the Thirty-Nine Articles. 

Other resources

We have also collected together some resources to help you explore further. We know that we are all different, so we have deliberately included quite a wide range of materials in different styles. We hope you will find something here that is helpful to you.

These are -

• The 4 Points - a simple outline of Christianity  in four short videos
• God, the World and Stuff: the Cross - an interview with a well-known Christian speaker, Krish Kandiah
• Light and Life and Love - a 90 second summary of Christianity by another well-known Christian speaker, Glen Scrivener
• Seven Christians - talking about their faith

If you would like to speak to someone about Christianity, please get in touch here.