Plymouth Haven Baptist Church

Core Truth: It can be reasonably argued that the Church suffers from a seriously inadequate, even impoverished understanding of itself and its divine purposes, and that the Adversary is relentlessly at work to keep it that way, lest it arise into the power and glory intended by its Head, the Lord Christ!

Core Truth: As Christ’s literal body on the earth, the church is called to be His living presence here and now, doing and saying the things He did, while ever remembering that its ultimate purposes – far beyond this present life - are both incredibly glorious and eternal.

Core Truth: God has always delighted in confounding the wisdom of men and acting in ways that challenge human logic and disarming even the wisest so that “no flesh can glory in His presence.”

Core Truth: In the end, there is only one thing that matters – our willingness to do whatever it takes to gain what matters most and thus secure true success in this life and in the life to come!

Even winds and seas obey Him.

Core Truth: The storms of life are never meant to harm or destroy us; rather they are intended to uncover our weaknesses, correct our disobedience or deficiencies of faith, and force us to decide what really matters most in life.

Core Truth: The reality of the Empty Tomb has consequences His followers are obliged to do something about. We are called to tell the story, to tell it correctly, and to tell it everywhere!

May the Lord help us live sent lives – reaching people with the message that saves.

Core Truth: Our soul is that invisible and eternal part of us that makes us different from all other forms of life on earth and according to our Lord’s own words is the most valuable of all our possessions. Therefore, it is the one thing above all that should never be up for any sort of trade or barter for the things of this world.

Core Truth: “We are told to let our light shine, and if it does, we won’t need to tell anybody it does. Lighthouses don’t fire cannons to call attention to their shining - they just shine.” Dwight L. Moody.

Core Truth: While it is easy to criticize the world for its sins, that is not our assignment as Christians. Rather, it is by our daily lives – our works, our attitudes, and our conduct that we are to bear witness to the truth of God’s righteousness and of His generous love and grace.

Core Truth: The question is not whether we should or not, because the fact is that we do! In fact, from the beginning of time, some of God’s greatest servants have had times of real and serious doubts. The real question is what should we do when we experience doubts in our own journeys of faith.

Core Truth: As followers of Christ in a dark and unrighteous world, the reality of the faith that we claim with our words ought to be increasingly evident in every area of our lives.

Core Truth: "Prayer does change things, all kinds of things. But the most important thing it changes is us. As we engage in this communion with God more deeply and come to know the One with whom we are speaking more intimately, that growing knowledge of God reveals to us all the more brilliantly who we are and our need to change in conformity to Him. Prayer changes us profoundly." (R.C. Sproul)

Core Truth: The ultimate purpose of the church on earth is to hasten the day when "the kingdoms of this world have become the kingdom or our Lord and of His Christ ...(Rev 11:15)

Core Truth: "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose." Jim Elliot

Core Truth: At the end of life... when we have spent our last dollar...done our last good work of service...carried out our last responsibility...and drawn our last breath...the Master will have something to say to everyone of us. How blessed those will be who hear Him say "Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master!"

Core Truth: A father’s approval is a great gift and no child should ever have to grow up without it.

Core Truth: We are all the products of our theology and a false concept of God can make Him uncomfortable if not intolerable to live with.

Core truth: “God’s greatest means of effecting lasting change in the world is through the presence and witness of the church.”