Christian Beliefs

God's Love

We believe that in spite of all the suffering in the world God made the universe and loves everybody in it.

God's Son

We believe that unless God helps us none of us would know very much about God. That's why we believe he sent his Son Jesus into the world, so that we could not only know more about him but also know him personally. And that's why at St Mary's we stress the importance of not just believing in God but believing in Jesus.

The Bible

We believe that the Bible is a unique record of God's relationship with the world. Through its pages we learn especially about Jesus. Because he is the revelation of God, the Bible is the authoritative book on God's purposes for the world.

Questions

When people start to think about God there are lots of questions:

• "How can you believe in a God of love when there's so much suffering?"
• "Why Jesus and not some other religion?"
• "Hasn't science disproved God?"
• "How can you really trust the Bible?"

These questions and others are addressed regularly in our "Course for the Curious", which is led by the clergy. This course encourages members to look closely at major issues of our faith. Details are published in St Mary's Parish News periodically.

St Mary's

St Mary's is a part of the Church of England, whose principal leader is the Archbishop of Canterbury. We come under the authority of the Bishop of Southwark who delegates his care to the Bishop of Kingston.