The below is a summary of the core beliefs and values held by the leadership team of Cedarwood Festival. Cedarwood Festival is a member of the Evangelical Alliance in the UK.
- We believe in God the Father, in Jesus Christ our Saviour and in Holy Spirit. We believe in this Trinity we find our King, Creator, and Redeemer; just, merciful, faithful, loving, true, good and holy.
- We believe that God’s presence is enough; that in His presence we have access to everything we need and everything He wants to give us.
- We believe in The love, grace and sovereignty of God in creating, sustaining, ruling, redeeming and judging the world.
- We believe that we, his people, are created in the image of God, male and female, with an ability and a destiny to know and enjoy relationship with Him. That even though we have rejected this and chosen a lifestyle that excludes Him, He still wants to know us. We can all be restored into relationship with Him.
- We believe that in His relentless mercy God the Father sent Jesus, His Son, to earth. He was crucified for our sins, died and was buried, but on the third day was raised back to life. Through this He gave us access to a life fully connected to Him, then He ascended into heaven and now sits at the right hand of the Father making intercession for us.
- We believe that after Jesus ascended God sent Holy Spirit to lead, empower, convict, inspire and encourage us. With Holy Spirit living in and working through us we will see the world changed, one relationship at a time.
- We believe the Bible is the truth, God-breathed and a vital part of our relationship with Him. We believe in the divine inspiration and supreme authority of the Old and New Testament Scriptures, which are the written Word of God – fully trustworthy for faith and conduct.
- We believe in the Church, a beautiful multi-faceted family made up of individuals of every age, race, colour, and language; joined through love for and faith in Jesus Christ.
- We believe that the church in all its forms, filled with the love and power of God, is the hope for the world.
- We believe Jesus loves His church so much that He’s returning for her We believe that the atoning sacrifice of Christ on the cross: dying in our place, paying the price of sin and defeating evil, so reconciling us with God and the bodily resurrection of Christ, the first fruits of our resurrection; his ascension to the Father, and his reign and mediation as the only Saviour of the world.
- We believe in the final mandate of Jesus, to go and make disciples of all nations, baptising in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
- We believe water baptism is a demonstration of the union with Christ a believer is given at salvation; being united with Christ’s death and with Christ’s resurrection (to walk in newness of life). Baptism also demonstrates the believer’s placement in to the Family of God, the Church. Cedarwood Festival is not a church, and seeks to connect persons with their local church for ongoing discipleship. Faith in Christ, and repentance of sin, being a part of the Spirit’s work in regeneration, must therefore precede baptism. We practice baptism by immersion in water, in the Name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, as the Lord commanded.
- We believe that marriage is the uniting of one man and one woman in a single, exclusive union, as set forth in Scripture. We believe that God intends sexual intimacy to occur only between a man and a woman who are married to each other.
- We believe that all human life is sacred and created by God in His image. All human life is of inestimable worth, including unborn babies, the aged, the physically or mentally challenged, and every other stage or condition from conception through natural death. We are therefore called to defend, protect, and value all human life.
- We believe that God created mankind in His image and wonderfully and immutably creates each person as male or female. These two distinct, complementary genders together reflect the image and nature of God.
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We acknowledge that many attending Cedarwood festival and serving on team will be coming from a variety of different church backgrounds and so the views held may be broader than that of the organisation’s board and leadership team, governing the organisation and events associated. If anyone wishes to discuss the above – they are very welcome to using the email info@cedarwoodfestival.com.