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We believe that the closest we will ever get to heaven on earth is when we gather on the Lord’s Day in the presence of our Triune God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, to worship him. We meet, we read the Bible, we sing, we pray, we share in fellowship and above all we hear the risen Christ speak to us through the preaching of his gracious word. To find out more, please watch our welcome video below.

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We are a gathering of believers united in our love for Christ, where all are welcome to come and join us for worship, where we hear the Word of God preached faithfully. We confess the Reformed Faith as outlined in the 1689 Baptist Confession, holding to holy scripture as the only certain rule of faith and practice and seeking to glorify God in the town of Ramsbottom.

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IRBS UK Study Week : Prophets With Dr Joshua Henson : 19-23rd May

We are delighted to host the upcoming course, taught by Joshua Henson, PhD, on the Prophets. This course is designed to be an exegetical, biblical-theological study of the Old Testament prophets, from Isaiah through to Malachi. Special attention will be given to the office of the prophet, the role of the prophet and prophetic literature, forms of prophetic speech, the biblical-theological message of the prophetic books, and select topics of theological significance in the prophetic corpus.

Joshua Henson, PhD, is Adjunct Professor of Biblical Languages at International Reformed Baptist Seminary. He has served as senior pastor of Grace Covenant Church in Virginia Beach, VA, since 2016. Josh is a firm believer in an “ordinary means-of-grace ministry.” Josh holds a BA in Biblical Exposition from The Master’s University, an MDiv from Westminster Seminary California, a certificate from the Institute of Reformed Baptist Studies, and a ThM and PhD in Old Testament Studies from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (SBTS).

Spaces are limited in order to facilitate discussion and personal engagement in the classes, so be sure to make your booking as soon as possible to secure your place.

Click here to visit our IRBS page for more details

Featured Updates

  • TRAIN(Kenya) Newsletter April 2025
    Ibrahim Katana. He is planting Utakaso (= sanctification) Bible Church in a suburb of Mombasa. He and his ministry were totally transformed by attending the Wisdom Training Centre in Mombasa under Barnabas Olare, pastor at the Gospel Missions Agency Church. This is what he wrote at the end of February. “Our process of interviews happened on date 12 and 13 of February. Pastor Barnabas and brother Ben did the interviews and 18 people including myself were interviewed. 15 people including myself out of the 18 had credible testimonies. The remaining three also had credible testimonies but some how were not stable. As a result, Pastor Barnabas decided to re-interview them to affirm their stand. After that, then he will continue with the process of baptizing and final constitute the church. Therefore, my desire and prayer to God is to continue helping us in the process and give us a genuine biblical church. In the same way I kindly and humble request you to unceasingly be praying for us in this process and the church projects, as we seek to start building/constructing God willing.”
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  • Resurrection-Phobia: Are You Afraid of the Truth?
    A phobia is an extreme, irrational fear of a specific object, place, situation, or feeling. It's an anxiety disorder where the fear is disproportionate to any actual danger and can significantly impact a person's life and well-being. We are more than familiar with a thousand different phobias today: arachnophobia (spiders), claustrophobia (confined spaces), agoraphobia (open spaces), trypanophobia (needles). Then there are socially-constructed phobias focused upon categories of person: transphobia, homophobia, biphobia, lesbophobia, and so on. To be phobic of something, someone, or some situation is to have an irrational, extreme and unjustified fear of it or them, causing the person who has it to avoid certain things or people. That description applies perfectly to the religious leaders in Matthew 27:62–28:20. They had an extreme and unjustified fear of the resurrection. Their anxiety about it caused them to avoid it, deny it, and do all they could to get around it. The religious leaders were resurrection-phobic!
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  • Jesus Became a Curse for Us
    One image, one aspect, of the atonement has receded in our day almost into obscurity. We have been made aware of present-day attempts to preach a more gentle and kind gospel. In our effort to communicate the work of Christ more kindly we flee from any mention of a curse inflicted by God upon His Son. We shrink in horror from the words of the prophet Isaiah (Isa. 53) that describe the ministry of the Suffering Servant of Israel and tells us that it pleased the Lord to bruise Him. Can you take that in?
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  • Keith Underhill Prayer Letter
    Keith writes: As we visit many churches in the UK we see the struggles that are common. Most are smallish with under 50 gathering for worship, and tend to have older retired people. So there is a question mark as to how long the church will be in existence. The little growth that is seen is often with the immigrant population. Added to this there is a problem of getting pastors for churches. Few are in training, many do not want to give themselves to ministry, and walking in the ‘old paths’ is rare. However, at the recent Banner of Truth Youth and Ministers’ Conferences there was capacity attendance at 300 each! The Lord is at work.
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  • Supreme Court backs ‘biological’ definition of woman
    The terms ‘woman’, ‘man’ and ‘sex’ in the Equality Act 2010 (EA 2010) refer to biological sex, the Supreme Court has judged. In a unanimous decision, the UK’s highest court ruled in favour of For Women Scotland’s appeal against Scottish Government guidance that allows men who identify as female to take women-only positions on company boards. Explaining their judgment, Lord Hodge, Lady Rose and Lady Simler – supported by Lord Reed and Lord Lloyd-Jones – said: “Interpreting ‘sex’ as certificated sex would cut across the definitions of ‘man’ and ‘woman’ and thus the protected characteristic of sex in an incoherent way.” The Justices also identified additional provisions “that require a biological interpretation of ‘sex’ in order to function coherently”, including single-sex spaces and services, communal accommodation and single-sex higher education institutions.
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  • Christians among 113 killed in latest spate of attacks in Nigeria
    A devastating spate of attacks in Nigeria has killed around 113 people, including Christians. With Easter approaching, believers in Nigeria are even more vulnerable to attack. Please pray for their protection and for other believers worldwide as they mark Holy Week. Since the end of March, Fulani militants attacked at least eight communities in the local government associations of Bokkos and Bassa. Alongside those killed (and the number could be higher), a further six are missing and many others injured. Over 300 homes have been destroyed, leaving more than 3,000 people displaced. The most recent attack was on Sunday night (13 April) in a Christian community in Bassa. “Forty-three people were killed, several houses were burnt down with people inside,” says a local contact.
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  • The Incredible Design Of Human Hands And Feet
    Following the CMI seminars at Trinity Grace this past Saturday, for those who may have been unable to attend, you can see Stuart Burgess' presentation on the incredible design of human hands and feet online by clicking the link below. Leonardo da Vinci famously described the human foot as "a masterpiece of engineering and a work of art". He was right! Like all things in creation, our hands and feet declare the glory of a good, wise, powerful and brilliant God.
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  • All Things For God, All Things For Good
    Why does anything exist? Because God is, and He wills it. The purpose of everything is to honour and glorify Him. This can be difficult to accept—it sounds demanding, perhaps even unreasonable—but Scripture affirms it throughout. Psalm 19, Isaiah 42:8-9, and Isaiah 46:8-11 all declare that all things are for God’s glory. The Second London Confession of Faith 2.2 affirms God's sovereign right to do all things for His glory and to be worshipped accordingly. In Exodus 3, we see the greatness and worthiness of God revealed in His name and nature. The God who is self-existent, holy, immutable, and good is indeed worthy of worship and praise. As Revelation 4:11 shows, all creatures are for God’s honour and glory.
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  • Upcoming Association Meetings
    The next meeting of ACBC UK is due to take place at Trinity Grace Church on Tuesday 13th May 2025. It will be a day of rich blessing as we gather together to share in the goodness of God towards our churches, and to discuss the needs and challenges that we face. There will be much time for fellowship and prayer, in addition to the business of the association. All are welcome to participate in the day, including guests and visitors from other churches. Put the date in your diary!
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  • Pray For Our Nation
    Join the Christian Institute in their week of prayer for our nation. How desperate is our need for national repentance and a return to the basic principles of Scripture. As Solomon says in Proverbs 14:34, "Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people." Our national sins, including abortion, destruction of the family, Sabbath-breaking, marriage-ruining, idolatry and sexual immorality, are a profound reproach to us, and only full repentance will restore us to the place of blessing and exaltation. Let us pray for our nation.
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The Second London Baptist Confession of Faith (1689)

In 2011 we made the decision to officially adopt the Second London Baptist Confession (1689) as our confession of faith. We exhort you to read it.

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Trinity Grace Church has supported overseas missionary ministries for many years. We first began our involvement in the early 1970s and since then have expanded our gospel outreach to a needy world. We believe it is the responsibility of local churches to engage in this ministry, and we have rejoiced to play our part in the building of God’s kingdom throughout the world.

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