Trinity Fellowship Churches
We are a part of Trinity Fellowship Churches (TFC), a connectional, missional and confessional denomination. Trinity Fellowship Churches is bound by a common confession of faith, a common rule for how we understand our life together as churches, and participation in mission work together. We are grateful for our partnership with TFC in how it is able to provide support at the pastoral and congregational life of King’s Cross, while also being able to sit in the background of the life of our church. We do not exist to “be a TFC church”, but rather are a part of TFC to help us continue to be what God has called us to be for Manchester.
Confessional in the Reformed Tradition – TFC Statement of Faith
The Trinity Confession of Faith has been modernized and modified in minor ways (e.g. modernized English, adding sections on God’s mission, removing unnecessary language, etc). The most important factor about our confession is that it works as a guiding, objective document about several key doctrines of Christian teaching.
For King’s Cross, having a confession of faith means that our doctrinal home isn’t in a personality or cultural whims, but in a time-honored statement about who we understand God to be. Our confession of faith also gives people a sense of what type of Biblical teaching they will experience from our pastors. You can find Trinity Fellowship’s Confession of Faith here.
Connected and accountable with other churches – TFC Book of Church Order
As a member church of Trinity Fellowship Churches, we have structures of accountability and connection with other churches articulated in our Book of Church Order. This is not the only way to achieve these goals, but King’s Cross believes that the easiest way to experience partnership and accountability with other churches is through TFC. This means that when there are local concerns or problems, members of King’s Cross have denominational structures to appeal to for help. It means that King’s Cross is committed to certain principles and dynamics of how we lead locally, because we’ve agreed with other churches in TFC that they are the way we will function as local churches. You can find the TFC Book of Church Order here.
Acts 29
Committed to church planting both locally and globally.
To keep this value central and vibrant in our life together, we are a part of the Acts 29 Network of churches. This is not a denominational organization, but a diverse, global family of churches who plant churches together. We have loved our partnership with Acts 29. Every Sunday we pray for a different global Acts 29 church as a way of reminding ourselves that we are a part of the global church in Christ. We have benefited tremendously from Acts 29 conferences, seminars and assessments. They’ve helped us be better local missionaries. We also assist with coaching and assessments for church planters, and financially support Acts 29 work. We hope that as we move forward, we can send out foreign missionaries through our Acts 29 network of churches.