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History
What We Believe
Our Team
Our Vision and Mission
Find Us
HISTORY
The New Testament Church of God (England and Wales) is part of the Church of God, a Pentecostal Christian denomination based in Cleveland Tennessee, USA.
For over 125 years the Church of God has been a distinctive movement focused upon communicating the gospel in the power of the Holy Spirit. Presently, the Church of God has a world-wide membership of over 7 million with a presence in nearly 180 countries.
Founded in England in 1953, we currently have over 130 branches and missions in most of the major cities in England and Wales.
The branch in Luton started in 1963 in the home of Mr & Mrs Hunter who lived in Napier Road, Luton.
LOCAL HISTORY
New Testament Church of God (NTCG) Luton is a vibrant, long- established cosmopolitan church set within a diverse community in the South ward, in the South-West of Luton borough council. The church is set in the Pentecostal tradition and believes in prayer to God through Jesus Christ, preaching the word of God and vibrant praise and worship.
The ethos of NTCG Luton is the motivation for all our work. It is to work together to extend the model of the Kingdom of God on earth by living out a lifestyle of love, truth, justice, mercy and forgiveness, according to the teachings of Jesus. We are inspired by his message, his life and his example, through which God has expressed his unconditional love for all people.
Our faith directs and influences our internal relationships as well as our work with those whom the NTCG Luton seeks to serve. Our activities are essentially an outworking of our Christian faith.
What We Believe
We believe the whole Bible to be completely and equally inspired and that it is the written Word of God. The Church of God has adopted the following Declaration of Faith as its standard and official expression of its doctrine.
In the verbal inspiration of the Bible
In one God eternally existing in three persons; namely, the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
That Jesus Christ is the only begotten Son of the Father, conceived of the Holy Ghost, and born of the Virgin Mary. That Jesus was crucified, buried, and raised from the dead. That He ascended to heaven and is today at the right hand of the Father as the Intercessor.
That all have sinned and come short of the glory of God and that repentance is commanded of God for all and necessary for forgiveness of sins.
That justification, regeneration, and the new birth are wrought by faith in the blood of Jesus Christ.
In sanctification subsequent to the new birth, through faith in the blood of Christ; through the Word, and by the Holy Ghost.
Holiness to be God’s standard of living for His people.
In the baptism with the Holy Ghost subsequent to a clean heart.
In speaking with other tongues as the Spirit gives utterance and that it is the initial evidence of the baptism of the Holy Ghost.
In water baptism by immersion, and all who repent should be baptized in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
Divine healing is provided for all in the atonement.
In the Lord’s Supper and washing of the saints’ feet.
In the premillennial second coming of Jesus. First, to resurrect the righteous dead and to catch away the living saints to Him in the air. Second, to reign on the earth a thousand years.
In the bodily resurrection; eternal life for the righteous, and eternal punishment for the wicked.
Our Team
Vincent is the Senior Pastor of the New Testament Church of God in the heart of the South Ward of Luton. He is committed to making disciples who make disciples and empowering believers to live full lives while building the Kingdom of God.
Vincent is passionate about teaching and has a desire to see the church grow and develop into a place that reflects God's character.
Vincent is married to Donna and they have two sons.
Donna is the Women’s Discipleship Ministry Director and the Music & Worship Team Coordinator.
Our Vision and Mission
Mission Statement – “Word-based, Holy Spirit led; where people matter and grow together.”
Vision Statement – Reaching people and making disciples who make disciples.
Find Us
By Car
From M1 Junction 10, follow A1081, keep left (local traffic) onto London Road. Take 2nd exit at the roundabout onto London Road; continue onto Castle Street. At the traffic lights, turn right onto Hibbert Street then left onto Latimer Road. The church is on the corner of Latimer Road and New Town Street.
Parking restrictions - Mon-Sat 08:00 - 18:00 Maximum stay 2 hours free
By Rail
The nearest railway station is Luton (Thameslink and East Midlands)
By Bus
Grant Palmer 3 & 30 (Mon-Sat only), Sapphire 321 (Holly St stop) Greenline Coach 755 (Holly St stop)
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