We are a Pentecostal church in the heart of Dewsbury, West Yorkshire. You can find out how to connect with us by clicking the buttons above.
Elim is the name of a place in the Bible. It was an oasis in the desert; a place of refreshing. We hope that you will find Dewsbury Elim to be a place of refreshing for you. Whatever life is and has been for you, there is an invitation to you from God to know Him and be known by Him.
We believe that every Christian is called to be a disciple - a learner - of Jesus in every area of their life. This means that everything about our lives is important to God. We want to learn to be more like Jesus in everything we do. We express that through our three core values, which you can see below.
We want our love for God to be evident in our lives. We are passionate about worshipping God through singing, prayer, reading the Bible and through seeing every other area of our lives as worship.
Church is supposed to be a family. Jesus said "Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples." (John 13:35). We want to be known as a loving family.
We take seriously Jesus' commission to the Church to "go and make disciples of all the nations." (Matthew 28:18-20). This starts at home in Dewsbury, but reaches to the nations.
We want our love for God to be evident in our lives. We are passionate about worshipping God through singing, prayer, reading the Bible and through seeing every other area of our lives as worship.
Church is supposed to be a family. Jesus said "Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples." (John 13:35). We want to be known as a loving family.
We take seriously Jesus' commission to the Church to "go and make disciples of all the nations." (Matthew 28:18-20). This starts at home in Dewsbury, but reaches to the nations.
We invite you to explore our beliefs and join us in our pursuit of living out our faith in boldness and passion.
We believe the Bible, as originally given, to be without error, the fully inspired and infallible Word of God and the supreme and final authority in all matters of faith and conduct.
We believe that the Godhead exists co-equally and co-eternally in three persons – Father, Son and Holy Spirit – and that these three are one God, sovereign in creation, providence and redemption.
We believe in the true and proper deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His real and complete humanity, in His sinless life, in His authoritative teaching, in His substitutionary and atoning sacrifice through His blood shed, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, in His heavenly intercession and His second advent to receive His Church.
We believe in the deity of the Holy Spirit who proceeds from the Father and the Son and the necessity of His work in conviction of sin, repentance, regeneration and sanctification, and that the believer is also promised an enduement of power as the gift of Christ through the baptism in the Holy Spirit with signs following. Through this enduement, the believer is empowered for fuller participation in the ministry of the Church, its worship, evangelism and service.
We believe in the universal sinfulness of all men since the Fall, rendering man subject to God’s wrath and condemnation.
We believe in the necessity for salvation of repentance towards God and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ by which the sinner is pardoned and accepted as righteous in God’s sight. This justification is imputed by the grace of God because of the atoning work of Christ, is received by faith alone and is evidenced by the Fruit of the Spirit and a holy life.
We believe in the spiritual unity and the priesthood of all believers in Christ and that these comprise the universal Church, the Body of Christ.
We believe in the ministries that Christ has set in His Church, namely, apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers and in the present operation of the manifold Gifts of the Holy Spirit according to the New Testament.
We believe in the baptism of believers in water in obedience to the command of Christ and the commemoration of Christ’s death by the observance of the Lord’s Supper until His return.
We believe that the Gospel embraces the needs of the whole man and that the Church is therefore commissioned to preach the Gospel to the world and to fulfil a ministry of healing and deliverance to the spiritual and physical needs of mankind.
We believe in the personal, physical and visible return of the Lord Jesus Christ to reign in power and glory.
We believe in the resurrection of the dead and in the final judgement of the world, the eternal conscious bliss of the righteous and the eternal conscious punishment of the wicked.