Our Mission

Every church of Christian believers should exist for the glory of God on earth & in eternity.  Sadly not all behave like this.  Our age militates against all forms of service except self-service.  But by the power of the Holy Spirit & the grace of God we endeavour to bring Him honour.  How do we do this?  By receiving Jesus Christ, God’s only Son, as our Saviour & Lord.  We believe God’s testimony concerning His Son – all He is, all He has done, is doing & shall do for us. 

We believe God is honoured as we bring the message of Christ crucified to our fallen world.  All the activities of the church are measured in relation to this.   We endeavour to bring people into a personal confrontation with the Living Lord.  We look to God to create faith in their hearts, and holiness in their consequent life of discipleship & obedience to Him.

We believe that the Bible, the Word of God is God’s chief tool in producing faith in unbelievers & faithfulness in believers.  So another way by which we measure ourselves is in the use of God’s Word in our evangelism, preaching & teaching.

We also believe God has gifted His people with the necessary spiritual equipment for developing the church, Christ’s body on earth, according to Ephesians 4 and 1 Corinthians 12.  We encourage members to use their gifts in conjunction with the rest of the church to bring about spiritual & numerical growth.   

 

Our History

          Seion was established by a group of Baptists meeting in a farmhouse at the northern end of Oxford Street in 1878.  It was planted by Nasareth Welsh Baptist Church in Blaenllechau, about 2 miles down the valley. 

In 1882 the present building was erected and was served by a long list of ministers as a Welsh Baptist Church.  At the turn of the century there were 12 churches in the village.  However today there is only Seion, and a Church in Wales church meeting.

During the late 1900s the church was of a sufficiently evangelical ethos to attract believers from closing churches in the village.  In the 1980s it had experienced a time of small but steady growth.   Then after 32 years without a minister the church called Rev. Graham John who was ordained & inducted as minister on 7^th March 1991.