Core Values

Three simple principles have, from the start, formed the non-negotiable ‘core values’ of the Crieff Fellowship: the authority of Scripture; the priority of systematic biblical exposition; and the primacy of brotherly love.

Authority of Scripture

We stand absolutely on the Word of God.

As an unashamed expression of our declaring Jesus Christ as Lord, we seek consistently and unambiguously to exercise our ministries and serve our churches under the clear and full authority of the Scriptures as the very Word of God.

We believe that the Bible, as originally given, is the inspired and infallible Word of God, entirely trustworthy, and the supreme authority in all matters of faith and conduct. As God’s instruction, it is to be believed in all that it teaches; as God’s command, it is to be obeyed in all that it requires; and as God’s pledge, it is to be trusted in all that it promises.

Systematic Bible Exposition

We are committed to systematic and expository biblical preaching.

The Crieff Fellowship from the first has been gathered and bound together around the conviction that we best and most fruitfully exercise the ministry of God’s Word entrusted to us through a pattern of systematic expository preaching in the power of the Holy Spirit.

It is our conviction that both the Scriptures themselves, and church history make it clear that a deliberate and sustained pattern of systematic expository preaching is the primary and most fruitful means by which the Lord builds His church and advances His kingdom. Our aim, therefore, is to support one another in the exercise of such a ministry and to encourage such a pattern of ministry throughout Christ’s church.

Brotherly Love

We are committed to loving and praying for one another.

Our fellowship as ministers of God’s Word is far from being a merely nominal thing, but one in which we make ourselves accountable to one another, and seek to spur each other on. To be genuine and fruitful we recognise that such fellowship in the work of the gospel entails for each of us a deep-seated and continuing mutual commitment to one another: we are resolved that it should consistently find expression in our undertaking to pray for, to stand with, and to speak well of, one another in the exercise of the ministry of God’s Word—despite our coming from different denominational backgrounds and despite there being issues on which we may and do differ.