ABOUT US

The Brethren Church is one of the evangelical churches in Slovakia. It professes the ancient Christian creeds (the Apostles’, the Nicene-Constantinopolitan and the Athanasian) and the Reformed confessions of faith. Together with other Christians, its members confess:

I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried. He descended to the dead. On the third day he rose again from the dead, ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of God the Father almighty. From there he will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body and the life everlasting.

The Brethren Church regards the Holy Scriptures, as the Word of God, as the only measure and authority of its faith and way of life. The rich spiritual heritage of the evangelical churches, to which the Brethren Church belongs, is founded on the conviction that a believer should have a personal faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour. This faith shows itself in the Christian’s life, in his or her conduct and in the words with which he or she confesses faith and relationship to God.

Cooperation

The Brethren Church is aware that it is only one part of the universal Church, and so it builds relationships with the other churches in our republic. It cooperates with them within the Evangelical Alliance and the Ecumenical Council of Churches. Almost every country in Europe and the developed countries of the world have churches similar to the Brethren Church. They form 48 national unions, which have joined together in the International Federation of Free Evangelical Churches. Through the World Reformed Alliance the Brethren Church is also a part of the World Council of Churches. Their representatives often visit one another and bring new perspectives on many spiritual questions.

Mission

The Brethren Church wants to serve people in raising the quality of their lives, by wanting to be an understandable expression of God’s personality and to promote personal faith and the growth of individuals in fellowship. It wants to bring the values of the gospel into all areas of the life of society. It carries out its mission through activities in local congregations and through specially created purpose-built facilities.