What we believe

Our faith

Journey to Holiness is an evangelical Protestant ministry. Its founder, Rev Dr Noel Goh, is a Methodist pastor, and J2H serves Christians from many churches who share the faith of the Bible.

Draft — written from J2H's teaching materials. To be confirmed by Rev Dr Noel Goh before publishing.

With the Reformation we confess

Saved by grace, called to holiness

Holiness is never the way we earn God's favour. It is our response to the grace He has already given in Jesus Christ.

  • Scripture aloneThe Bible is our final authority
  • Grace aloneSalvation is God's free gift
  • Faith aloneReceived by trusting in Christ
  • Christ aloneThe one way to the Father
  • To God alone be the gloryThe goal of all our worship
Statement of faith

What we believe

  1. The Bible

    The Bible, Old and New Testaments, is the inspired Word of God and the final authority for faith and life. It does more than inform us — it cleanses and transforms those who hear and obey it.

    2 Timothy 3:16–17 · Ephesians 5:26 · John 15:3 · James 1:22–25
  2. The holy God

    There is one God, eternally Father, Son and Holy Spirit. He is holy, holy, holy. His desire is to dwell among His people, and His call to them is: “Be holy, for I am holy.”

    Isaiah 6:3 · Revelation 4:8 · Exodus 25:8 · 1 Peter 1:15–16
  3. Jesus Christ

    Jesus Christ is the eternal Son of God, truly God and truly man — King, Servant, Son of Man and Son of God, as the four Gospels show. He is the Lamb of God who died for our sins, rose from the dead, ascended to the right hand of the Father, and now intercedes for us. He is the gate, and the way, the truth and the life: no one comes to the Father except through Him.

    John 1:29 · Romans 5:8 · Romans 8:34 · John 10:9 · John 14:6
  4. Salvation by grace through faith

    All have sinned. We cannot enter God's presence by our own effort, but only by grace, through the blood of Jesus shed once for all. When we confess our sins in repentance and trust in Him, God forgives us, cleanses us and restores our relationship with Him.

    Ephesians 2:8–9 · Leviticus 17:11 · Hebrews 9:22 · 1 John 1:9
  5. Access to God for every believer

    Through Christ, our one Mediator and great High Priest, every believer may come with confidence to God's throne of grace. All believers together are a royal priesthood, called to worship, to pray and to declare His praises.

    1 Timothy 2:5 · Hebrews 4:14–16 · 1 Peter 2:9
  6. The Holy Spirit and holiness

    The Holy Spirit lives in every believer, who is now a temple of God. By His transforming power we grow in sanctification — becoming holy, changed into the likeness of Christ, and bearing the fruit of the Spirit. Holiness is a lifelong journey of response to God's love, not a matter of trying harder.

    1 Corinthians 6:19 · Romans 8:29 · 2 Corinthians 3:18 · Galatians 5:22–23
  7. Reconciliation

    Having been forgiven, we are called to forgive. God has given His people the ministry of reconciliation, and restored relationships show His love to the world.

    2 Corinthians 5:18–20 · Matthew 6:12 · John 13:35
  8. Worship and prayer

    True worship is offering our whole lives to God as a living sacrifice, in spirit and in truth. Prayer and intercession — standing in the gap for others and for the nations — belong at the heart of the Christian life.

    Romans 12:1 · John 4:23–24 · Ezekiel 22:30 · Mark 11:17
  9. The Church and Christ's return

    The Church is the body and the bride of Christ. Jesus will return in glory as King and Bridegroom, and He calls His bride to be ready — pure and holy for His coming.

    Ephesians 5:25–27 · Revelation 19:7 · Matthew 25:1–13
  10. To the nations

    Christ commands His Church to make disciples of all nations, teaching them to obey all that He has commanded. We pray, as He invites us, for the nations to become His inheritance.

    Matthew 28:19–20 · Psalm 2:8
“The key to be holy lies not so much in us trying to sin less, but in our response to His desire.”
Rev Dr Noel Goh, Journey to Holiness

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