Christadelphians believe...

• The Bible is the inspired and infallible Word of God, the only authoritative source for the saving truth of the gospel (2Timothy 3:15-17; Isaiah 8:20).
• There is One God, the Father and Creator of all things, dwelling corporeally in the heavens. He is immortal, invisible and all wise, filling all space by His spirit. He has revealed His divine will and purpose with mankind and with the earth in the Bible(Deuteronomy 6:4; 1Timothy 2:5; 1 Corinthians 8:6; Psalm 139:7-10; Jeremiah 23:24; 1Kings 8:27; Heb 1:1; 2Peter 1:21).
• Jesus of Nazareth is Son of God and Son of Man. He was divinely begotten by God by the power of the Holy Spirit resting upon a human mother, Mary, a virgin and descendant of the royal house of David. He had no corporeal existence prior to his birth and he was made in all points like his brethren, human. He was put to death on the cross as a sacrifice for sin, but because of his perfect obedience, he was raised from the dead for the pardon of all believing in him (Luke 1:3-35; Isaiah 53:1-12; Hebrews 4:15; Acts 2:24; Romans 4:25; 8:3).
• The Holy Spirit is the Power of God, a divine energy by which He fills all space and creates and sustains all things (Luke 1:35; Psalm 51:11; 104:30; 139:7-12). The miraculous gifts of the Spirit, as manifested by the believers of the first century, have now been withdrawn in accordance with 1Corinthians 13.
• Man is a mortal creature whose consciousness utterly ceases at death, and therefore, renewed life can come only through a bodily resurrection therefrom (Genesis 3:19; Ezekiel 18:4; Psalm 6:5; Ecclesiastes 3:18-19; 9:5,6; Isaiah 38:18-19; 1Corinthians 15:13-21; John 5:28-29; Daniel 12:2).
• The Earth shall abide forever, and will ultimately be filled with a race of righteous and immortal men and women who will reveal the glory of God in their divine nature and almighty power (Numbers 14:21; Psalm 72:19; Acts 15:14, Revelations 3:12; 20:6; 21:3; 1Corinthians 15:20-28; Ecclesiastes 1:4; Isaiah 45:18).
• The Gospel was preached to Abraham when God promised him the land of Canaan (modern Israel) for an everlasting possession: to David when God promised him a Son to sit on his throne forever; to the Jews when they were informed of God's promises to Abraham and David, and confirmed when Christ proclaimed the gospel of the kingdom of God; and to all mankind when the apostles and their associates carried the same preaching "and the name of Jesus Christ" into all the world (Galatians 3:8, 2Samuel 7:12-29, Luke 1:31-33; Romans 15:8; Mark 1:14-15; Acts 8:12; Mark 16:15-16; Matthew 28:19-20; Acts 2:30-35).
• The Redeemed who will inherit the promised blessings are those drawn out of all nations by the power of the gospel, and have rendered obedience to its precepts by baptism and a walk in faith. These blessings will be bestowed when Christ returns from the right hand of God to raise dead believers, and together with living believers, gathers them to his Judgment Seat to reward the righteous with eternal life, and punish the wicked with everlasting destruction; finally establishing this glorious kingdom on the earth (Acts 15:16; Romans 6:3-5; 2Corinthians 5:10; Romans 2:5-9; Luke 14:15; 1Corinthians 15:51-57; 2Timothy 4:1,8).
• The Kingdom of God was the ancient kingdom of Israel under David. It will be re-established on earth with its king, the Lord Jesus Christ reigning from Jerusalem. To that end, Christ, at his coming, will complete the restoration of the Jews to the land, and establish his rule over all the earth. He will reign with the assistance of his glorified believers. This rule will continue for 1000 years, at the conclusion of which, another judgment will take place, of those who have lived during the millennium. The righteous will be given eternal life, the unrighteous will be delivered unto death; and a perfected earth, in which death itself will have been eliminated, will ultimately be delivered unto God that He might be "all and in all" (1Chronicles 28:5; 29:23, Jeremiah 3:17; 23:5-8; Isaiah 2:2-4; 11:10-12; 14:1; Zechariah 6:13; 1Corinthians 15:24-28). The present restoration of the Jews, and revival of Israel, is preliminary to this glorious consummation. The Jewish people will be humbled, disciplined and educated in the truth concerning Jesus Christ, and will be incorporated as mortal citizens in the kingdom he will establish on earth, as the commencement of a worldwide conversion of all peoples.
  

Christadelphian Origins

The early 1800's witnessed a dramatic revival in the study of the Bible. This was stimulated by the formation in 1804 of The British and Foreign Bible Society which resulted in widespread renewal of Bible reading. A revivalist movement headed by Alexander Campbell, attracted thousands of people. They were organized into churches under the name of Campbellites, later changed to The Churches of Christ. Among those so drawn was an English medical man, Dr. John Thomas. A person of considerable ability, he was induced by Campbell to take a leading part in the movement. This forced Dr. Thomas to a close, personal study of the Bible. He began to publicly teach what he found expressed therein, but this brought him into wordy conflict with the leaders of the sect. He found that they were prepared to give lip-service to the Bible, but not to accept its true meaning. The opposition Dr. Thomas received forced him to study the Bible more closely, to make certain that his teaching was sound. This strengthened him in his belief, for he found overwhelming support for his teachings from the pages of the Scriptures.

Public debates made this even more apparent, and forced him to the conviction that current Christianity was not only not founded upon true Bible teaching, but that its very teaching destroyed the hope of salvation in those who embraced it. By now, however, those who once sought his aid refused him permission to teach.

Nevertheless, though the door of utterance was closed against him as far as the churches were concerned, Dr. Thomas continued to proclaim Bible truths by pen and voice, and gradually others were attracted to these teachings, recognizing their truth. However, the gospel, is an appeal to a person's intellect, and not merely to the emotions, so that the number of converts was comparatively small. Still the movement grew, and communities - often small, but fervent - became established in all parts of the world. They are known today as The Christadelphians.

Dr. Thomas was not divinely inspired to reveal a new teaching. He was a medical man, whose attention was drawn to the Bible, and who, by systematically studying it, was able to set before men the clear, simple principles of its teachings. The doctrines he taught had been proclaimed for centuries before him. All he did was to revive the Truth from the accumulation of false teaching that had submerged it since apostolic days.