Our Values

Who God has shaped us to be

Foundational Values

The following describe who we are.
• Biblically Faithful – We are committed to an unchanging message in a changing culture.
• Christ Centered - Christ is Lord of every part of our lives. Without surrender and obedience to Him we cannot have true fellowship with Him or each other.
• Dependent on God – Faith-filled prayer precedes everything. Nothing lasting is accomplished without prayer. Real prayer is not enforcing our will on heaven, but understanding and surrendering to the leading of the Holy Spirit.
• Genuine Community - We value loving people just as Jesus did. Life transformation takes place through honouring, nurturing, accepting and forgiving relationships. This is best expressed in small groups.
• Celebrating Diversity - We value people and nations as God made them and welcome them into our family believing that when we do we begin to experience what heaven will be like!

Ministry Values

The following describe how we work.
• Mission - We value reaching people by living and declaring the gospel to them in their heart language, making disciples and planting churches at home and abroad as a normal expression of a new testament church.
• Mulitplication – Fulfilling the Great Commission means the church must multiply, not merely add. This means multiplying disciples, small groups, campuses, churches and movements.
• Discipleship - We value the encouraging and developing of all believers to reach their full potential as God calls them by His Spirit - passionate followers of Christ empowered for ministry.
• Teamwork - We value interdependence because we fulfill God’s call more effectively through working together rather than alone. Partnerships with other churches and missions and social agencies are a further expression of our desire to make a kingdom impact collaboratively.
• Vision – Because all things are possible with God our vision requires creativity, innovation and change. It fuels a pioneering spirit and takes us beyond our comfort zones causing us to release people to dream and initiate. Playing it safe is not attractive to us.

Behaviour Shifts

We identified the following behaviour shifts if we are to live out these values.
• Instead of looking at what is we will look at what can be!
• Instead of thinking small we will think big!
• Instead of looking at our limitations we will look at the possibilities!
• Instead of reaching mostly believers we will reach unbelievers!
• Instead of being friends among ourselves we will become friends of students and immigrants
• Instead of only having time for ourselves we will have time for others
• Instead of just doing activities we will focus on discipling people for life transformation!