our vision

We are a Christian church who endeavour to live according to the Bible. We believe God has called us to three specific areas that we are seeking to be...

City of Refuge

This phrase is found in the Old Testament in the Bible. When the Israelites settled in a new land God asked then to set aside six locations for the priests to live and they were to be called ‘Cities of Refuge’. God said... 

Select some towns to be your cities of refuge, to which a person who has killed someone accidentally may flee. They will be places of refuge from the avenger, so that anyone accused of murder may not die before they stand trial before the assembly. Numbers 35:11-12 The NIV Bible

These cities were to be a safe place for perpetrators of unintentional manslaughter where they were protected from retribution of the avenging family until their case went to trial. This also meant that those avenged did not take things into their own hands! 

For us as a church, we are not literally to do what happened then! However, we believe that God wants us to be a ‘safe place’ where anyone can come and, without judgement, experience God’s love, and meet Jesus.

We all need safe places and people where there is love and space for God to work, without external pressures, judgements or expectations. We aim to be a church community of loving people who have grace for each other’s quirks, weaknesses and failures, giving space to be changed at God’s pace!

 Reprocessing Factory

At first glance this does not seem like a biblical or church language! However, I’m sure you are aware of what it means to reprocess, recycle or up-cycle something? A helpful definition is ‘to process something again in order to reuse it’. This is a very biblical idea as God is in the business or reprocessing people. In the Bible, Paul, an early church leader, wrote to a church he started in a place called Ephesus and said... 

Now it’s time to be made new by every revelation that’s been given to you. And to be transformed as you embrace the glorious Christ-within as your new life and live in union with him! For God has re-created you all over again in his perfect righteousness, and you now belong to him in the realm of true holiness. Ephesians 4:23-24 The Passion Bible

God loves to reprocess people, as only He can deal decisively with our past and can transform us for a better future, living free and serving Him! If there are things in your life from your past that affect you now Jesus want to help you!  

The image of a ‘factory’ is one of this process going on methodically and with a regular output. Our desire as a church is to partner with God to see 100s of people become reprocessed for good!

Hope Carriers

The Bible is an account of God’s interaction with the earth and its inhabitants! God always wanted a relationship with people, but that got broken. So, God sent his son Jesus to fix the problem and in doing so restore the relationship. Now restored, God and people live a new kind of life together. Many people say that this new life is better that the old one!

That’s the hope that all Christians carry. Our desire is that everyone in our church fully embraces this new life and are ready to share it with others. Peter, a very close friend of Jesus and leader in the early church put it like this...

Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect... 1 Peter 3:15 The NIV Bible

We believe that God is calling us to be this kind of ‘Hope Carriers’!