Our Mission & Values

We are a welcoming and growing multigenerational church with refreshing faith in Jesus Christ

 

We think that looks like being:

Life-giving to the believer, surprising to the world, and strengthening to the weary and doubting

Our Missional Habits

We don't want this to be a bunch of words, we want to know what it will look like lived out, as we commit to the practices and values that make a person authentically refreshing in their faith. Each of our missional objectives has four missional habits:

life-giving to the believer
ANCHORED IN JESUS, SPIRIT-LED & EMPOWERED, EXPECTANT, WORSHIPPING
surprising to the world
HOSPITABLE, GENEROUS, ENGAGED, GLOBAL
strengthening to the weary and doubting
HONEST, DEEP-THINKING, COMPASSIONATE, TRANSFORMED
What we Believe

We are an Anglican Church, part of the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne and the worldwide Anglican Communion - although we believe that the church that Jesus founded is much bigger than denominations! We believe that Christianity is a relationship with God made possible by Jesus Christ and that all the summaries in our doctrinal position below have practical applications and implications in and for our day-to-day lives. If you've got questions, get in touch and look out for the next Christianity Explored or Alpha course. 

One triune God, eternally existing in three Persons – Father, Son and Holy Spirit – co-eternal in being, co-eternal in nature, co-equal in power and glory, having the same attributes and perfections (Deut 6:4; Matt 28:19; John 1:1-5; 2 Cor 13:14)

God is the Creator and Ruler all things.  In His love, grace and sovereignty, He has created, and is sustaining, ruling, redeeming and judging the world (Gen 1:1; Ps 90:2; John 1:3; Heb 1:2f; John 3:16-18; Acts 17:30f)

divinely inspired, supremely authoritative and trustworthy in all matters of faith and conduct (2 Tim 3:16f; 2 Pt 1:20f; Matt 5:18; John 16:12f)

God made both male and female in His image; to be in relationship with Him and care for His creation; yet corrupted by sin, and requiring redemption and transformation (Gen 1:26-28; Rom 3:22f; 5:12; Eph 2:1-3)

He became man without ceasing to be God; conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary; truly divine and truly human, yet without sin (John 1:1f, 14; Luke 1:35; Heb 4:15)

On the cross, Jesus died in our place as a representative, vicarious, substitutionary sacrifice, paying the price for sin and defeating evil, so reconciling us with God (Rom 3:24f; Eph 1:7; Col 2:15; 1 Pt 2:24)

Being the first fruits of our resurrection; through which our justification is made sure; demonstrating His power over death.  He ascended to the right hand of the Father in heaven (Luke 24:1-7; 1 Cor 15:3-8, 20; Rom 1:4; 4:25; Heb 1:3)

Who leads us to repentance, unites us with Christ through new birth, enables us to understand God and His Word, assures us of our inheritance, empowers our discipleship and enables our witness through the gifts of the Spirit and the fruit of the Spirit (John 16:8; 3:5f; 1 Cor 2:12-16; Eph 1:13f; 1 Cor 12:1-11; Gal 5:22)

By the grace of God through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ (Eph 2:8-10; John 1:12; Eph 1:7; 1 Pt 1:18-21)

The body of Christ, a spiritual organism, the priesthood of all believers, both local and universal; given life by the Spirit and endowed with the Spirit’s gifts to worship God and proclaim the gospel, promoting justice and love (Eph 1:22f; 5:25-27; Acts 8:1; Rom 16:16; 2 Thess 1:4; Matt 16:18; 1 Cor 15:9; 1 Cor 12:12-31)

Fo fulfil the purposes of God; to judge the living and the dead; to bring eternal life to the redeemed and eternal condemnation to the lost, and establish a new heaven and new earth (Acts 1:11; Matt 25:31; 2 Tim 4:1; 1 Pt 4:5; 2 Peter 3:12-13, Rev 20:11-15; 21:1-4)