Pillars of this Vision

Gospel Saturated 

Everything we do is motivated by the message of God’s undeserved grace to us in Jesus. This message, that we are worse sinners than we care to think but more loved and accepted in Jesus than we dare hope is our heartbeat as a church and flows through everything we do. (John 3:16; Rom. 1:16-17; Eph. 2:8-10, Rom. 1:16-17)

Bible Based

The Bible is God’s breathed-out Word to us. It is the final authority for what we believe and how we live. Our preaching, praying, singing, and fellowship is all based on the Word of God. (1 Tim. 3:16-17; 2 Pet. 1:21)

Confessionally Guided

We are part of a confessionally Reformed tradition, standing on the shoulders of those who have gone before us in discovering and teaching the truth’s of the Bible. This means that we hold to a set of confessional documents, the Three Forms of Unity (Belgic Confession, Heidelberg Catechism, Canons of Dort) as reliable guides that help us understand the Bible and discern truth from error.

Kingdom Minded

We long to see Jesus rule and reign in every heart (Lord’s Day 48) so that individual lives are transformed in service to Jesus Christ. Our prayer is that this will lead to the renewal of our neighborhoods and city as the gospel is worked out in our lives. This also means that we long to see faithful gospel-preaching churches started where there are none, both in our region and around the globe.

We will seek to work out this vision through:

God Glorifying Worship

Bringing glory to God for who he is and what he has done in Jesus through faithful worship that is God centered, beautiful and that connects sinners with a loving Saviour. (Q&A 103, John 4:21-24, Psalm 99:5, Romans 12:1-2, Revelation 4:8-11)

Evangelism and Missions

Working to effectively bring the good news of salvation to both the unchurched and those that grow up in our church. (Q&A 86, 1 Peter 3:18, Acts 2:38, Acts 17:30, Luke 15:10)

Caring for the Needy and Broken

That God would use us to care for the needy and broken in our church and community by showing them the love of Christ through our words and deeds. (Q&A 107, Micah 6:8, Isaiah 61:8-9, Proverbs 29:7, Luke 10:25-37)

Community and Discipling

That God would use us to work in each other’s lives as we grow and serve together, as we encourage and correct each other, and seek to live in loving community with each other. Our hope is  that we might be equipped with the truths of God’s Word in order to use it in our daily lives, in cultural engagement, in personal evangelism and to love our neighbours.(Q&A 55, BC Article 28, 1 Thessalonians 5:14, Colossians 3:13, Galatians 6:2, Romans 12:5, Hebrews 10:24-25)

For more information about the creeds and confessions we hold to, or about the Reformed faith, please see Our Beliefs.