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We are Christ-centred, Holy Spirit
empowered, Bible based and a covenantal people; a
life-enriching community, who are vision driven disciple
makers, leadership trainers and church planters who
belong to an apostolic movement.
1. Christ-Centred
We believe Christ is central to who we are and what we
do. This applies to each believer and the church as a
whole. All that we are and all that we do is for His
glory. We are committed to helping our members develop
an intimate and meaningful relationship with Christ
through prayer; a relationship that leads to hope,
purpose and fulfilment. We emphasise the importance of
submission to His Lordship under which members discover
the awesome impact of letting God and His will be our
first priority. As we live out our Christian life as God
intends, we become mature, attaining to the whole
measure of the fullness of Christ. [Colossians 1:17,
Ephesians 1:22-23, Ephesians 4:13, Philippians 3:10,
Matthew 6:33]
2. Holy Spirit Empowered
We believe in the importance of being Spirit-filled and
Spirit-led. We emphasise reliance on the Holy Spirit in
every facet of our personal and church life. It is
through the God’s Spirit that life transformation occurs
and every spiritual gift mentioned in God’s Word can be
and should be manifested today. Thus, we encourage every
member to experience the fullness of the Holy Spirit and
be empowered to expand His kingdom. It is also the Holy
Spirit that reveals Christ to us and leads us.
[Zechariah 4:6, Acts 1:8, Galatians 5:16-18, Romans
12:6-8, 1 Corinthians 12]
3. Bible Based
We believe our faith and practice as Christians is
founded and built upon biblical principles. We emphasise
expository preaching and balanced comprehensive teaching
so that our members may understand, live out and mature
in the Christian life as God intended. Anointed
expository preaching allows God’s Word to be expounded
in a balanced and complete manner within its proper
context to bring about life transformation. We are
committed to developing a wide range of relevant
teaching programmes to meet the needs of the members in
the areas of Bible knowledge, Christian living and
ministry. [2 Timothy 3:16-17, Nehemiah 8:8, 2 Timothy
2:15, James 1:22]
4. Covenantal Relationships
We believe that God is a covenantal God. He seeks people
who are committed to Him and His purpose, and with one
another. We believe an appropriate response to God’s
covenant involves loving, honouring and worshipping Him
above all else. This flows from our belief that God is
the Supreme Creator and has planned all things in His
good will. God is love and He desires to form an eternal
family among whom He will dwell. We seek to develop
covenantal relationships among believers through
committing to love and build up one another. We are
committed to forgive one another, resolve differences
and reconcile relationships resulting in a deeper bond
in unity. [Genesis 1:1, Daniel 10:21, Ephesians 1:3-10,
Hebrews 1:1-4, Revelation 5:1-5, 10:1-7, Exodus 20:3,
Psalm 96:9, 1 John 4:13-21, Revelation 21:1-7, Matthew
6:9-13]
5. Enriching Community Life
We believe the church is a life-enriching community. We
are committed to building an authentic and biblical
community that unconditionally loves and effectively
enfolds people of all cultures and backgrounds. We seek
to create an encouraging community that supports each
other towards their fullest potential. We seek to create
a caring community where help, concern, sharing and
fellowship are naturally expressed out of a sincere love
and commitment towards one another. We seek to create a
place of healing for the wounded and rest for the weary.
Our cell church provides small groups that are an ideal
environment to foster such a sense of community as our
ministries seek to meet different needs. We seek to be
relevant to the diverse people groups in our city,
serving their needs holistically and effectively
touching their lives for Christ. [Galatians 6:2, 10,
Acts 2:42-46]
6. Vision Driven
We believe in the importance of a God given, biblical
vision that requires nothing less than our obedience to
fulfilling the entirety of God’s vision for the church.
We are passionate with the vision to fulfil the Great
Commission by raising Christ-centred disciples to plant
vibrant biblical churches within every area of all
nations in the world. The vision also includes impacting
our society in every sphere of human endeavour for
Christ. We believe that such a vision is inspiring,
exciting, challenging and God-honouring. Every member is
encouraged to develop a personal God-sized vision.
[Proverbs 29:18, Habakkuk 2:2, Matthew 28:19-20, Isaiah
2:2]
7. Disciple Making
We believe the core command of the Great Commission is
to make Disciples of Christ. We aim to raise disciples
who are passionate for God, people and the Great
Commission. We aim to raise disciples who continually
grow in Christ-like attitudes, values and
Kingdom-focused lifestyle. We aim to nurture disciples
who follow the example of Christ in humility, are
submissive in attitude and sacrificial in service. We
aim to make disciples who choose to submit their lives
and desires to God, as shown by our respect and
submission to God’s Word, our leaders and one another.
Zealous people, who live holy lives, are full of faith,
and desire excellence in their lives and ministry.
Disciples who will in turn make more disciples. We
encourage every member to be this kind of disciple.
[Matthew 28:18-20, Romans 8:29, 1 Corinthians 11:1,
Hebrews 13:17]
8. Leadership Development
We believe that every Christ follower has leadership
potential. We are committed to helping every member
discover and realise this potential for God’s glory. To
this end, we place a high priority in inspiring,
equipping and empowering every member to effectively
undertake the work of the ministry as well as grow in
leadership. We also seek to develop whole generations of
dedicated, sacrificial and godly leaders for
world-changing ministry. [Matthew 9:37-38, Ephesians
4:11-13, Hebrews 13:20-21, Matthew 11:12]
9. Church planting
We are committed to help every person experience the
privilege of a life-changing personal relationship under
the Lordship of Jesus. As part of this, we are committed
to empowering members to share their faith and impact
their communities. We believe that every believer has a
part to play in world-missions. We also believe the
church is God’s key vehicle to expand His kingdom.
Therefore, our world-missions strategy is to plant
vibrant biblical churches in every nation of the world
that will permeate through their entire nation by
multiplying local churches. The intention of every
church is to reach their community, nation and every
ethnic group of the world. [Isaiah 52:7, Luke 4:18-19,
Ephesians 3:10]
10. Apostolic Oriented
We believe that God uses the five-fold ministry of
apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers to
mature the Church to the fullest extent.
An apostolic movement incorporating the five-fold
ministry is God’s plan for the end-time Church. We
believe that apostolic movements are a critical
component of the new structures God is establishing in
His Church to contain the new things that God is
outpouring. Thus, we seek to function in the fullness of
the five-fold ministries and to raise whole generations
of five-fold ministers. [Ephesians 2:19-22, 3:2-6,
4:11-13] |
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