Jesus is pivotal in the Christian story. He’s our rescuer, our hero and our inspiration. We look to God's word the bible to see God in human form and aim to understand it accurately (with His help) so we can live this out in our own lives.

This means:

It’s not about traditions; God’s priorities are what matters

To understand God, we look at Jesus within the bible

We especially focus on the words, the works and the ways of Jesus and copying him

The Christian God is a God of relationships!. One of the meta-narratives of the bible is about a creator who wants to do life with his creation. We likewise are made to do life with one another so we look to value and grow our relationships with one another.

This means:

Our God is a relational god therefore we want to do relationships increasingly well

We love God first, ourselves and others next

We all matter here

Programs only exist to foster connection with God or others

If Jesus death and resurrection is full of good news, we want to share it with others so they can know true and abundant life too. Therefore, while internal community is important so is caring for the broader community beyond our formal Sunday morning worship spaces. 

This means:

We’re supposed to do life together not alone

We are a group, reaching to other groups and our community

This involves looking beyond ourselves and our own interests

Everyone’s welcome in (though boundaries are sometimes necessary)