South Grafton Connect Church

connecting with community, with each other and with God

Mission/Vision/Focus:

 

Mission Statement:

 

To connect with the community, connect with each other and connect with God.

 

Church Goals:

 

 A.   In our Christian Walk (Connecting with God)

 

 1. Promote increased attendance at church & growth groups. 2. Promote regular home bible reading and personal devotion. 3. Promote regular private and corporate prayer. 4. Promote preaching that builds the church and honours God. 5. Promote and develop worship ministry.

 

 B.    In our Church and Life Together (Connecting with each other)

 

1. Facilitate the education of believers through active discipleship. 2. Facilitate intentional pastoral care. 3. Facilitate regular fellowship opportunities.  4. Facilitate meaningful children’s ministry. 5. Facilitate meaningful youth ministry. 6. Facilitate meaningful family ministry. 7. Facilitate meaningful senior’s ministry. 8. Facilitate the teaching of believer involvement.

 

 C.    In our Local and global community (Connecting with the community)

 

 1. Maximise active evangelism. 2. Maximise hospitality, especially welcome of visitors. 3. Maximise mission opportunities, especially camps. 4. Maximise opportunities to practice acts of service.

 

 D.    Vision

 

 1. Clear vision for the future promoted and endorsed by the session. 2. Clear teaching and modelling of responsible stewardship. 3. Clear and transparent financial management. 4. Clear need for church health and growth. 5. Clear roles/expectations for church leadership

 

Church Core beliefs

 

Connect Presbyterian Church is theologically an evangelical church within the Presbyterian denomination, and esteems the Bible as the Word of God. Accordingly, the core beliefs of the church are formed from the Bible.

 

Our core beliefs are:

 

 The Bible

 

We believe the Bible to be the inspired, inerrant and living Word of God. Therefore, we see the Bible as completely true, completely relevant and having the final authority in all aspects of our lives.

 

 God

 

We believe that God exists in three persons as the Holy Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.  He is the one true God who is eternal and created the universe. He is omnipotent (all powerful), omnipresent (all present) and omniscient (all knowing).

 

 Sin

 

We believe that sin is the rejection by humanity of God’s authority and failure to meet His standard.  Sin separates humanity from God and since all humanity has sinned, everyone is spiritually dead without Jesus Christ.

 

 Humanity

 

We believe that humanity is powerless to address the problem of sin on its own and no amount of righteous acts or good works can help humanity rectify this fallen state.

 

 Salvation

 

We believe that salvation is possible only through Jesus Christ and without Him there is no reconciliation with God.  It is only by the death of Jesus on the cross that our sins can be paid for, so that we can be forgiven by God.  We are both justified (made right with God) and sanctified (made clean by Gods free grace and enabled more and more to die to sin, and live unto righteousness) by the sacrifice of Jesus.  Those who believe in the risen Jesus Christ can enter into a reconciled relationship with God and receive eternal life.  We believe that people are saved purely by God’s grace shown through Jesus Christ, and not by any works or efforts of our own.

 

 Church

 

We believe in one universal Christian church, instituted by Christ and with Christ as the head.

 

 Judgment

 

We believe that our Lord Jesus will return to judge at an unexpected time in the future.  All people, both those that are living and all the dead who will be raised to life, will face judgment.  Those in Christ will live eternally with Him upon the new earth. Those who have rejected Jesus will spend eternity in hell.