Vision & Mission

<span style="color:var(--primary-color-bg)">2030</span>

2030

Why Have a Church ‘Vision’?

At Northmead Anglican Church we trust completely in the power and wisdom of God to bring about his glorious plans and purposes through the message of Jesus Christ crucified. So our Vision is not so much about what we can do for God, but about what God will do in and through us as we commit ourselves together into his hands to be part of his mission.

Our 2030 Vision is a way of expressing who we are as a church that belongs to Jesus and where we are going under his rule. As it expresses the gospel message this Vision gives us something to shape our life and focus our decision making.

Most of all, it’s our way of reflecting that as God’s people we share a mission: to make disciples of all nations as we go into the world.

Vision & Mission

What Drives Us

Our Defining Reality <span style="font-weight: normal;">Jesus Christ is Lord</span>

Our Defining Reality Jesus Christ is Lord

The Bible teaches us that Jesus Christ is God’s anointed King, who was crucified for our sin and gloriously resurrected. We are promised that he will come to judge the world and that now he offers forgiveness and new life to everyone.

This amazing reality is made up of two epic truths:
1. That Jesus, God’s Son, came and died on the cross to love and save us
that the risen Lord Jesus will come again to bring justice and give us eternal life

2. We live now in between these two truths with our faith placed firmly in what Jesus has accomplished and with our hope in what he has promised. In this way Jesus shapes and drives everything about who we are and what we do. We know that Jesus is Saviour of the world and we know he will come as Judge of the world.

Our Purpose <span style="font-weight: normal;">Growing People Passionate for Christ&nbsp;</span>

Our Purpose Growing People Passionate for Christ 

Because God’s perfect plans and purposes are all fulfilled in Jesus, then we want to put Jesus first in our church family and in our lives. For us this means we want to be growing people passionate for Christ.

This expresses our mission and purpose together – that we would be growing new people who are passionate and devoted disciples of the Lord Jesus.

It also describes our identity at Northmead Anglican Church; we are growing people who are passionate and devoted disciples of the Lord Jesus. We want to love the Lord with all our heart, soul, mind and strength and we want to see others come to know and love him too.

Our Prayer <br><span style="font-weight: normal;">Reach, Transform, Unite</span>

Our Prayer
Reach, Transform, Unite

That Christ’s love would bring   the lost home to God through us, so that God’s word would transform our community in repentance and faith, and the Spirit’s power would unite us together in hope, as we strive to see 700 adults and 250 kids in our church in 7 years.

Our Plan<br><span style="font-weight: normal;">Joyfully Uncompromising</span>

Our Plan
Joyfully Uncompromising

Always joyfully uncompromising in our proclamation of God’s word, our devotion to his people and our prayerful dependence on him.

Mission<br><span style="font-weight: normal;">Calling the lost to Christ and his love</span>

Mission
Calling the lost to Christ and his love

Goal – People becoming Christians

Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations… Matthew 28.19

Membership<br><span style="font-weight: normal;">Connecting the found to Christ and his community</span>

Membership
Connecting the found to Christ and his community

Goal – People belonging to church and each other

Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to one hope at your calling. Ephesians 4.3-4

Maturity<br><span style="font-weight: normal;">Conforming the saints to Christ and his likeness</span>

Maturity
Conforming the saints to Christ and his likeness

Goal – People growing in God-centred thinking and living

But speaking the truth in love, let us grow in every way into him who is the head—Christ. Ephesians 4.15

Ministry<br><span style="font-weight: normal;">Committing the body to Christ and his service</span>

Ministry
Committing the body to Christ and his service

Goal – People committed to serving Christ and his church

From him the whole body, fitted and knit together by every supporting ligament, promotes the growth of the body for building up itself in love by the proper working of each individual part. Ephesians 4.16

Magnification <br><span style="font-weight: normal;">Captivating the church with the glory of Christ crucified</span>

Magnification
Captivating the church with the glory of Christ crucified

Goal – people gathering and living for God and his glory

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his possession, so that you may proclaim the mighty deeds of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light. 1 Peter 2.9