Mission Statement

James declares that faith without deeds is worth little (James 2:14 ) Just as in worship, the love we feel for the Lord needs expressing actively, so also our love for Jesus spurs us to bless other communities outside the boundaries of the church.

As a church we are committed to giving away 35% of our income to both mission and general needs.

We see our mission vision expressing itself at three levels:

The Local Community: Every believer needs to be empowered by the Spirit to be a witness to those around them, (see Acts 2:6). Apart from personal evangelism we run Alpha courses. The Inside Out group seeks to bless the local community within the village and Food Aid seeks to help those less fortunate in the area. These are just three examples of what we do.

Nationally: we look to support other churches and communities providing funding and support particularly to less well resourced areas. Each week we provide the Gift Box which is always targeted to needs outside our immediate church. These could include drug rehabilitation, pregnancy crisis, devastating issues of loss and bereavement that have occurred nationally, as well as many other Christian based projects in need.

Internationally: we support a number of overseas missions. These include an orphanage in Thailand called 'Kid's Life'. One of our members works full time at the orphanage, plus, teams go out each summer to help. We are also involved in Poland with a Bible College in Warsaw, a young church in the north at Kwidzyn and an inner city children's project, at Bydgoszcz. Other vital support includes a refugee camp in Burundi and more recently a worship ministry in the Czech Republic. We are also pleased to support many short term mission trips to all parts of the world, many of them with our young people, plus sponsoring children through 'Compassion'.

Thailand 'Kid's Life'

Jane Darley, 01/03/2006