Church Manual - Mission Statement
We are a Christian community, seeking to deepen our faith and share the Good News of Jesus Christ. We believe that prayer is the foundation on which all our aims are built.
Objectives
A: Relationships with God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit
- Worship: In our worship we aim to glorify God and enable people to meet with him in an accessible way.
- Commitment: We commit ourselves to following Jesus as a priority. We believe that this means encouraging each other to meet regularly in fellowship, and to work out how our faith relates to each area of our lives.
- Giving: We encourage generosity in giving, and the appropriate use of our gifts, at work and leisure, as well as in church activities.
B: Relationships within Norbury Church
- Relationships: We aim to create a caring community, in which we accept and support one another and offer the love of Christ to all.
- Growth: We encourage a thirst for growth as a church, and we believe that implies that our teachers should be properly equipped and supported. We encourage individuals to grow as Christians, and to explore different ways of learning.
- Management: We believe that good management and appropriate structures are essential if we are to fulfil the above aims, and that this involves openness in decision-making.
- Mutual Support: We will support each other, even when we fail in our stated aims.
C: Relationships to the community at large:
- Outreach: We aim to develop the opportunities for outreach open to Norbury as a parish church, and to encourage each other personally to share our faith.
- Wider Responsibilities: We aim to make practical connections between our faith and our community - local, national and global, and to ensure that we have a broad support base for our mission partners.
- Churches Together: As members of the one Body of Christ, we will worship, work and witness with our partner churches in Hazel Grove.
