About Our Church

Church is not just a building that people gather at to socialise. Church is the people that gather together as one big family ready and willing to help each other and the wider community when lifes challenges come along.

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Our Vision

At Engage Community Church we are devoted followers of Jesus, we love God and value the integrity of His Word. We live to serve each other, lovingly supporting each individual to see them fulfill their God given purpose. We believe that together we can reach our community and beyond with the gospel and see God’s power and presence outworked through the love and grace of Jesus Christ.

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Our Values

Values are stable long-lasting beliefs about what is important to you. They become standards by which we order our lives and make our choices. A belief will develop into a value when our commitment to it grows and we see it as being important in our lives.

GOD

Loving and Living the Word, we experience the fullness of His presence and power

TEAM

Serving one another and working together to accomplish our purpose

PEOPLE

Loving all people unconditionally, and building healthy and authentic relationships

PURPOSE

Influencing every sphere in our local and broader communities through the love and grace of Christ Jesus

GROWTH

Being commited to reaching our full potential in Christ by our continual transformation in reflecting the likeness of Christ

What We Believe

GOD

Holy Trinity

We believe in one God, eternally existing in three equally divine yet distinct persons

GENESIS 1:1,26
MATTHEW 28:19
REVELATION 4:8-1

THE FATHER

Father God

The Father is fully God, co-equal and co-eternal with the Son and the Holy Spirit

JESUS

Our Saviour

Jesus Christ is the Son of God, born of a virgin birth, became man in flesh, offered Himself by dying on the cross and rose from the dead and ascended to heaven

MATTHEW 1:22-23
ISAIAH 9:6
JOHN 1:1-5
HEBREWS 4:14 -15,

THE HOLY SPIRIT

Our helper

he Holy Spirit is also fully God, co-equal with both the Father and Son. He is present in the world to make people aware of their need for Jesus Christ.

2 CORINTHIANS 3:17
JOHN 16:7-13
ACTS 1:8

THE BIBLE

How we know God

he Bible is God’s Word to humanity about Himself, revealing His will, nature, character, being and grace by virtue of His saving work of love in the world.

2 TIMOTHY 3;16
2 PETER 1:20

HUMANITY

Beautiful and Broken

Being sinners by nature we are incapable of regaining a right relationship with God through our own efforts, our greatest need is the love of God to rescue us from sin and restore the relationship between Himself and us.

GENESIS 1;27
PSALMS 8:3-6
EPHESIANS 2:1-3

THE GOSPEL

God saves sinners

Whoever believes that Jesus is Lord and that God raised him from the dead will be saved. The gospel alone is the power of God for salvation

EPHESIANS 1:4-5
HEBREWS 2;9
ROMANS 1;16

THE CHURCH

God’s people

Once repentant of sin and while our new relationship with God is personal, it is not individual, we have been adopted into God’s family. We are together to worship God, proclaim and celebrate the gospel.

HEBREWS 10:145
EPHESIANS 2:19 -22

THE ORDINANCES

Baptism and Communion

We believe that Jesus gave His church two primary ordinances to be observed regularly: water baptism and communion.

1 CORINTHIANS 12:134
EPHESIANS 5:18
ACTS 2:39

THE BAPTISM

And Gifts of the Holy Spirit

We believe that every believer is indwelled and sealed by the Holy Spirit at the moment of conversion. Additionally we believe that the believers should desire and pray for various spiritual giftings.

1 CORINTHIANS 12:13
LUKE 24:48 -49
CORINTHIANS 12:11

THE RESTORATION

Of All Things

We believe in the personal, glorious, bodily and imminent return of our Lord Jesus Christ in fulfilling the prophetic word.

REVELATION 19:11- 16
ACTS 3 :20-21
REVELATION 21:1-5

“God never intended the gifts of the Spirit to be confined to the four walls of the Church. Most of the miracles in the Bible took place off the holy highway in the ruggered backwoods of the marketplace. Thankfully, there is a great transition happening in the Kingdom. We are moving from the ministry to the saints to the ministry of the saints.

Developing a Supernatural Lifestyle

– Kris Vallotton

MEET THE PASTORS

Paul & Marinda Crook

Senior Pastors

Paul and Marinda see it as a privilege to be a part of God’s church and to witness the transforming work of Jesus Christ in the lives of people. They delight in seeing people develop a heart that loves God, understand their belonging in God and develop love and compassion for others. Their family unit is very important to them and they value precious moments spent with their children and grandchildren, not taking for granted the outworking of God’s grace upon all their lives.

John & Claudia Hamman

Assistant Pastors

ENGAGE COMMUNITY CHURCH ELDERSHIP

Barry & Jan Paul | Bill Wyatt | Jan Prentice