Mission

Parkside Baptist Church Mission:

Be with Jesus, become like Jesus, live like Jesus - We seek to be a Jesus centred community who’s live are ordered around and shaped by Jesus call to follow him each and every day and to live out his Kingdom life individually and communally.

Values

Because of God’s saving grace revealed to us in the life, death and resurrection of Jesus, we seek in the power of the Spirit and love of the Father) to be a:

Worshipping Community (Worship authentically)

We seek to authentically worship God (Father, Son and Spirit) using all our God given creative ability. This encompasses all spiritual gifts including music, spoken word, art, service, and practical helps. We seek to be worshipers who worship God in Spirit and in truth rather than performance and ritual.

Prayerful Community (Pray expectantly)

We acknowledge that we are fully dependent on God for all things and in all ways. We seek to grow in our prayer life as individuals, small groups and as a community. We humbly present our requests before His throne of grace and expectantly wait on Him to lead us within, and beyond our community as we intercede for our world. Prayer is conversation with our Triune God, which must always start with us “being with” rather than “asking for” things from God.

Outward Focused Community (Witness courageously)

God has called us to be actively engaged in the spreading the news of his kingdom (God here now time has come) and to participate in his Kingdom locally, nationally and globally. We seek to have a meaningful ‘footprint’ in all these spaces using the resources God provides so that His love and presence is seen and expressed through us. We seek to pursue God’s justice for the poor and marginalized in our world as we love God whole heartedly, and love our neighbour as ourselves.

Equipping and Empowering Community (Equip effectively)

We commit to faithfully teach God’s word so that all will grow into the full maturity in the Christian faith. We desire that everyone be restored, equipped, empowered and released to grow in their individual gifts so that both our community and the world around us will be changed. This work of equipping is the work of God’s grace through the Holy Spirit in us.

Restorative Community (Restore relationally)

The story of God in the Bible is at its heart a story of restoration of relationship with us and God through Jesus. As we are restored in our relationship with God, we become free to be fully restored in the way we relate to others. We no longer need to compete, to fear, to worry about pride or shame. When we are our true selves in Jesus, we can be our true selves to others. Additionally, as we are restored, we will become a safe place where those who are struggling, fearful, hurting or doubting to come and experience the love and healing of God in and through our community.

Welcoming community (Love deeply)

We seek to be a community of believers where every person, of all ages and back grounds, feels valued, and connected and can meaningfully engage in the body of Christ and with each other. We seek to be people who forgive quickly, think the best of one another, and act to enable everyone to flourish as an apprentice to Jesus.