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Our vision and values

Vision

Our passion at CCIW is
to be a Biblically vital Christian community
where believers, as well as strangers to the love of Jesus,
grow more and more into
fully devoted children of God
who know, love and serve
the Lord Jesus Christ, his church and his world
in the power of the Holy Spirit,
to the glory of God the Father.

We are convinced that God grows us into more and more devoted children via certain activities, which we call the "means of grace", and these form the basis for all our church activities.

Values

Values are those ideas and concepts that we hold to be important enough that we live our lives based on them. Our values explain why we do things the way we do them. At CCIW, we have 11 core values that reflect our situation and are crucial to our life as a community they both express what we are, and function as ideals to which we aspire.

  1. We value relevant, accurate Bible teaching, because we believe this is how Gods children hear the word and will of God for their life.
  2. We value loving, sacrificial, grace-drenched relationships, because we believe God has saved us by his grace and through the sacrifice of his love.
  3. We value the pursuit of full devotion to Christ and his cause, because we believe this is normal for every child of God.
  4. We value the ministry of every member of the church, because we believe that God gives each person gifts for the benefit of all of us.
  5. We value those who are strangers to the love of God, because Christ Jesus came into the world to seek and save the lost.
  6. We value small groups, because we believe this is where community is most powerfully expressed and experienced.
  7. We value meeting people where they are at in our church services, because we believe that church forms and traditions make powerful servants but poor masters.
  8. We value a whole of life ministry program, because we believe that people of all ages and stages should find a caring home in the church.
  9. We value excellence in our ministry, because we believe that it honours God and inspires people.
  10. We value careful planning underpinned by fervent believing prayer, because we believe that unless the Lord builds the house, they that build it labour in vain.
  11. We value transparency, accountability and integrity, because we believe that that all of us need the strength that comes from being open with and to others.