Vision
Enoggera Baptist Church is called by God to be a life-changing church,
presenting Christ in credible, caring, creative, contemporary ways to all
people in our community and being a Christian community where they can grow to
their full potential in Christ so that daily, more people may receive
Christ into their lives.
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Purpose |
| E.B.C. is to glorify God by Christ's Great Commission
and Great Commandment. That is we exist to: |
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Celebrate God's Presence |
Celebration and Worship joyfully |
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Demonstrate God's Love |
Christian Community/fellowship on the move |
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Communicate God's Good News |
Mission / Evangelism |
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Cultivate God's People |
Nurture (Life-change) |
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Incorporate God's Family |
Baptism, Membership, Communion |
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| We Celebrate God's Presence by: |
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- Worship that is contemporary, conservative,inspiring and engaging
- A focus on prayer as a priority in all that we do
- encouraging daily personal time with God
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| We Demonstrate God's Love
through Christian Community which involves: |
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- Commitment to Christ and one-another in a life-developing
process of growing in the life of the Spirit (Romans 8:13,14)
- People being valued above programme
- Servant leadership (Mark 10:42-45, 1 Peter 5:1-7)
- A Small (growth) Group church approach
- A kingdom outlook
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| We Communicate God's Good News through: |
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- Needs-based evangelistic approaches (Christ-like servant-hood)
- A Priority of personal evangelism
- An ambition for world evangelisation (see Lausanne Congresses)
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| We Cultivate God's People through: |
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- biblical and relevant preaching
- involvement in small groups for growth and study
- a system of intentional mentoring
- courses designed to equip and grow
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| We Incorporate God's People through: |
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- A structure which reflects the Biblical models of fellowship (harmony),
family (relationships), flock (care and leadership by shepherds = pastors), and
body (ministry by Spiritual gift + Heart for ministry + Ability + Personality
+ Experiences)
- Baptism, Membership and Communion
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