TEMPT is a way of expressing the values that lie at the heart of our church. It stands for:
Transformation
Our promise : “We commit ourselves to walk the road of discipleship together and to become more like Jesus everyday”
- We know we are all called to follow Jesus and to strive towards growing more like the people he wants us to be. We intentionally seek transformation in our lives.
- In an individualistic world of consumerism and self-interest we choose a different path. We chose to die to self in order to find true life.
- We seek to encourage each other in our journey’s; praying for, sharing and supporting each other as best we can.
Engagement with Scripture
Our promise : “We commit ourselves to constantly engage with the Holy Scripture recognising that it is our handbook for life.”
- We recognise that the bible is the authoritative word of God and we are committed to its study.
- We recognise that it vital for spiritual health to regularly and actively engage with God’s word.
- We choose to let the bible interpret us, not us, and our culture interpret the bible.
- We recognise that the bible is a book designed to be read in community.
Mission
Our promise : “We commit ourselves to join with God in his missionary endeavour to grow the Kingdom by sharing our faith, multiplying our communities, and welcoming strangers.”
- We believe that God’s heart aches to be in relationship with His lost creation, therefore we as his people feel compelled to communicate this love through our words and deeds by; bringing justice, showing mercy, and communicating the Gospel with those around us.
- We seek to allow God’s mission to be at the top of our agenda and our focus.
Passion for Jesus
Our promise : “We commit ourselves to passionately reach out to Jesus as we respond to his love for us”
- We are aware that it is our relationship with Jesus that motivates and fuels us to be all we can be as his church.
- We seek to experience the radical love of Jesus regularly in both our personal lives but also as a community.
- In engaging with Christ, we seek to live a life of radical discipleship in our everyday lives.
Together we follow
Our promise : “We commit ourselves as the people of God to seek to live an authentic expression of Christian community.”
- God called his people to be the living proof of his Kingdom on earth. We realize we cannot do this alone but are called to walk the journey of discipleship with others; to encourage, counsel, rebuke and admonish one another in love.