Our mission is to glorify God with the worship of our lives. We believe that he has called us to the following priorities at this time and in this place:
Community
We believe that relationship with God brings about new family relationships between Christian believers. In a world of broken relationships and fractured communities, we desire to demonstrate the truth of the gospel by our care for one another. The moving population of Eindhoven provides us with a challenge, but we seek by God's grace to become a loving community where both long-term members and those who are passing through the city for a shorter time are encouraged and strengthened as Christians. We want each member of the body, of whatever age or life-situation, to be valued and to use the gifts that God has given them to build up the body.
Teaching and learning
We want to see Jesus exalted through biblical preaching that declares his Lordship over all of life. We acknowledge our own need to grow in godliness, so we are committed to learning regularly from the Word of God as a community, in order that he would transform us by his Spirit. We want to apply what God teaches us in practical daily living and active concern for the society and world in which he has placed us, becoming 'doers of the Word ' and not listeners only. We are also committed to providing biblical teaching for the children and young people of the church family.
Prayer
To release every member in ministry and mission in the power of the Spirit, with opportunities to discover and to fruitfully use their gifts.
We envision a people who happily and willingly serve others and are served by others.
Unity
We believe that in prayer we enjoy the relationship with God that Christ has won for us, and express our dependence on God. Prayer is foundational to all that we undertake in God's service as God's servants. We therefore seek to be a praying community whose members are supported by intercessions that also embrace the needs of the church worldwide, our nation and the world. We want the habits of prayer and worship to be central to every aspect of our corporate life, whether in small groups or in meetings of the whole church.
Evangelism and mission
We believe that God is glorified when the gospel is faithfully communicated, and that it is through the gospel that God's Spirit awakens faith. We therefore want to be equipped and active in sharing the gospel with our friends and neighbours. We want to be good stewards of the location of our meeting-place in a busy city centre. We also desire that God would raise up people from Eindhoven to take the gospel to people in other parts of Holland and overseas, whether returning to their own country or being sent and supported as expatriate workers. We desire to support these men and women through our prayers, practical care and financial giving.
Students and Internationals
Eindhoven has one of the prestigious technical universities in the world. These students are becoming the future leaders of our world. They are therefore to be trained in the right ways; we believe that the right way for these young ones is the biblical truth. We seek to integrate students into the life of the whole church so that we can learn from them and they from us, and demonstrate that Christian faith must be lived out in commitment to a local church.
