Vision/Mission
Mission Statement – Welcome to Westbury Avenue Baptist Church where we love God and strive to serve each other, our neighbours, and our community so that, through our witness, they will experience the transforming power of God’s love in their lives.
Vision – Loving God and bringing Jesus to the community.
What Does this Mean?
Just as the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve... Matthew 20:28a.
As part of our Mission Statement it is our aim to engage with the community around us, Westbury Avenue Baptist Church is committed to being a church that is seen, heard and felt in our community. We exist to worship God in the name of Jesus Christ and to serve God in the local community.
Matthew 25 verses 34 to 36 shows us that we are to meet the needs of our neighbours, whoever they are and wherever we find them.
Understanding the needs
We pray that God will continue give us the wisdom and the understanding to actively seek to understand the needs of our local community and as a result, expand our service and activities that will effectively impact lives.
To rebuild and renovate
And what are we looking for? Isaiah says:
Extending help and care to people in need, supporting with our prayers, our time and our resources,
Providing a variety of activities for different age groups
Exercising a ministry of pastoral care without prejudice.
Working alongside the other churches in our neighbourhood.
Offering our facilities in support of activities within the community.
Vision – Loving God and bringing Jesus to the community.
What Does this Mean?
Just as the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve... Matthew 20:28a.
- To be a church that serves a church that is heard and felt in our Community both in deeds and spiritually.
- To reach our community and surrounding areas with the Gospel.
- To see a Worshipping Church, active in the gifts of the Holy Spirit.
- To see Lives completely changed, transformed and sold out for God.
- To cultivate an atmosphere where people can develop and grow spiritually.
- To see a supernatural outpouring of Gods power.
- To see people, through Christ, live full authentic lives aligned with God's plan.
As part of our Mission Statement it is our aim to engage with the community around us, Westbury Avenue Baptist Church is committed to being a church that is seen, heard and felt in our community. We exist to worship God in the name of Jesus Christ and to serve God in the local community.
- "We want to see believers committing themselves to the fellowship and to reach out into our community, seeing our building open during the week to welcome people of the area."
Matthew 25 verses 34 to 36 shows us that we are to meet the needs of our neighbours, whoever they are and wherever we find them.
Understanding the needs
We pray that God will continue give us the wisdom and the understanding to actively seek to understand the needs of our local community and as a result, expand our service and activities that will effectively impact lives.
To rebuild and renovate
And what are we looking for? Isaiah says:
- "If you are generous with the hungry and start giving yourselves to the down-and-out, Your lives will begin to glow in the darkness, your shadowed lives will be bathed in sunlight. You'll use the old rubble of past lives to build anew, rebuild the foundations from out of your past. You'll be known as those who can fix anything, restore old ruins, rebuild and renovate, make the community livable again."
Extending help and care to people in need, supporting with our prayers, our time and our resources,
Providing a variety of activities for different age groups
Exercising a ministry of pastoral care without prejudice.
Working alongside the other churches in our neighbourhood.
Offering our facilities in support of activities within the community.
