Our Values
Love God
To honor and love the Lord with all our hearts, and to walk in intimacy with God.
Love and Accept People
In love, we gather and accept people as they are and seek to encourage them into Christ. We choose to love the diversity within the body of Christ and promote the bonds of love between all of God's people.
The Bible Plus Nothing / The Bible Minus Nothing
Always holding to the whole counsel of Gods word.
Prayer
Jesus modeled prayer and fasting, even though he was God's Son. Jesus and the Holy Spirit continue to intercede on our behalf. Prayer and Fasting is a way of life.
A Prophetic People
We desire to be on the cutting edge of what God is doing and saying by His Spirit. We value being visionary and accurate in timing. We are prepared to be radical and a catalyst for change as God leads by His Spirit.
Friendship before Function
Developing and maintaining strong relationships is important to us.
Family Life
We value time with our loved ones and desire to see family life strengthened.
Ministering in Teams
Through our friendships we function with a desire to empower and involve all the priesthood of all believers. Gods nature is to work in team, and we desire to participate in His nature by working in team also.
Being Trans-Generational (Gods plans and purposes are achieved from one generation to another)
We strive for the integration of all ages, races and cultures for such is the nature of the kingdom of God. Our desire is to grow up in our faith not old. We desire to embrace youthful zeal and see it yoked with age and experience. We value allowing the prophetic voice of God to sound through us a call to the next generation.
Genuiness
We desire to be real, with integrity and accountable in all we do.
Generosity
Wholeheartedly promoting the advancement of God's kingdom, motivated by an attitude to give and bless. We choose to generous in releasing people and finances into all God's work.
Servant Hearted
We choose to embrace the model of serving shown by Jesus motivated by love for our Father, refusing to lead through religious domination, control or selfish pretence.
Contact
Gateway Community Church / Trust26a Wood St
Papakura 2110
Auckland
p +64 9 298 1807
f +64 9 298 2807
reception@thegate.co.nz

