LifeHouse

Jesus is our Founder, having full authority over His church. We value the structure of leadership that God has designed and set in place (Matt 16 v 18; 1 Peter 5 v 4; Col 1 v 18). Jesus modelled servant leadership, where he laid down his position & power and served others to develop them to their full potential.

Leadership is a Team Effort. Jesus delegates authority through the Team Leader and the Eldership team they oversee the church by guarding, guiding and governing (1 Cor 14 v 26 - 33, 40).

Leadership is a Privilege and Responsibility. Our Eldership team take their God-given authority seriously as scripture cautions that every person in biblical leadership will give an account to God in how they lead. (Heb 13 v 17; 1 Peter 5 v 3)

Leaders are to Equip the Saints. There is a mutual understanding that all church members are “ministers/priesthood of all believers” and the leaders are the “equippers” (Eph 4 v 11 - 12 ).

The Church is God’s family. For a family to be healthy and mature, it needs fathers and mothers to lead and guide as the God-ordained spiritual authority. The Church is no different. (Gal 6 v 10; 1 Co 5 v 12; Heb 13 v 17)

King Jesus has redeemed and transferred us from the dominion of darkness into His Kingdom (Col 1 v 12 - 13)and called us to live life together in a community as God’s people, living by His standards and principles that He has established.

In Jesus' time, regular gatherings were both at the small group level and in larger public celebrations (Acts 2:42 cf. Heb 10:25; Acts 2:46, 20:20; 1 Cor 14:26).

Belonging. Community, as followers of Jesus and members of God’s family, is where we find our belonging. Community and connection are where we figure out our identity and how to live out the practices and ways of Jesus. Spiritual practices are our means of grace to regularly recenter our lives in Jesus and all He has done for us.

Significance. Acts 2 v 46 - 47 describes a vibrant community who met in the temple courts and their homes, sharing meals and praising God. Jesus chose a small community of 12 men to be with Him and do ministry work together (Mark 3 v 13 - 14). He wanted to be with them, where His life and teachings shaped them. He extends the same invitation to us as we live in agreement with His standards and truths enabling us to grow and become spiritually mature in Christ. (Romans 12 v 1-8).

Purpose. In Eph 2 v 19 Paul describes the Church as a “household”. We are called to build God’s family by caring for one another in multiple ways, praying, bearing each other burdens and encouraging one another. (Gal 6 v 2; Hebrews 10 v 24 - 25). Understanding that community isn’t always easy as we don’t all think the same way and need to choose to work through our differences with each other.

Joining our LifeHouse is a pathway of integration where hearts have joined. We see this as a dynamic process of deepening relational belonging and participation, leading to a specific point of commitment. Where people come to a point where they decide on a deeper level of commitment, under God and with the leadership.

Our biblical motivation and justification for this are found in Hebrews 13:17. Joining LifeHouse means you have decided to put yourself in the care of the Eldership Team and invite them to be your spiritual leadership. To us, membership speaks of where hearts have joined in an active two-way commitment towards each other so we can impact our surrounding community and city with the Gospel.

When people join LifeHouse, we delight in celebrating this moment publicly and where we get to pray for and bless people with prophetic words and encouragement.

That being said, we understand that not everyone can commit to joining LifeHouse. And that is ok! Whether you are looking for a church to call home or simply would like to attend without any commitment to membership, you are always welcome at LifeHouse!

Relationships within a Biblical community help bring healing, which leads to healthy service in God’s family. As followers of Jesus, we are all servants and need to cultivate servant hearts and attitudes. God gives us natural talents and spiritual gifts to serve his family and the world through his empowering Spirit. Together we help discover and exercise our calling and gifts. We learn to minister in our spiritual gifts at home groups, Sunday meetings, in courses, on ministry trips, etc.

Jesus was the greatest servant of all. Our hearts are to follow Jesus, to become more like Him so that we do what He is doing. (Isaiah 42 v 1- 5; Matt 12 v 18 - 21; Acts 3 v 26)

Serving is a natural outcome of the Gospel. Serving naturally becomes a part of our witness as we allow the Gospel to change us. Jesus longs to use us to meet the needs of those around us. To follow Jesus is serving those around us - from parking cars to holding babies, praying with others, pouring coffee & bringing meals to those in need.

Serving extends the Gospel. We will influence those around us and extending God’s Kingdom by serving the surrounding community and our city.

We strongly believe in corporate worship and prayer. We pray before our Sunday meetings, where we pray for various issues. Everyone is welcome to join us starting at 8:30 am in our main hall.

We host regular Worship nights throughout the year, where our focus is simply to worship Jesus. If you are interested in joining us for any of these, please email our Admin Team for more details.