What is the Purpose of Church?

Recent Sermons

• Sunday, 1 October 2023

  Binding, Bending, Being, Beaming.

  from Andrew McClenaghan

  Prayer is the greatest part of a close, warm, open, confident and loving relationship with God the Maker of all that is… seen and unseen. So why is it so neglected, sometimes hard to do, find the time, hard to stay focused? Do we need to reset our priorities?

• Sunday, 24 September 2023

  What does it look like to finish well?

  from Dan Rowe

  Perseverance to the end… this is Peter’s final encouragement as he wraps up his letter to exile believers scattered throughout the world. In the face of persecution and hostility, how are we to remain strong in our discipleship to Jesus and persevere?

• Sunday, 17 September 2023

  Leadership Matters

  from Bernard Gabbott

  Those who lead God’s mob must lead them in such a way that they can follow the template of Jesus, and be sustained in their ‘resolve’ (4:1) to be like Jesus. This takes a leadership that shepherds the sheep in a way that serves, that is humble. Moreover, it also means that those being led are to know that such leaders are to be submitted to – and that all the mob is defined by humility – just like the Chief Shepherd.