Mission, Vision & Values

Our Mission

We are a caring church for all, sharing Christ's love in the community.

This mission brings together the shared heart of our congregations in Ballina and Alstonville. It reflects our commitment to being an intergenerational church, welcoming people of all ages and backgrounds, while actively sharing Christ's love through service, hospitality, and community engagement. Care is at the heart of who we are and shapes every aspect of our life together.

Our Vision

We believe Christ calls us to be a church marked by care:

  • care for all generations

  • care for those within the church

  • care for those beyond the church

  • care for people in need

  • care for our local communities

  • care for God's creation.

We seek to live out this calling through worship, discipleship, hospitality, service, partnership, and faithful stewardship, so that Christ's love is experienced in practical and life-giving ways throughout our communities.

Our Ministry Focuses

Our mission is expressed through three key areas of ministry.

Inclusive Ministry

We are committed to being a caring and intergenerational faith community in which every person is valued and every generation belongs. We seek to welcome and embrace people from all backgrounds and circumstances, trusting that all are invited into the body of Christ.

Inclusive ministry means that no one is forgotten, no one is overlooked, and no one is treated as less important in the life of the Church. Through pastoral care, worship, children's ministry, youth ministry, and opportunities for people of every age to grow together in faith, we seek to nurture belonging, strengthen connection, and reflect Christ's loving care in practical ways.

Outgoing Community Engagement

We are a caring church not only for our own members, but also for our local communities, wider communities, and God's creation. Our calling is not to turn inward, but to share Christ's love in practical, visible, and cooperative ways.

This commitment is expressed through ministries such as Bargain Basement, partnerships with local schools and community organisations, chaplaincy, hospitality, and opening our buildings and lives to the community. We seek to build relationships, strengthen our neighbourhoods, and work alongside others for the common good.

Proactive Church Site Development

We believe our buildings and resources are gifts entrusted to us for God's mission. Church site development is not simply about property. It is about using what God has entrusted to us faithfully, wisely, and missionally so that our sites better serve people, strengthen ministry, and support the long-term sustainability of the Church's witness.

Our hope is that our church sites continue to be places of welcome, service, care, renewal, intergenerational ministry, and community connection for generations to come.

Our Values

Everything we do is grounded in the value of care.

Care shapes how we welcome people, how we worship, how we serve our neighbours, how we partner with our communities, how we steward our buildings and resources, and how we care for God's creation.

As one church in two locations, we seek to be inclusive in our relationships, outgoing in our mission, and proactive in planning for the future. These are not simply programmes or priorities. They are practical expressions of Christ's call to love God and love our neighbour.