Engage Church - Pirimai

THE CHURCH WE SEE:

In the last 25 years of Pirimai Baptist Church, we have come so far. We have seen some great things happen with our people and in our community, but we believe God is calling us into a new season. We want to draw a line in the sand and move forward in the direction we feel God is taking us. 

This is our declaration for the next season:

Engage Church will be a place where people have an authentic relationship with God instead of a religion; where living for Him is no longer an obligation, but a heart-felt desire; and where service comes from devotion not from duty.

We will be a people who experience Jesus through the power of the Holy Spirit, and who live in the freedom and purpose that come from knowing Him. We will take responsibility for our own spiritual journeys - discovering how God wants to use us to make a difference, and living that out within our sphere of influence.

We will be a praying church. A worshipping church. A church that is devoted, passionate, and hungry to know God more. We will be a church committed to studying and sharing the Word of God, and where teaching is based on biblical truths.

We will be a church that engages with Te Tiriti o Waitangi as the foundational document of Aotearoa NZ. We will be an intergenerational, multi-cultural church, where everyone will be valued and given the opportunity to use their gifts, knowledge and abilities to support others, impart wisdom and uplift one another. 

We will raise, train and empower the next generation of children and young people to influence the world around them.   

We will be a Jesus-focussed and community-facing church. We will engage with our communities in creative, practical, and Holy Spirit-inspired ways, partnering with other churches and organisations.

We will be a compassionate church, providing Kingdom-solutions to problems our society is facing, so that people will be drawn from impossible situations into a loving and engaging community of hope, where answers are found and acceptance is given. We will be a church that never stops searching for lost people because God never stops searching for us.

We know that none of this can happen through our own ability. Instead, we will be a church that is committed to prayer and dependent on the work of the Holy Spirit.

We are excited about the church that we see. Will you engage with us in this mission we have been called to?