New Believers
In the Acts of the Apostles, new churches were established through converts to the faith. In Govan we took the decision not to commence any public meetings until local people were converted or in attendance. This held us to an authentic and biblical standard of church planting.
Making Disciples.
Church membership without discipleship is a huge problem in many congregations. Our goal is to produce disciples who are themselves able to hand down the teaching of God’s word to others, and this on the basis of proving God in their own life experience.
Creating Community
As a church we want to grow relationally as well as numerically. Creating a caring and loving community within which people feel safe is something we are passionate about.
Cultural Sensitivity
The indigenous social culture dictates how we all relate together. If local people dress casually as opposed to formally then that is fine by us. This is basic contextualisation. People need to feel at home socially as well as spiritually.
Social Responsibility
‘Like other housing schemes in Glasgow, Govan has a highly developed social culture of its own. As a church we want to integrate into that culture, and not sit superficially on the surface of it. The production of a local community magazine has been one way of accomplishing this, as well as, for example, helping people refurbish their homes, or assisting with representation to official bodies.
Over the last few years this church fellowship has gradually endeared themselves to the local community by loving, caring for and learning from it.
We don’t have an official social programme, but we seek to have a social conscience and a compassionate heart. If anybody comes to us in need of help or support we seek to provide that in whatever way we can. We ask for nothing in return, but simply try to love our neighbour as ourselves’.