Our mission, vision & strategy is very simple

Our mission? The great mission is so simple. Its found in Matt 28:19 "To go and make disciples of all nations"  
Our vision? "we create environments for people to meet Jesus"
Our strategy? Even that's not overly complicated...
We organise ourselves around our version of the 3 C's found in the CCC of Christ Church Cottingham.
-Celebrate: Every Sunday service, 1st Sunday connect lunches, & yearly special events are where we get to celebrate. When we gather, we want to provide an opportunity for people to explore faith with us and celebrate what we’ve discovered:
that there is hope, love, forgiveness and life like no other to be found in Jesus Christ.
-Connect: Our connect groups & ministry groups are where we connect, whenever we get to serve together in outreach and mission. We want to be generous not only to people that come along to our church but also to those in our communities where we live. There are many ways to be involved in our community.
-Contribute: We contribute our tithes & offerings, our time & skills, manna meals & anytime we get serve or help anywhere. For us, this is living out our faith on a daily basis.

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What we believe in 9 points 
These are our official doctrinal statements. If you have any specific questions about what we believe, please contact us.

• God: There is one God, who exists eternally in three distinct but equal persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. God is unchangeable in his holiness, justice, wisdom and love. He is the almighty Creator; Saviour and Judge who sustains and governs all things according to his sovereign will for his own glory.
• The Bible: God has revealed himself in the Bible, which consists of the Old and New Testaments alone. Every word was inspired by God through human authors, so that the Bible as originally given is in its entirety the Word of God, without error and fully reliable in fact and doctrine. The Bible alone speaks with final authority and is always sufficient for all matters of belief and practice.
• The Human Race: All men and women, being created in the image of God, have inherent and equal dignity and worth. Their greatest purpose is to obey, worship and love God. As a result of the fall of our first parents, every aspect of human nature has been corrupted and all men and women are without spiritual life, guilty sinners and hostile to God. Every person is therefore under the just condemnation of God and needs to be born again, forgiven and reconciled to God in order to know and please him.
• The Lord Jesus Christ: The Lord Jesus Christ is fully God and fully man. He was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of a virgin, and lived a sinless life in obedience to the Father. He taught with authority and all his words are true. On the cross he died in the place of sinners, bearing God’s punishment for their sin, redeeming them by his blood. He rose from the dead and in his resurrection body ascended into heaven where he is exalted as Lord of all. He intercedes for his people in the presence of the Father.
• Salvation: Salvation is entirely a work of God’s grace and cannot be earned or deserved. It has been accomplished by the Lord Jesus Christ and is offered to all in the gospel. God in his love forgives sinners whom he calls, granting them repentance and faith. All who believe in Christ are justified by faith alone, adopted into the family of God and receive eternal life.
• The Holy Spirit: The Holy Spirit has been sent from heaven to glorify Christ and to apply his work of salvation. He convicts sinners, imparts spiritual life and gives a true understanding of the Scriptures. He indwells all believers, brings assurance of salvation and produces increasing likeness to Christ. He builds up the Church and empowers its members for worship, service and mission.
• The Church: The universal Church is the body of which Christ is the head and to which all who are saved belong. It is made visible in local churches, which are congregations of believers who are committed to each other for the worship of God, the preaching of the Word, the administering of Baptism and the Lord’s Supper; for pastoral care and discipline, and for evangelism. The unity of the body of Christ is expressed within and between churches by mutual love, care and encouragement. True fellowship between churches exists only where they are faithful to the gospel.
• Baptism and Communion: Baptism and Communion have been given to the churches by Christ as visible signs of the gospel. Baptism is a symbol of union with Christ and entry into his Church but does not impart spiritual life. Communion is a commemoration of Christ’s sacrifice offered once for all and involves no change in the bread and wine. All its blessings are received by faith.
• The Future: Man was created to exist forever. He will either exist eternally separated from God by sin or in union with God through forgiveness and salvation. To be eternally separated from God is hell. To be eternally in union with Him is eternal life. Heaven and hell are places of eternal existence.