The purpose of King’s Church is to have a deep relationship with God and to share Him with others.
This involves having three simple focuses in balance in our lives. We use the words Up, In and Out as a kind of shorthand to help us to assess whether we are living well balanced lives. ‘Up’ is our relationship with God, ‘In’ is our relationship with God’s people and ‘Out’ is our relationship with God’s mission.
We have five simple values, ‘A B C D E’. These values help to shape who we are and explain why we do what we do.
We believe that every follower of Jesus has a part to play in the life and mission of the church. We all have gifts and talents that we get to discover and grow in.
We believe that the Bible is God’s book written to people.The Bible helps us to discover who God is, His character and His ways. It tells the story of God’s love for people and how we can know God. We believe that it is important that we know what the Bible says, and that this impacts how we live.
We believe that the Bible teaches that the Church is like an extended family. As such, we believe that it is important that we value our relationships with one another. We believe that it is important to invest in developing relationships with one another that are healthy and life giving.
We believe that God loves people, whether they know Him or not. We believe that it is our privilege and responsibility, as disciples of Jesus, to tell people in word and deed the Good News about Jesus. We believe that every disciple of Jesus gets to help others to grow as disciples of Jesus.
We believe that the Holy Spirit is God with us here and now. We believe that the Holy Spirit transforms lives, points people to Jesus, helps us to be secure in the love of God the Father and helps us to live our lives in the way that God wants us to. We believe that we get to encounter the Holy Spirit and live lives full of the Holy Spirit.
Come and join us this Sunday – we can’t wait to meet you and welcome you to King’s!
Darren and Jacky Johnson lead the core Leadership Team of six people. An important part of their role is setting the overall vision and direction of King’s and helping the Church to live out our values. We believe that leaders have the privilege and responsibility to help to create an environment where people can flourish as followers of Jesus. This involves helping people to hear what God is asking them to do and then to do that.
As part of the Elim family of churches, we hold to core beliefs about love, hope, and community that have guided people for generations. We believe in treating everyone with dignity and respect, the power of forgiveness and fresh starts, and that life has meaning and purpose. Our foundation is built on timeless values of compassion, justice, and caring for one another. If you’d like to know more about our specific beliefs, we’re always happy to have an open conversation about what shapes our community.
We believe the Bible, as originally given, to be without error, the fully inspired and infallible Word of God and the supreme and final authority in all matters of faith and conduct.
We believe that the Godhead exists co-equally and co-eternally in three persons – Father, Son and Holy Spirit – and that these three are one God, sovereign in creation, providence and redemption.
We believe in the true and proper deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His real and complete humanity, in His sinless life, in His authoritative teaching, in His substitutionary and atoning sacrifice through His blood shed, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, in His heavenly intercession and His second advent to receive His Church.
We believe in the deity of the Holy Spirit who proceeds from the Father and the Son and the necessity of His work in conviction of sin, repentance, regeneration and sanctification, and that the believer is also promised an enduement of power as the gift of Christ through the baptism in the Holy Spirit with signs following. Through this enduement, the believer is empowered for fuller participation in the ministry of the Church, its worship, evangelism and service.
We believe in the universal sinfulness of all men since the Fall, rendering man subject to God’s wrath and condemnation.
We believe in the necessity for salvation of repentance towards God and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ by which the sinner is pardoned and accepted as righteous in God’s sight. This justification is imputed by the grace of God because of the atoning work of Christ, is received by faith alone and is evidenced by the Fruit of the Spirit and a holy life.
We believe in the spiritual unity and the priesthood of all believers in Christ and that these comprise the universal Church, the Body of Christ.
We believe in the ministries that Christ has set in His Church, namely, apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers and in the present operation of the manifold Gifts of the Holy Spirit according to the New Testament.
We believe in the baptism of believers in water in obedience to the command of Christ and the commemoration of Christ’s death by the observance of the Lord’s Supper until His return.
We believe that the Gospel embraces the needs of the whole man and that the Church is therefore commissioned to preach the Gospel to the world and to fulfil a ministry of healing and deliverance to the spiritual and physical needs of mankind.
We believe in the personal, physical and visible return of the Lord Jesus Christ to reign in power and glory.
We believe in the resurrection of the dead and in the final judgement of the world, the eternal conscious bliss of the righteous and the eternal conscious punishment of the wicked.
Elim is committed to creating healthy churches and safe spaces for all. We recognise the ways in which children and adults can be at risk of harm or abuse, so endeavour to create a culture to minimise opportunities for abuse to occur. Children rely on adults to keep them safe, therefore all our churches working with children, either directly or indirectly, are committed to safeguarding children in their care. We seek to do this by providing a safe, stable, and nurturing environment where children can reach their full potential. Similarly, within our churches there are adults in need of protection, care and support due to vulnerability, whether that is a permanent or temporary state. We are aware too that within our churches there are relationships of trust, which flourish best within healthy churches and environments, where there is openness, transparency and accountability.
We firmly believe that safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility, and all involved in the life of our churches and activities have a role to play in keeping children, young people and adults safe.
Mark Pugh
Elim General Superintendent