Our Values

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e are part of the Uniting Church in Australia and as such seek to be generous in spirit, broadminded, devoted to Jesus Christ, and wholly surrendered to God.   We strive for personal holiness by inviting people into a life-transforming relationship with Jesus Christ, and we pursue social holiness in the public sphere by addressing key issues of our time so that our world will look more like the Kingdom of God.   We share a common heritage with other Christians, holding to the historic essentials of the Christian faith (Apostles and Nicene Creeds.)   We have a passionate faith with strong convictions, but we also recognize that the world is not always black and white.   We are willing to ask questions, to wrestle with difficult issues, and to do so with grace and compassion.   We are a people of the Book, whose faith is firmly rooted in and built upon the scriptures.  We hold the Bible to be divinely inspired and are committed to live by its words and we recognize the Bible was written by people who heard God in the light of their own cultural and historical circumstances.  As such, we make use of scholarship and study the scriptures carefully.  When we encounter theological differences, we bear in mind John Wesley's approach, "in essentials, unity; in nonessentials, liberty; in all things, charity."