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Mission Policy Statement

C	Central Methodist Church (Central) exists because of the love of God shown to us in CHRIST. As a faith community in the world-wide Christian church, a part of the body of Christ, we seek to recognise, celebrate and make known God’s love in Christ through our worship, through our learning and caring, through our service and evangelism.
E	From their earliest days Methodists have maintained the importance of personal EXPERIENCE of God to the Christian’s journey. That is to say, God is not remote from us, but is to be encountered in daily living. Just as early followers of Jesus were enabled and empowered for mission on the day of Pentecost, so we affirm the vital EMPOWERING and the leading of the Holy Spirit in our EVANGELISM.
N	One of the important ways we seek to make known the love of God is through our NUTURE of others, especially the vulnerable and isolated. As such there is in our nurturing a special focus on children and young people, and the elderly.
T	A sense of belonging or TOGETHERNESS is a possession of all those who are part of a healthy family unit. In his prayer that the early disciples “…may be one”, Jesus confirms that this is also God’s will for all church communities. We thus acknowledge our shared responsibility to foster the oneness spoken of by Jesus. We are especially reminded of our responsibility to: support and encourage one another; maintain and develop our partnerships with other Christians and to extend a warm and loving welcome to all those we encounter.
R	We recognise the RESOURCES that have been placed in our charge. We acknowledge the mission opportunities afforded to our church via our premises and town centre location. Through the use of our building we seek to REACH OUT to the surrounding community. In this way we hope that our premises are a valued community asset, which brings to all users an awareness of the Christian life. We thus pledge to guard against neglect of all our resources and opportunities.
A	Love for God leads naturally to ADORATION of and ACTION for God. We therefore, as far as we are able, pledge to engage ourselves in and share responsibility for our church’s worship, witness and service.
L	God’s LOVE is a continuous reality in our lives. We therefore seek to make available times of worship, prayer, Bible study and fellowship, in order that we and others may continue to LEARN of all that God has done and continues to do in the world.