The mission of Condell Park Bible Church is to glorify God
by making Christ-like disciples
through worshipping Biblically,
building faith,
serving others,
and impacting the world
with the transforming power of the Gospel.
Our mission statement describes both our purpose (what we are seeking to do)
and our process (how we plan to achieve it).
Our Mission is to glorify God
God created everything for His glory - especially man. This means that everything we do is to be done to the glory of God. Romans 15:6 commands the church be of “one mind and one mouth" in glorifying God, and Ephesians 3:20 states that God is to be glorified “in the church…. throughout all ages.”
God is infinitely great and immeasurably good! There is no one else like Him. To glorify God means: to convey an accurate view of His unique worth; to proclaim His greatness in our praise and devotion; to reflect His goodness in our attitudes and actions; to respond to God’s holiness in awe and reverence.
Therefore we exalt His honour, proclaim His dignity, magnify His name, admire His splendour, celebrate His fame, adore His beauty, tremble at His power, sing of His mercy, wonder at His love and marvel at His grace. In other words, glorifying God is causing the unique worth of God to become manifest and acknowledged.
This is our mission at Condell Park Bible Church and the motivation for all we do (1 Corinthians 10:31).
We glorify God by making Christlike disciples
In Mark 16:15 Jesus commanded His disciples “Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.” He also commissioned them to make disciples “of all nations….teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you” (Matthew 28:19-20).
A disciple is a follower of Jesus Christ. It is a person who has been reconciled to God by turning from sin, believing the Gospel and is subsequently growing in a love for God and a love for others. As a disciple continues to grow he/she is progressively sanctified and becomes increasingly like Jesus Christ.
God is glorified when Jesus’ disciples are fruitful (John 15:8) and make other disciples (Romans 1:13). He is glorified in the salvation of every soul, for every new disciple is a testimony to the saving power of the Gospel.
Evangelism is a high priority at Condell Park Bible Church since it is only through proclaiming the Gospel that a person is saved and becomes a disciple of Jesus Christ (Romans 10:12-17). Yet we also have an unshakable commitment to teach “all the counsel of God” as contained in the whole Bible (Acts 20:27). Every word of Scripture is inspired, and it is all profitable in the progressive sanctification of the disciple (2 Timothy 3:16). In the Bible, God has provided all we need “for life and godliness” (2 Peter 1:3). The Spirit of God takes the Word of God and uses it in the life of the child of God to make him/her like the Son of God (John 17:17).
Our mission is to use the whole Word of God to make Christ-like disciples.
By using the Word of God, we make Christ-like disciples through a 4-fold process:
Worship-ping Biblically
God is perfectly holy. He is worthy to receive our eternal worship (Isaiah 6:1-4; Revelation 4:8-11). Worship is the response of all that we are (our heart, head and hands) to all that God is, says and does. It is a way of intentionally expressing God’s infinite worth.
To worship God is the chief purpose of man and the most important activity of Condell Park Bible Church. It is the fuel that energises all that we do, whether it be encouraging each other, serving our neighbour or impacting the world. Worship puts God where He deserves to be and keeps us where we ought to be.
God is very particular about the worship we offer Him (Isaiah 1:10-14). We must worship God the way He wants to be worshipped (John 4:24), and the best way to ensure our worship is acceptable to Him (Hebrews 12:28) is to be guided by what God has said in His Word (1 Samuel 15:22).
Following the New Testament pattern and instruction, we do the following in our worship services: we read the Bible; we preach the Bible; we pray the Bible (by using the Scriptures to inform our prayers); we sing the Bible (using “psalms and hymns and spiritual songs” which are theologically rich and robust) and we see the Bible (lived out in our attitudes, actions and represented in the ordinances). Each Biblical element provides an opportunity for us to receive, respond, remember, repent and rejoice in our holy God.
Whether it is a small task or a significant event, whether it is local ministry or world missions, everything we attempt and accomplish for the Lord flows out of our worship. In other words, congregational worship is a beginning point; it is the fuel that drives all of our endeavours.
It is our goal and intention that everyone involved in worshipping God also becomes involved in the lives of others.
Building Faith
When God is worshipped Biblically, people will be edified Biblically (Ephesians 4:11-16). They will not be artificially hyped-up in their emotions (1 Corinthians 12:2), but Scripturally built-up in the faith (Jude 20).
God has made it clear we are to exalt Him in our worship, but we are also to edify others by our fellowship. God gives us many commands that highlight our obligation to “one another” (cf. Romans 12:10, 13:10, 14:13, 15:14, 16:16; Galatians 5:26; Ephesians 4:2, 32; Colossians 3:13; 1 Thessalonians 4:18; Hebrews 3:13, 10:24,25).
It is within the fellowship of a local church that we encourage one another to grow and mature in our faith. This task is the particular emphasis of Small Groups.
In our worship services, everyone sits in rows facing forwards. Our focus is “towards the front” as we worship the Lord together. However, in Small Groups, we “face each other” as we study God’s Word, share and pray together.
In the larger congregation, it is easy to get lost in the crowd. It is within the Small Group community that people are cared for intensively.
It is our goal and intention that all people in our church will become committed to a Small “faith building” Group, as a vital step in the disciple-making process.
Serving Others
The Bible makes it clear that individual church members who comprise the body of Christ are given gifts/abilities that enable them to contribute to the health and mission of the church (1 Corinthians 12:1-7,11).
There is no such thing as a "vestigial organ" in the body of Christ. All the members are necessary, and all are gifted to serve others in practical ways for the cause of Christ (1 Corinthians 12:12-25).
If you have a look at our Ministries page, you will notice that many service opportunities already exist - and more will be added as more people discover and develop the gifts that God has entrusted to them (1 Corinthians 4:1-2; 1 Peter 4:10).
It is our goal and intention that all people in our church will commit to serve the Lord by serving others, as this is a further step in the disciple-making process (Ephesians 4:8-16).
Impacting the World
The world is a big place. It begins as soon as we walk out the door (our “Jerusalem”) and it extends to “the uttermost part of the earth” (Acts 1:8). It contains over 7.6 billion people for whom Christ died. Yet, many of them have never heard the name of Jesus.
Whether it be in our local community or the "regions beyond,” our Gospel influence is constantly expanding. As a church, our goal is to continually increase our influence for Jesus Christ “around the corner, across the world.”
We already have several outreach ministries and support numerous missionaries within Australia and in foreign lands. Yet much more can be done: local outreach, literature distribution, special evangelistic projects, short-term mission trips, sacrificial giving, practical help and support of missionaries. These are different ways our church can “impact our world with the transforming power of the Gospel.”
It is our expectation and intention that everyone in our church will contribute to global evangelism. It is a further step in the disciple-making process (Matthew 28:19-20).
with the Transfor-ming Power of the Gospel
The Gospel is the good news that the just and gracious Creator of the universe has looked upon hopelessly sinful men and women and has sent His Son, Jesus Christ, God in the flesh, to bear His wrath against sin on the cross and to show His power over sin in the resurrection, so that everyone who turns from sin and self-righteousness and trusts in Jesus Christ as Saviour and Lord will be reconciled to God forever.
Romans 1:16 says the Gospel “is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth." By it, people who were “dead in trespasses and sins” (Ephesians 2:1) are made alive (John 5:24) and become totally “new creatures; old things are passed away, behold, all thing are become new” (2 Corinthians 5:17). As the Christian continues to grow and mature, he/she becomes more and more like the Lord Jesus Christ. Such a transformation is truly remarkable and evidence of the resurrection power of the Gospel.
The order of these four sub-points (our process) is intentional and deliberate. There is a logical and sequential progression. It begins with an upward focus as the congregation gathers to direct our worship to God. It continues with an inward focus as we turn our attention to edifying one another in Small Groups. It also includes an outward focus as our ministry teams reach out to others in practical service. It climaxes in a forward focus as every member helps to advance the Gospel of Christ throughout the world.
These four elements are essential parts of the disciple-making process that move people through different stages of spiritual development – from initial salvation to spiritual maturity and significant ministry.
This is our strategy for helping a new Christian move from being a “babe in Christ” (1 Corinthians 3:1; 1 Peter 2:2) to becoming an active, growing, obedient, mature, fully-committed, serving, reproducing, follower of Jesus Christ - a Christ-like disciple! (Romans 8:29; Ephesians 4:11-16).