What we Believe

VALUES

Our values shape our thinking, influence our choices and define our lives. We want to value what God values and to move beyond mere words or superficial actions. The four C’s sum up all that is valuable to us at Leap.

4 KEY VALUES

The great goal of our faith is to know Christ. Our focus is on a Person who we are to love and trust, rather than principles alone. Our aim in teaching the Bible and other cool information and truth is to always help us to get to know and obey God better.  

Our aim is to see students shaped into becoming people of character; learning to become like Jesus. We desire to live our lives in a way that reflect the nature of Jesus, and bring Him glory. We are committed to seeing Christ and His life formed in our lives.

God’s design is for us to be part of a spiritual family where we live out the faith together. The students have an opportunity to become part of our JoshGen Wellington congregation and to be immersed in church life.

Reaching our neighbours and nations is our great task. Our desire is to see the world through a Christian worldview and to engage the world with compassion and the truth of the gospel.

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STATEMENT OF FAITH – WHAT WE BELIEVE

  • We believe in the Scriptures of the Old and New Testament in their original writings.
  • We regard the Scriptures as being final as to authority and infallible as to truth, regarding all facets of church life and discipline.
  • We believe in one God, eternally existing in three persons, namely Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
  • We believe that Jesus Christ was begotten of the Father, conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary.
  • We believe that God created man in His own image. Thereafter sin entered the first man through disobedience on man’s part resulting in spiritual death for all mankind.
  • We believe that Jesus Christ had to die for the sins of mankind so that man could be reconciled back to God.
  • We believe in the bodily death, burial and resurrection of Christ.
  • We believe in His ascension into heaven and His future return to earth.
  • We believe in the initial reception of the Holy Spirit at conversion (Romans 8:9), His internal sealing work thereafter (Ephesians 1:13), followed by continual infillings of His presence from within us (Ephesians 5:18).
  • We believe in the resurrection of both the just and the unjust.
  • We believe in the regular practice of the breaking of bread and the taking of wine / grape juice to remind us of the new covenant established through Christ’s death on our behalf.
  • We believe in the baptism of believers by immersion in water.
  • We believe in the five-fold ministry gifts of Ephesians 4:11-12.
  • We believe in using these gifts in the life of the church and to affect the communities we minister in.
  • We believe in the equality of all persons irrespective of their race, culture or social background.
  • We believe that marriage is a creational ordinance ordained by God between a man and a woman and that any relationship of a sexual nature outside of marriage, or between people of the same sex is contrary to Scripture and therefore unacceptable to God and His Church.
Timothy Ministry Training (TMT) has recently unveiled its new brand, going forward we will now be known as Leap Discipleship Year. Building on the legacy of TMT and the past 23 years we are growing our program into something fresh. Please be patient with us as we make the transition.