The main purpose of man is to bring glory to, lift up, extol and magnify God in and through the person of the Lord Jesus Christ. God's dealings with mankind throughout the ages have been with the intention of His making Himself known to us, sharing in our daily lives, renewing our minds and purifying our motives to the point "that we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ." (Ephesians 1:12). His design is that we, his sons and daughters, might live in such a way as to "glorify God" and inspire those around us to do likewise. His desire is that all men might be drawn to Himself and so receive eternal life rather than perishing in darkness and sinfulness.
To achieve this purpose, our vision focuses on three main areas:
1. To become more like Jesus through personal discipleship. This includes building a vital relationship with the Lord through prayer and worship, through study of the scriptures, and a wholesome relationship to a part of His church. "For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren." (Romans 8:29).
2. To preach the Gospel throughout the earth by whatever means that lie within our reach, including personal outreach in our workplace and communities, following God's call into other nations as missionaries, and investing of our time and material resources in helping to fulfill the Great Commission. "Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen." (Mathew 28:19-20).
3. To promote unity among the Body of Christ, recognizing that He has placed each believer in the body with great diversity of abilities, gifts, strengths and weaknesses, and perspectives and understandings of the scriptures themselves. The context of our relationship with other Christians should be one of "endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; One Lord, one faith, one baptism, One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all. (Ephesians 4:3-6). "That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me." (John 17:21).
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