Our Vision

We strive to be a ministry who:

Listens to God's voice

The whole Christian journey can only be navigated by listening and following the direction that comes from the dialogue we have with God. It is too easy to become sidetracked in various good directions that have nothing to do with God's intention for the community. It is essential to us that we learn how to hear God in a collective sense rather than follow the vision of one person. We are convinced that God does not need help in writing the story of redemption and transformation for our lives so we will try to keep out of His way so that He can do His work.

Obeys His commands

Community has an important role in the transformation of each member into an obedient image bearer of Christ. While we affirm that legalism leads nowhere, we also believe that love will result in a changed heart. We do not have the power to accomplish this change on our own - we also need the power of the Spirit, the word and the depth of love exhibited in relationship with one another.

Ministers to the Body of Christ

We do not see ourselves as a church or as an expression of the Body of Christ. To carry the metaphor further, we see ourselves as an organ of the Body and so we desire to be integrally connected to the Body. We envision that some members will be part of our community until they have reached the level of maturity where they know and are empowered to carry out their calling in the Body of Christ. Our goal is to send people back into the Body after being brought to a place of maturity and to stimulate the Body to a new way of thinking (spiritual theology), a new way of living ( the hope of sanctification) and a new way of relating (loving deeply).

Establishes a Canadian centre for evangelical spirituality

Allister McGrath has commented that the evangelical church is in danger of losing its spirituality in another generation if we keep going the way that we have in the last generation. We desperately want to keep that flame alive and so feel that our mission is to safeguard and teach an understanding and practice of spirituality that once marked evangelical churches over a hundred years ago.

Impacts and transforms Canadian churches

Our burden is for Canadian churches becoming the kinds of communities where deep transformation takes place naturally and changes the communities they live in. As St. Patrick invited people to live in the monastic communities of Ireland and changed the character of a nation so we believe that the only way to make an impact on our culture is to invite people into community. Their lives and beliefs would be dramatically changed if we could invite them into places of deep relationships with God and each other. Sadly, most churches are not those kinds of community. We desire, by God's help, to impact and transform churches into life-changing communities.

Understands and practices sanctification

We feel a revolution must take place to recover the power of sanctification in the life of a Christian. We need a Biblical theology of spirituality, a practical knowledge of the spiritual journey and a humbleness to learn and help each other in the journey.