![]() ![]() ![]() In all things, we came back to the Bible looking for answers – and we found them. We had a strong distrust of revelations and visions, as we had seen that people often followed these in disobedience to God’s direct word. We asked, “What would Jesus do in circumstances like this?” Through the leading of the Holy Spirit, we always found answers. When our men were in unity and convinced that they had God’s will, they acted on it.įrom time to time there were no clear Bible passages to guide us through an issue of the modern age, so then we looked at Biblical principles. We also avoided using Bible commentaries and books written by so-called experts who set themselves up to explain the Bible. They did not rely on just one or two scriptures on a topic, but searched the scriptures for everything that God revealed plainly in writing. Through prayer and discussion, the men who came together as our pioneering believers gained an understanding of God’s Will for our church. One of our founding principles was to obey the Bible, not just read it. Before we became a community, our members were part of a local church, and the foundation of that was the Word of God. We consider ourselves to have been born again into God’s family, and as God’s children, we honour God as our father and Jesus as our Lord and brother in fact, the whole community operates as a huge family.Īll buildings must have a solid foundation, and ours is the written Word of God. We seek to live a practical Christian life that mirrors life in Heaven, where there is perfect obedience to God, complete unity of thought, no self-will, no argument or strife, and no sin. Here, the aim is to make a place where it is hard to live a selfish, worldly life, but easy to find God’s will and to live in daily service to the Lord Jesus. The provision of work, education, housing and a full social life allows us to create a society that is Christ-centred and working on Biblical principles. While the Church at Gloriavale exists to help people save their souls, the community provides the physical structure in which that occurs. ![]() You’ll find that we are a practical group of people, bound together by a common faith in God and the hope of salvation. Join the thousands of visitors who have visited us in person or checked out our website. ![]()
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