Our Vision & Values

Calvary Auckland is all about a loving relationship with Jesus through Biblical teaching and authentic community. We believe that church should be a place where people have genuine encounters with Christ, discover their gifts, and have meaningful relationships with one another. At Calvary Auckland, you can expect in-depth Biblical teaching, Spirit-filled worship, and genuinely friendly people.

We exist for the purpose of seeing men and women know God through a living, abiding relationship with Jesus who in turn seek to make Him known through: teaching the Word of God, glorifying God, loving people, making disciples and reaching the world for Jesus.

Everything we do is because of Jesus. He is the reason why we are here, and the focus of all we do as a church. Our church seeks to honour, glorify and exalt Jesus above all things.

Traditionalism and extra-biblical rules are not part of Calvary. We believe in God’s loving, transforming grace instead of legalism and rule-based religion. God’s grace frees us from condemnation and pride. We don’t try to impress God through things that we do, we understand that He is the source of all good things. Grace is not a license to sin, but rather it is the power for true life change.

Everything we do is based upon the Bible. We spend most of the time in our services studying the Bible because we believe it’s the Word of God, and God can give us direction for life through His Word. Calvary is unique among other churches because of the expositional way we teach the Bible, and the high priority we give to Bible teaching.

We want the Holy Spirit to be involved in our services from start to finish. He helps us worship, understand the Bible, and helps us love and serve one another. Calvary is unique because the gifts of the Holy Spirit are taught and encouraged but not overemphasized or abused. We invite the Holy Spirit to guide and lead us.

We believe in being genuine with people. Our church is relatable because we love our community and seek to understand where people are coming from. We want to relate to what people are going through. It’s refreshing to have a church with people and a pastor that you can feel comfortable hanging out with, and that you know will be the same during the week as they are on Sunday. This is authenticity.

At the heart of any church community is the relationships the people have with one another. We believe relationships should be more than just casual Sunday morning acquaintances, but meaningful personal connections. This means we encourage gatherings outside of church as well as just having fun together. Here at Calvary the quality of relationships is more valuable than the quantity of the people.

We are the light of the world and a city on a hill cannot be hidden. We must shine our light in the community that we live in. We believe this is done in several different ways, including helping the poor and needy, social projects, clean-ups, and other practical activities. Christians should be the most helpful citizens in the city!

The main mission of the church in the world is missions. This means we have a heart to see people from every tribe language and nation come to know the Lord through the gospel of Jesus Christ. We work with other mission organizations as well as designate time and resources toward this goal.