We Believe
– Our Mission is to our local communities

This means
– Love and Solidarity for all our neighbours
– Loving actions – not just words
– Challenging the causes of poverty and exclusion, not just alleviating the symptoms
– Partnering with others outside our churches to achieve our shared goals

We Understand
– Speaking out against injustice, may require being controversial and willing to be criticised, and sometimes this will be hard.
– This requires a willingness to be vulnerable, speaking truth to power

We Believe
– Everyone deserves respect and dignity
– ALL are strong in some things and weak in others, and so although the language of Strong and Weak is easy to understand, it is not always helpful.
– Through our working together we will come to recognise everyones gifts and blind-spots, including our own.

This means
– We believe everyone should have opportunity to be involved in decisions which effect them, bringing real experiences to the conversation.
– Relationships should always be two way.

We Understand
– Mission is ALWAYS With, never for, or too!
– This requires a willingness to be vulnerable, and give away some of our power

We Believe
– We are neither independent nor dependant, we are all interdependent

This means
– Becoming more interconnected between our churches, with other partners in the community, and especially with those on the margins
– Learning from others and learning from ‘apparent’ failures

We Understand
– This requires a willingness to be vulnerable ourselves, trusting others with power