building a thriving community that reaches Nottingham with the gospel and multiplies beyond.
This is what we feel God has called us to. At its root, this vision is based on the Great Commission that Jesus gives us in Matthew 28, but personalised to our context here in Nottingham. We're passionate about the community of the local church, our mission to share the gospel with our city, and planting new churches in other cities to take this good news beyond ourselves.
Thriving Community
Church is much more than just a group of individuals, going it alone. It's a loving community where everyone is welcomed and looked after. The word 'thrive' means to prosper and flourish and that's exactly what we want for our church and for everyone in it. We want God's best for everyone and we long to see our church grow and truly become a thriving community.
Reaching Nottingham
The word 'gospel' means 'good news', and we believe that the good news of Jesus offers life in its fullness. That's why we want to share this gospel with our city, so that everyone can hear about everything this full life offers. We also want to bring all the benefits of the gospel wherever we go too: like helping those in need, serving our communities, neighbourhoods and every corner of the city. That's what it means for us to reach Nottingham with the gospel.
Multiplying Beyond
As well as reaching our wonderful city, we believe God has called us to go beyond Nottingham and reach other cities. We're part of a wider church family called Grace Connection that plants churches and so far together we have started new churches in Birmingham, Manchester, Newcastle, Cyprus and most recently Leicester. To find out more about our family of churches and our vision to plant churches, click here.
We believe this is what God has called us to. We're by no means done, we're dreaming big for our future in God. If you’d like to hear a fuller explanation of our vision, listen to our latest vision talk below from our senior pastor, Ben Topliss.