Rev Ken Hopper

We exist to invite, establish, and train followers of Jesus Christ.
Twenty-first century life is busy and demanding. With the urgent demands that confront us day by day we rarely get a chance to ask what the meaning of it all is.

Christians believe that we are created for a purpose, and that purpose is to have a deep and abiding friendship with God. This friendship is even more precious as it has been restored through God the Son, Jesus. By becoming human and through his earthly life and death, and life again, brought about a means of reconciliation whereby we can have friendship once again with God. It is in this friendship we experience completeness, purpose and meaning.

What we do…

Like many churches, we Anglicans in The Gap seek to follow Jesus in the way we live and in what we do. In short, by being His people and doing His work.

There are many different ways Jesus went about doing this doing His work of calling people to come to faith in God, but the way that resonates with us is in the invitation He extended to the weary and burdened to come to him for rest.

From this example we build our model of doing church on three important activities.

Inviting people to come to Jesus:

In the 21^st century we are called to bear many burdens and life can become very heavy.  However the invitation of the first century is still the same, “Come to me and you will find rest for your souls” We offer the invitation in the name of Jesus to all.

Establishing people in the faith of Jesus:

People who respond to the invitation to come to Jesus desire to understand what it mean to “come to me for rest”. As a seedling is nurtured into a robust sapling through appropriate care, so through bible teaching, growth groups, worship services and serving others, we direct our efforts to establish people in the faith of Jesus.

Training people to be disciple makers:

Jesus called people for a purpose, to be his followers. To be a follower of Jesus is to follow him also in making disciples, offering his invitation to others to come to Him. This is the third key area of our church activities; training people so they are able to pass on the invitation to others to come to Jesus; to theirs family, friends and  associates so that they also may become effective disciple makers.

You are welcome to join us in this eternal venture!

Reverend Ken Hopper
Rector