MGPC What We Believe

More information about our beliefs and denominational structure can be found on these documents, which are saved as PDF files. PDF files require a utility, such as Adobe Reader, in order to be opened and read. If you would like to download a free copy of Adobe Reader please use the link to your right.

Welcome to Mount Gambier Presbyterian Church (93kb)

Can We Have Our Child Baptised? (189kb)

Welcome to the Presbyterian Church of Australia (118kb)

An Introduction to the Presbyterian Church of Australia (113kb)

A Congregation of the Presbyterian Church of Australia

Christian worship and witness by the Presbyterian denomination has been a part of this region for 150 years. Yet this place has also become a home to many who have moved here in more recent times. Many within our congregation have links of family history that stretch back over generations. Others have moved here from various regions within Australia and from around the world.

We are drawn together by the love of Jesus. As a community of faith we affirm the Bible as our authority for what we believe and how we should live. We also ackowledge the need to encourage and be accountable to each other as we grow more like the Lord Jesus. We meet for simple and reverent worship that is focussed on praising God for who He is and what he has done. Families, singles, grandparents, parents and children all worship and fellowship together. In doing so we believe that we stand in continuity with the historic Presbyterian expression of the Christian faith.

As a community of Christians we seek to grow God's family in two ways:

Firstly, we desire to see God's family grow in size. We believe this growth will be achieved, in dependence upon the Holy Spirit, by reaching out with the message of God's saving love through Jesus. We spread this message personally in our local community and by supporting those who work in other regions and countries.

Secondly, we desire to see God's family grow in maturity and wisdom. We seek to achieve this by studying the teaching of the Bible together and by mutually encouraging each other in our walk with the Lord Jesus.

The heart of our belief and ministries is the life changing good news of the Lord Jesus Christ. Follow this link for an explanation of that good news. (offsite)