LIFE – Vision and Mission 2020

Where is God leading us this year?

God has plans and purposes for us this year. As we begin 2020 let’s look at what makes us who we are here at Kaiapoi Baptist.

Our vision and mission came out a retreat with the Eldership and has begun to inform how we live and become the people of God in this time and space.

We are about LIFE – not just for us but for those who are yet to grasp the amazing grace and love that God has for all of us and for His creation.

Our series begins on January 19th. See you there.

Choose LIFE

We are all about Food for LIFE here at Kaiapoi Baptist Church. It is the tag line of our vision. So this year we are starting a series called CHOOSE Life. It will look at issues of the day. It will help us live as followers of Jesus in a complicated world. The series will be spread throughout the year and begins next week as we tackle: Euthanasia.

CHOOSE Life will also be looking at such diverse topics as: Anger, Abortion, Pornography, Drugs, and Gender.

Continue reading Choose LIFE

Building for LIFE

Building for LIFE is all about seeking God for His direction and provision for the future of Kaiapoi Baptist Church. We will spend two months looking at Nehemiah and the miraculous rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem. 

Be prepared to be inspired and challenged as we seek God together about the future of Kaiapoi Baptist Church.

Check out our Building for LIFE section of the website.

Is Your Faith BIG Enough for Miracles?

More than thirty miracles were performed by Jesus and are recorded in the gospels. From turning water into wine, raising people from the dead to feeding the multitudes, and this doesn’t take into account that John said in John 21:25 that Jesus did many other things as well.

Our new preaching series starts on February 10th and we will be looking at some of the miracles of Jesus. Why? Good question…

Miracles are messy, they are hard to reconcile in our tightly boxed in empirical and materialist world view. But if we remove the supernatural from the ministry of Jesus, we remove a central part of who he was. He was the Son of God, the first born of all creation, the one in whom all things are held together and made new.

We can have many questions about the miracles in the life of Jesus. Why he chose to perform some and not others. Why he sometimes asked people not to talk about the miracles he performed. But what we need to acknowledge is that Jesus when he walked, talked and taught 2000 years ago also performed many miracles.

Over the next few weeks we will be looking at some, so see you there.

Christmas Preaching Series

Every year we say that we are going to be more organised, we are going to start shopping earlier, book flights earlier, plan the holiday earlier and then suddenly it’s December and Christmas is just around the corner! Why is it that we end up tired, worn out and just hanging on for our holiday at one of the most awesome times of the year? Maybe we need to slow down and remember and reflect on what Christmas is really about. Continue reading Christmas Preaching Series

New Preaching Series

This week we will be beginning a six week series looking at Ephesians.  We’re calling it a walk through, in essence we are just touching on some key points within the epistle.

Unlike many of Paul’s other Epistles, the letter to Ephesus is not written to confront a particular issue or heresy. It explains the nature and purpose of the church, the Body of Christ.

Come and join us over the next few weeks, as we take a walk through Ephesians.