What We Believe

We are Summerleas Christian Church. It's nice to meet you.

In many ways we are very similar to other churches who worship Jesus as Lord. As a Christian Reformed Church1, we share a doctrinal heritage with thousands of other Christians who embrace the teachings of the European Reformation:

  • Scripture Alone as the final authority by which we live (2 Timothy 3:14-17)
  • Christ Alone as the one true saviour of the world (Acts 4:10-12)
  • Grace Alone as the only basis for our salvation which we receive by faith alone and not by works (Ephesians 2:8-9)
  • That all of this and all that we do is for the Glory of God Alone (Romans 11:36; 1 Corinthians 10:31)

However, we are also a unique group of people living in a unique part of the world. This makes us, and requires us, to be a unique church. Some of the things we do and say may feel a little unfamiliar at first and that's why this explanation exists. We want to make it easy for people to understand why we do what we do.

Our Vision:

To be a Gospel Centred, Organic Community2

Find out more

There's more to us than is to be found in this page. If you really want to get to know us, then come and visit, but in the meantime, you might like to explore the links to the right to find out more about what defines us as Summerleas Christian Church.


1 Visit crca.org.au/AboutUs/WhoWeAre/History to find out more about the Christian Reformed Churches of Australia.
2 For an explanation of 'gospel centred' and 'organic' please read our Core Values

What We Believe