About Revive Christchurch
Our Aspirational Vision
Healthy Communities of Revival
Our Journey
Revive Christchurch began over 50 years ago with a vision to create a vibrant Christian community where individuals and families can deepen their faith and experience the transformative love and power of Jesus. Our story is rooted in the belief that everyone is valued and welcomed, and we strive to foster a nurturing environment for spiritual growth. It's a place of restoration and revival. An Apostolic hub for church planting, ministry and mission development, in our homes, across the street and around the world.
Embracing Faith
At Revive Christchurch, we encourage everyone to explore and strengthen their relationship with Christ. Through engaging services, discipleship pathways, and genuine fellowship, we aim to inspire a faith that breathes life into every aspect of our lives.
Building a Spiritual Family
We believe in the power of community and support, where every member plays an important role. Our church is a place where friendships are formed, lives are transformed, and the love of Jesus is shared in abundance.
Our Revive Themes
Connect
Knowing God. Belonging in the Whānau
Grow
Learning to live a full life in the family of Jesus.
Serve
Sharing Faith, Hope and Love.
Our Foundational Value
AROHA/AGAPE
God's Unconditional Love
We love God, ourselves and others well with a balance of grace and truth.
1 Corinthians 13: 1-13; Luke 10: 25 -3 7; 1 John 4: 7-2; 1 John 3:16
'And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.'
'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind'; and 'Love your neighbour as yourself.'
'Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.'
'For God so loved the world, He gave His only son.'
Our Cultural Values
Slowed-Down Spiritually
We slow down to know our Heavenly Father, to be with Jesus and practice the presence and power of Holy Spirit. Our relationship with God is our source from which our activity flows.
Integrity in Leadership
We don't pretend to be something on the outside that we are not in the inside.
Beneath-the-Surface Discipleship
We grow in self-awareness because we cannot change that of which we remain unaware.
Healthy Relationships
We are committed to learning tools and practices to help us love others like Jesus.
Passionate Marriages and Singleness
We model God's passionate love for the world by living out of our singleness and marriages.
Every Person in Full-time Ministry
We encourage every believer to live full time for Jesus at work and in daily life.
*Adapted from 'Church Culture Revolution' - Emotionally Healthy Discipleship (Peter Scazzero)
Our Kaupapa - Our Plan 2023- 2027:
Transformative Revival
Our Plan for 2023 - 2027 is founded on the belief that the reviving life of Jesus can bring transformation to every part of our life: Spiritual, Emotional, Intellectual, Physical and Social.
We exist to be the church - God's Family breathing the reviving life that Jesus said he came to bring in John 10: 10. Transformative Revival can cause major change in us, our whānau, our church family, in our local community, our city and throughout Aotearoa and beyond.
We believe Jesus can and does revive quickly through power encounters with the Holy Spirit.
We also believe that he works slowly to revive us through the process of discipleship using principles and patterns in the Bible. We experience transformative revival as we learn how to live well in the family of Jesus - connecting with Father God and to his family, growing to become more like Jesus and serving to share God's faith, hope and love.
