Way back in 2011, the original ChristCentral team discussed what values should shape us as family of churches – what it was particularly that God was highlighting as important.

Out of this discussion came the ChristCentral Distinctives which were originally presented at North - a summer camp held over the August Bank Holiday weekend in 2011. in 2024 we took a fresh look at these distinctives which continue to shape us today, they are:

• Being friends enjoying God together
• Building grace-filled churches empowered by Word & Spirit
• Advancing the Kingdom, transforming communities
• Reaching nations, making disciples

Vision 2030

Having been praying and seeking God about the next season together, we feel that God has spoken to us about our vision over the next decade. Read more here...

ChristCentral & Newfrontiers Values

ChristCentral would seek to hold values similar to those expressed by our wider Newfrontiers family. As part of the universal church, we hold to the ecumenical creeds (the Apostles’, Nicene-Constantinopolitan, Chalcedonian and Athanasian Creeds). As Protestant Christians, we affirm that justification is by faith alone, and stand in the tradition of Reformation confessional documents like the Heidelberg Catechism, although we believe water baptism is only for believers. As contemporary evangelicals, we also affirm modern statements such as the Lausanne Covenant and the Evangelical Alliance statement of faith.

Core Doctrinal Values

• 1. Word-based - Col. 1:25; 1 Thess. 2:13; 2 Tim. 3:16-17; 2 Tim. 4:1-5
• 2. Grace-filled - Eph. 2:8-10; Acts 11:23; Col. 1:6
• 3. Spirit-empowered - Eph. 5:18; Acts 1:7-8; Gal. 3:1-5; 1 Cor. 12:1-7

Core Leadership Values

• 4. Elders in each local church - Acts 14:21-23; 20:28; 1 Tim. 3:1-7; Titus 1:5-9; James 5:14
• 5. Ephesians 4 Ministries - Acts 14:21-23; 20:28; Eph. 4:7-16; Rom. 16:1-16
• 6. Servant-heartedness - Mark 10:42-45; 1 Cor. 4:1-2; 1 Thess. 2:1-12; 1 Peter 5:1-4

Core Mission Values

• 7. Local church focused - Matt. 16:17-20 and 18:15-20; Acts 16:5; 1 Thess. 1:4-8; Rev. 1:20
• 8. Mission ought to be expressed locally, globally and holistically - Matt. 28:18-20; Acts 1:8; Rom. 15:17-22; Gal. 2:10; Col. 4:5-6
• 9. Contextual freedom in application - Acts 16:1-5; Rom. 14:1-4; 1 Cor. 9:19-23

What is Newfrontiers?

Newfrontiers is a group of apostolic leaders partnering together on global mission, joined by common values and beliefs, shared mission and genuine relationships. Together we're involved in a number of core activities: Church Planting, Training Leaders, Equipping Teams, Social Action, Reaching Nations. For more information about Newfrontiers please visit: newfrontierstogether.org

Definition - Distinctive: "The Characteristic of one person or thing, and so serving to distinguish it from others"