OUR TEAM
The Lead Pastor
In March 2020, our pastor Antony Bhunu joined us after sensing God's call to lead the Church, this was just before the COVID-19 epidemic. Prior to being appointed our Senior Pastor, he had served in the Leadership (Eldership) team at New Life Church Tameside for nearly 10years.
In 2002, while working with the local YWAM in Zimbabwe, Åsa, who is Swedish, met Antony. They were married in 2003. They have two children, Hannah and Lucas.
Antony was employed in Greater Manchester as a Civil Engineer from 2003. Since coming here, he has guided us through the pandemic of 2020–2021, the purchase of our present building in 2022, and the establishment of a new church - Sandbach Community Church in 2024, just to name a few highlights.
Both Antony and Åsa have a deep calling to Middlewich and Cheshire and are passionate about God's presence, church health and growth.
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Antony Bhunu
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OUR BELIEFS
Our Core Values
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Faithful – Our response to a faithful God
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Passionate – Worshipping Jesus is our passion!
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Hospitality - We love people!
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Hope – Hope is us!
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Family – A community is who we are!
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Generosity – is our norm!
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Stewardship – Serving is our privilege!
Our Vision
We aspire to be passionate about Christ resulting in times of refreshing coming from the Lord (upward) enabling us (inward) to refresh others by spreading the gospel (outward).
Our DNA
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Passionate about God! – Upward
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Passionate about life! - Inward
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Passionate about people! - Outward
STATEMENT OF FAITH
THE INSPIRED WORD OF GOD
We believe that the Bible (i.e. the Old and New Testaments), is the inspired​ word of God, the infallible, all-sufficient rule for faith and practice.
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UNITY IN THE ONE TRUE AND LIVING GOD
We believe in the unity of the One True and Living God who is the Eternal, Self-Existent “I AM”, who has also revealed Himself as One being co-existing in three Persons – Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
LIFE OF JESUS
We believe in the Virgin Birth, Sinless Life, Miraculous Ministry, He died on the cross on our behalf and rose again after 3 days, He went up to heaven and He’s currently at the right-hand side of God the Father (He now offers us salvation through faith), and in the last days He will return again for his church.
FALL OF MAN
We believe who was created pure and upright but fell by voluntary transgression.
NEW BIRTH (BORN AGAIN) -
We believe this experience of salvation is also known as the new birth and is an instantaneous and complete operation of the Holy Spirit upon initial faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.
BAPTISM BY IMMERSION IN WATER
We believe that all who have truly repented and believed in Christ as Lord and Saviour are commanded to be baptised by immersion in water.
BAPTISM IN THE HOLY SPIRIT
We believe in the enduement of the believer with power for service, the essential, biblical evidence of which is the speaking with other tongues as the Spirit gives utterance.
GIFTS IN THE HOLY SPIRIT
We belive in the operation of the gifts of the Holy Spirit and the gifts of Christ in the Church today.
HOLINESS OF LIFE
We believe in conducting our lives in obedience to the command of God.
DIVINE HEALING
We believe in deliverance from sickness, by Divine Healing that is provided for in the atonement.
BREAKING OF BREAD (COMMUNION)
We believe that all who have truly repented and believe in Christ as Lord and Saviour should regularly participate in Breaking of Bread.
RESURRECTION OF ALL WHO TRULY BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST
We believe in the bodily resurrection of all men, the everlasting conscious bliss of all who truly believe in our Lord Jesus Christ and the everlasting conscious punishment of all whose names are not written in the Book of Life.
PASSIONATE ABOUT GOD
UPWARDS
PASSIONATE ABOUT LIFE
INWARDS
PASSIONATE ABOUT PEOPLE
OUTWARDS
