BELIEFS AND VALUES

As a church, we cherish and encourage the following principles in our teaching, 

ministries and in our family of believers.

Our Values

At Journey, we believe that:

  • 1. Belonging Happens Before Believing

    We welcome anyone at any point along the journey of faith. 

  • 2. Kingdom Focused

    Journey is only one expression of the much larger body of Christ. 

  • 3. Christ First

    Christ’s death, burial and resurrection is the unifying core of our faith.

  • 4. Biblical Authority

    The Bible is God-breathed, true in all its teachings and is the final authority for all matters of faith and practice.

  • 5. Transformation Driven

    Jesus causes all who come to him to move from death to life. In our new life, he calls us to follow him and imitate his way.

Central Understandings

How we comprehend “God's Story and Our Story” shapes our faith. What we believe about God influences what we believe about ourselves. These central understandings then shape the lives that we build together.


Our central understandings are that:

  • God is the creator



    He is defined by compassion, grace, mercy and forgiveness.


    • In the beginning, God (Genesis 1:1).
    • The LORD, the compassionate and gracious God (Exodus 34:6).

  • Humanity embodies all of God's children


    We bear his image and are created to reflect his nature into the world.

    • God created humanity in God’s [his] own image (Genesis 1:27 CEB).
    • Follow God's example… as dearly loved children (Ephesians 5:1).

  • Satan is the adversary and the defeated accuser of humanity

    He steals, kills and destroys while he can… 


    • Resist the devil, and he will flee from you (James 4:7).
    • The one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world (1 John 4:4).

  • Jesus is the God of all


    He entered His own creation to start a new life among us.



    • Making peace through his blood, shed on the cross (Colossians 1:20).
    • Every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord (Philippians 2:11).

  • Sin and Salvation are redeemed through Christ

    In him, we are restored to God and recreated to live now and forever.

    • Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God (John 17:3).
    • Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come (2 Corinthians 5:17).

  • The Holy Spirit is the creator

    Who gives, restores, indwells and empowers life in his children.


    • The Spirit of God has made me; the breath of the Almighty gives me life (Job 33:4).
    • Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit (Galatians 5:25).

  • Church is the expression of our new humanity

    Brought near to God and each other to imitate Christ's love.




    • You who once were far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ (Ephesians 2:13).
    • We will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him (Ephesians 4:15).

  • Eternity in the new heaven and new earth

    Where God will live with his children, is the reward that awaits those who accept the gift of a new life from God through Christ.

    • Creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed (Romans 8:19).
    • There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain for the old order of things has passed away (Revelation 21:4).