We believe everyone from every generation needs an encounter with Jesus. We need the presence of the Lord that brings us into life changing encounters with Jesus. When we meet with Him our lives are transformed by God in a supernatural way. We as a church want to facilitate public encounters with Jesus however we can.
We want everyone in the church to be equipped with the knowledge of Christ and how to use their giftings. We not only want to teach and grow your relationship with Jesus, we want to help you be equipped and raised up into all God has created you to be. Practically we facilitate this through; Equip Nights, New Believers ministry, the Essentials course, Freedom School of Ministry and Fortnightly Small Groups.
Our heart and greatest passion is to bring people in a place of encounter, equip them for the work of the ministry and release them to serve God. Being released might look like serving on a team, building business, ministering in your workplace, church planting or even raising a family. We have all been created with God-given purpose and we want to champion each person at Freedom Centre to step into theirs!
All that matters is that He shows up. From our worship to our service we do it with His presence in mind. When God is in the room, all kinds of life change happens.
The kingdom of God is not a business, it is a family of sons and daughters living in relationship with their heavenly Father. The Church is a covenant family.
Every believer is called to make disciples. It may look different for everyone, but one thing remains, we want real relationships that create real disciples who then go and make more disciples.
Freedom Centre NZ was established in 2012, out of the Freedom Centre Melbourne church. Located in a small room at the Tauranga Racecourse.
In 2013, Adem and Grace came to New Zealand from Melbourne, Australia originally to start a ministry school at the small church plant. They became the pastors Freedom Centre Tauranga and have witnessed the church grow in numbers and in testimonies of His presence.
Freedom Centre NZ now gathers across three locations, Tauranga, Te Puke and Christchurch, averaging 1,000 attendees per week. With an increasing number of Small Groups and our thriving Freedom School of Ministry. All this to support our vision - Encounter, Equip and Release.
Freedom Centre NZ is affiated to Freedom Ministries International. This includes churches, schools, hospitals, clinics and bible colleges through Australia, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Solomon Islands and Rwanda.
We believe that the Bible is God’s Word. It is accurate, authoritative and applicable to our everyday lives.
We believe in one eternal God who is the Creator of all things. He exists in three Persons: God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. He is totally loving and completely holy.
We believe that sin separated each of us from God and His purpose for our lives.
We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ as both God and man is the only One who can reconcile us to God. He lived a sinless and exemplary life, died on the cross in our place, and rose again to prove His victory and empower us for life.
We believe that in order to receive forgiveness and the “new birth”, we must repent of our sins and place our faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.
We believe that in order to live the life that God intends for us, we need to be baptised in water and be filled with the power of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit enables us to use spiritual gifts, including speaking in tongues.
We believe in the power and significance of the Church and the necessity of believers to meet regularly together for fellowship, prayer and holy communion.
We believe that Jesus, the same yesterday today and forever still heals, performs miracles and is actively involved in the life of the believer.
We believe that our eternal destination of either eternal union with God or eternal separation from God is determined by our response to the Lord Jesus Christ.
We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ is coming back again as He promised.
We believe marriage is a gift from God that is designed for one man and one woman. Sexuality should only be expressed in the context of that marriage covenant.