Who We Are

Our Mission

Currently KLC is in a time of transition. As we seek God for His Vision and Purpose, we are aware of the following paradigm shifts taking place in our hearts as the Holy Spirit is moving upon us.

Paradigm Shift

• From organisational relationships to love relationships
• From our plans to God's agenda
• From ‘struggling church’ to ‘advancing Kingdom’
• From Pastoral leadership to Apostolic leadership
• From Individuals to teams
• From what we can do to what God can do (faith & prayer)
• From expecting a few to do it to every member a minister and a missionary
• From controlling and limiting to empowering and releasing in ministry and mission
• From generational to intergenerational
• From Park Ridge Baptist mindedness to Kingdom mindedness
• From ministry focused to ministry/mission balanced
• From membership (rights, rewards, getting) to Partnership (responsibility, ownership, giving)
• From filling 'holes' (trying to make a minister fit a ministry) to SHAPE oriented ministry (building a ministry according to the SHAPE of the minister/s)
• From natural ability to supernatural power

Our Affiliation with Queensland Baptists

www.qb.com.au

Park Ridge Baptist Church (Kingdom Life Centre) has been part of Queensland Baptists (formerly the Baptist Union of Queensland) since May 3 1970 when the fellowship was constituted. This partnership with other fellowships in Queensland has enabled us to do together what we could not do apart. For example it has enabled us to: provide formal theological and ministry training; send individuals and teams on mission; receive finances and insurance to expand ministry opportunities; be efficient and accountable in administration, and much more.

We are blessed by the servant leadership of Godly men and women from amongst the member churches who continue to provide inspirational support and encouragement to us. We celebrate the provision of leaders who are hungry for a move of the Spirit in our day and stir up faith and expectation that God would want to do such a thing through us.

Queensland Baptists

Statement of Beliefs

Queensland Baptists recognise that every local church has liberty to interpret and
implement Christianity within the constraints of the Word of God. The following Statement
of Belief is an outline of what, according to general agreement, Queensland Baptists do
believe that the Bible teaches.

1. About God
God is the Creator and Ruler of the universe. He is absolutely holy, infinitely good great, all
powerful, all present, all knowing. God is eternal. He eternally exists in three persons: The
Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit. This "Holy Trinity" is a union of these three co-equal
Persons in one god-head. The one triune God created the heavens and the earth and all
that exists in them. He continues to care for and govern His creation, working out His
sovereign purposes for all that He has made.

2. About God the Father
The Fatherhood of the First Person of the Trinity is eternal. He has always had a Son and
the relationship of Father to Son is from eternity and not only due to the Second Person of
the Trinity becoming incarnate. Their Fatherhood and Sonship are the source from which
we derive our approximations to fatherhood and sonship in our human relationships. Our
being made in the image of God enables humanity to partially reflect God's eternal
Fatherhood. God the Father is spirit and has never been incarnate but nonetheless has
always been immanent in the actions of both God the Son and God the Holy Spirit.

3. About Jesus Christ
The eternal Son, co-equal with the Father and the Holy Spirit, is the member of the Trinity
who became incarnate. He took on humanity without losing any of His deity in the
integrated personality of Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ is thus still fully God and now forever
also fully man. This incarnation was achieved through the virgin birth. Jesus lived a sinless
human life in perfect obedience to the Father in a role of humility taken on with His
incarnation. He offered Himself as a perfect sacrifice for sin and a substitution in our place
at His death on the cross. By the Holy Spirit's power, God the Father raised Him bodily
from the dead, completing the conquest of Satan, sin and death. The Father raised this
Jesus to His right hand of power and there made Him Lord of all. Christ there intercedes on
our behalf and the Father and He sent the Holy Spirit to be Christ's formal representative
on earth. This crucified, risen and glorified Christ is the Saviour of the world who, at the
climax of the ages, will return to earth to judge the living and the dead. At that time Christ
will continue the process of our salvation with the deliverance of our bodies from the
presence of sin and the transformation of all of the created order with the eventual
introduction of the new heavens and new earth wherein "all things will be made new."

4. About the Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit is co-equal with the Father and with the Son. He is introduced in the Old
Testament as the "Spirit of God", but in the New Testament is designated "The Holy Spirit
of God." He was the communication between the Father and His incarnated Son such that
the God-man was called "the Christ" which means "anointed one." By the leadership and
empowerment of the Holy Spirit, Christ did the works of His Father from above. After Christ
returned to Heaven He and the Father sent the Holy Spirit at the day of Pentecost to the
believing disciples so that they might do the works of their heavenly Lord and be the body
of Christ. The church was born by the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. At his or her
conversion to Christ every true believer is baptised into this body of Christ by the Holy
Spirit. The Holy Spirit is present in the world to make humankind aware of their sin and
need for Jesus Christ, and to bring them to salvation. The Holy Spirit is received at
conversion to Christ and permanently lives in these believers providing them with power for
living, understanding of spiritual truth, and guidance in doing what is right. He gives
believers spiritual gifts at their conversion, to be used in service for God. Christians should
seek to live daily under Christ's control through the infilling of the Holy Spirit.

5. About the Bible
The 66 books of the Protestant Bible are the written Word of God to humankind. The Bible
is inspired in the sense that God breathed it out as His Word, thus making it truth from the
being of God and alive with His life. The Bible is our supreme and absolute authority on all
matters of faith and practice and everything that the Bible affirms. It was written by human
authors, under the guidance of the Holy Spirit and is both the Word of God and the Word of
Man. Whilst Jesus Christ alone is the authority in all matters of Christian belief and
lifestyle, His will in such matters is always revealed in, or will be consistent with His written
Word, the Bible.

6. About People
People are made in the image of God and are the supreme focus of His creative work. The
value of human life is guaranteed from this divine likeness and parentage and this is true
for all humanity, not just Christians. Although every human being still displays evidence of
their divine creation, they also display marked fallenness from their originally created
potential, due to what the Bible calls sin. Sin is the deep-seated rebellion of the human
heart against God. Sin taints even the good that we are and do. Sin cuts us off eternally
from God and works as a dynamic festering of evil within our relationships, our attitudes
and even our physical bodies. From the moment the human race fell, every individual has
been hopelessly lost and destined for an eternity in hell.

7. About Salvation
Salvation is a free gift springing out of God's love, mercy and grace. It is ours only in the
provision of the Lord Jesus Christ and His perfect life, His atoning death, His powerful
resurrection, His glorious ascension, His ongoing Priesthood, and His certain return.
Salvation is at the one time something to be possessed, by coming to Christian conversion,
and also something to be furthered through the Christian life. Salvation is to be prosecuted
and worked out in our Christian lives and finally completed at the return of Christ. Salvation
is totally provided for by the work of Christ without any contribution from us. It is effected by
the work of the Holy Spirit; and it is contingent on personal faith which is not to be viewed
as a work. Salvation has its antecedents in the sovereign election of God but begins in our
experience with our repentance towards God and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. It
continues in sanctification through the ongoing practice of spiritual disciplines, and
culminates in the redemption of our bodies and the glorification of our entire persons.
Salvation is both something that we receive and something we seek to work out in our
lives. It is the beginning now of the eternal life with God which will be ours throughout
eternity.

8. About Eternity
People, once created are heading for an eternity in either heaven or hell. Hell is a place of
permanent separation from God. The place of eternal security with God is "heaven".
Eternal life begins the moment a person comes to saving faith in Christ but continues
forever in Heaven. Heaven and hell are real places of eternal existence. All people, both
believers and unbelievers, will be raised bodily at a resurrection of the dead, finally judged
by the Lord Jesus Christ and thereafter dwell in heaven or hell. Following this judgment, the
whole creation will be so transformed that righteousness and completeness will
characterize believers and the new heavens and new earth forever.

9. About Baptism and the Lord's Supper and the Church
Baptism and the Lord's Supper are the only two ceremonies given by Jesus Christ through
Scripture to be observed by the church for all ages. We call them "ordinances" as they
have been ordained by Christ. We do not call them "sacraments" because they do not
convey Christ's salvation which is conveyed directly by the Holy Spirit in response to the
individual's faith. Baptism is the immersion of believers upon their repentance and
profession of faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. Baptism pictures the connecting of the believer
with Christ's death, burial, and resurrection. The Lord's Supper is a memorial of
thanksgiving for the sacrifice of the body and blood of the Lord Jesus Christ. The Lord's
Supper, or Communion, is to be regularly practised until He comes. It portrays our
continued reliance on Christ's work. It dramatises the basis, in Christ's atonement, of our
continued membership in the body of Christ as cleansed Christians. It keeps us aware of
our fellowship with the saints of all ages and with the other members of the body of Christ
and keeps us looking forward to our future glorification in Jesus Christ.
The universal church consists of all persons, in heaven now or still on earth, who confess
Christ as their Lord and Saviour. The local gathering of believers is the local expression of
the same universal church. This local gathering is charged to meet regularly for worship,
fellowship, teaching of the Scriptures and seeking to save the lost. Christ alone is the head
of His church, both universal and local. The church is known as the Body of Christ. No
other person, group, or religious organization can profess to be the head of His church.

10. About Service and Sacrifice
The Bible teaches that Christians should surrender every aspect of their lives to be a
"spiritual service" or "offered ministry" to God. In this sense, every Christian is to minister as
a servant of Christ. Serving Jesus Christ in the natural sphere of every day life is as
important to Christ and His witness as is service undertaken with the church. Each
Christian is given one or more spiritual gifts. These gifts give balance to the Body of Christ
and enable Christ's work to continue. The empowerment for true service comes from
intimacy with Jesus Christ through prayer, obedience to His Word, dependence on the
power of the Holy Spirit, and appropriate placement in ministry. There are some Christians
who are called by God to full time pastoral and other leadership roles. These particular
Christians receive this challenge from the Holy Spirit, and this call to a full time service for
Christ is confirmed by the church. However it is the responsibility of every Christian to
share the Good News concerning Jesus Christ with those God leads across their path, by
both life and word.

Ministry Leaders