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We have a vision that we can be a fellowship that is organised for growth with every member mobilised in the service of God according to their spiritual gifts.

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We have a vision that we can be a fellowship that is striving to grow spiritually and who express that growing relationship through proper use of individual time, talents and treasure.

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We have a vision that we can be a fellowship that has a clear voice for the oppressed, disadvantaged and marginalised and who share biblical perspective on identified community issues.

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We have a vision that we can be a fellowship that have a clear sense of our evangelistic purpose. We will actively seek the unchurched and  relate to them in ways that are relevant, sensitive and credible. As a result our fellowship will grow and plant a new worshipping community.

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We have a vision that we can be a fellowship that is filled by the life giving Spirit of God, so that our personal and corporate life is alive to the work of God.

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Values are the foundational measures upon which an individual or organisation works to achieve it's goals.

In the context of the church, they spell out how we want to do things; what
qualities are important to us. They are the roots system of the church.
In common with many mission centric churches we recognise that changing our
structures, programmes or policies have little impact if our core values are
not similarly mission centric.

After prayer, discussion and consultation we crystalised our value statements
into six simple aspirations.

What matters to us is that we are a body of people in which:

• Jesus is at the centre
• Every member in in ministry
• Every member is maturing in Word and Spirit
• We are an authentic Christian community
• We multiply through mission
• We demonstrate the sacrificial love of Christ

These are further simplified to help us remember them!
 

Here are  some resource leaflets we have prepared to introduce the cell church concept. Click on a thumbnail to download a pdf version.

Small groups are an integral part of our church life.

Ranging somewhere between 6 and 12 members, groups usually meet weekly for mutual encouragement, worship, application based Bible study and evangelistic prayer.

Although the small group cells meet weekly, the key to their life is not the meeting but the community that the meeting facilitates.

We encourage everyone to belong to a small group cell as this has proven to be a wonderful way of helping each other to learn what it means to live for Jesus.

Joining a small group is relatively easy though many of our groups have grown to capacity and this might mean a little wait on your behalf.

There are 3 routes into a cell group:

• Contact the office on admin@arnoldarmy.org and let us know that you are interested and one of the pastoral staff will be in touch 
  
• If you have friends at church who already belong to a cell, ask them to talk to their cell leader about the possibility of you joining that group when a space comes free or the group multiplies
  
• Sign up for an Alpha course by emailing alpha@arnoldarmy.org and then move into a cell group beyond the course

Have a read through the other articles on this page for more information about small group cells.