Who We Are
We are deeply passionate about bringing the message of Jesus Christ, His grace and Salvation to the people of the Redcliffe Peninsula. Our ministry is contemporary and relevant to reach all generations, We are multi-generational and multi-cultural – placing value on all who make up the Peninsula Life family. A strategic focus on family and marriage, training up children in balanced discipleship through great programs. Life groups meet during the week, where friendships and support are provided. Two elements of ministry that we believe grow a great church. First is prayer and secondly, a determined effort to love each other deeply.
Our Vision
We dream of a community that reflects the same kind of dynamics that marked the first church in Acts 2, where people experienced such a powerful transformation by the love of Christ and the indwelling of His Holy Spirit that they could not go back to their old way of life… where our lives are lived in passionate commitment to the goal of reaching the Redcliffe Peninsula and beyound, especially those we readily connect with at work, home or school.
Our Values
What defines us as a ‘Redemptive Community’ are the following 8 values:
1. It’s all about Jesus
2. A culture of Beginning, Believing and Belonging
3. A Spiritual home that is multi-generational
4. Spirit-led – not driven
5. A safe place, where people can find hope and a future
6. Strong dependence upon the Holy Spirit
7. Embracing outreach to take the gospel to the world
8. To make disciples and equip them for works of service
Meet the Pastor
John and Susan Houston
I was born again in 1974 at the age of 12, Auckland, New Zealand.
I grew up in The Baptist Church. Was discipled and trained in leadership and the ministry gifts in the Pentecostal Church ‘Elim’.
Moved to Australia in 1996.
Theologically trained at Kingsley College.
Following the call of God Susan and I moved from North Lakes to Woody Point in 2017 and I was installed as the Pastor of Peninsula Life Church in February 2020.
I have a strong prophetic gifting and a heart for the lost.
“From our midst will flow a river of living water bringing healing and salvation to our broken communities, the wind of the spirit will blow into flame the passion and desire in our hearts for a Christ centered life and he will light a lampstand in our midst that will draw all peoples to Him”.
Ezekiel 47:1-12 (River of Life).
Our dream is to lead a community of believers who are deeply passionate about serving the Lord Jesus Christ, one another, and the wider community at large.
Susan and I consider it an honour and a privilege to love, serve and lead the beautiful, faithful people of Peninsula Life Church and we encourage everyone to reach out to the wider community with the power of Gods love and forgiveness.
WHAT WE BELIEVE
Wesleyans believe in one God, who is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and the Saviour of all who put their faith in Him alone for eternal life.
We believe that those who are made new in Christ are called to be holy in character and conduct, and can only live this way by being filled with the Lord’s Spirit.
We believe in the Bible and its sufficiency to establish our faith and conduct.
We believe God wills for people everywhere to know Him and be made new in Christ.
We believe that the purpose of the Church is to worship God in spirit and in truth, and to reach a lost and fallen world with the gospel of Jesus Christ through its worship, witness, and loving deeds.
The following are terms descriptive of who Wesleyans are and why they do what they do. They describe the “soul of the Church”:
BIBLICAL AUTHORITY: The Bible is God’s holy Word. It uniquely and infallibly reveals God’s plan for His people and how to live out that plan, individually and corporately. Beliefs, practices, priorities, and our mission are to be anchored in clear biblical teachings.
CHRISTLIKENESS: Jesus Christ is the defining feature of God’s will and relationship with all humankind. In Christ is found both newness of life and the highest and clearest example for godliness. People made new in Christ find Him to be the source of faith, hope, and love in both the inner life and in our outward actions engaging a world desperate for hope and life.
DISCIPLE-MAKING: Making disciples is a clear mandate from Christ. This requires a strong missional focus on evangelism and training in spiritual growth and holy living. Done effectively, this will produce and promote growth and health in and among the churches.
LOCAL CHURCH CENTRED: The denomination exists to help local congregations grow and multiply, be more healthy, and more authentically reflect God’s plan. Local churches are the most fundamental and strategic points of evangelism and discipleship. The challenge of the denomination is to keep finding the best ways to serve, strengthen, and multiply congregations.
SERVANT LEADERSHIP: Wesleyans respect leadership that is placed over them, while realising that the authority and effectiveness of spiritual leadership is not primarily bestowed, but earned, and is characterised by a loving and willing heart of obedience that serves God and mankind gladly. Wesleyans desire to be leaders in serving.
UNITY IN DIVERSITY: There is intrinsic value in every person. Biblical unity becomes all the more important and beautiful in the light of the wide-ranging differences in personalities, cultures, races, languages, talents, and perspectives. Finding unity and mutual love in Christ eliminates devaluation and deprivation of life to one another.
WHAT IS A WESLEYAN?
We are a gathering of local churches and ministries from around Australia serving together under the umbrella of the Wesleyan Methodist Church of Australia. We find our roots dating back to John Wesley who was a key component of 18th Century revivals in England. His desire was to spread the message of Scriptural Holiness around the world. This is our mandate today. From these beginnings came the ‘Holiness Movement’ and at its heart is the message of perfect love, which is to love God with all our heart, with all our mind and with all our strength and our neighbour as our self. (Mark 12:30-31 NIV)
We, the Wesleyan Methodists of Australia, are a part of a wider church that is connected together under the name, the Wesleyan Church. We are now found in over 80 nations. In 2011, worldwide Sunday morning worship attendance was 475,000 persons in more than 5,000 congregations. Worldwide total membership was 368,000.
In 1946, the Wesleyan Methodist Church of Australia was officially formed in Melbourne under the leadership of Kingsley Ridgway. While the initial beginnings were slow, we have now spread across the country with around 95 churches. Our people come from a variety of backgrounds, cultures and communities. While we do celebrate our diversity, we also acknowledge the values that hold us together – such as our love for the word of God, the bible, our commitment to Christlikeness, our passion for disciple-making, and our call to servant leadership.
The message we share is a message we are experiencing everyday.
It is a message of hope, it is the message of love, and it is the message of life.
It is the message of Christ and the Cross.