OUR MISSION
Wellington Heights Community Church is a multi-cultural faith community joining God in the restoration of all things through worship, reconciliation and neighborhood development.
OUR VALUES
WORSHIP
Worship is creating space to respond to the abundant love of God.
RECONCILIATION
Reconciliation is a journey and invitation from God for a community to embody shalom in holistic ways that disrupt, re-shape, and inform structures and everyday patterns of relating so that all people and creation may flourish.
NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT
Neighborhood Development is co-creating holistic flourishing in the Wellington Heights neighborhood, the wider community, and beyond.
OUR BELIEFS
God is relational by nature and invites us into life-giving relationship with God and one another. (John 1:1–5; 2 Corinthians 13:14)
Through Jesus, we are welcomed into God’s reconciling love and invited into a transformed way of life.
(John 1:12; Romans 10:9–10)
Scripture shapes us for faithful living (2 Timothy 3:16–17)
Jesus calls us to embody love that seeks the flourishing of others and the healing of the world. (Matthew 22:36–40)
We are formed together through shared life, mutual care, generosity, and prayer.
(Acts 2:44–47; John 17:23)
God calls us to bear good news through lives of welcome, reconciliation, and good works. (Ephesians 2:10; Romans 15:5–7)
The Spirit empowers individuals and communities with diverse gifts for the building up of the body and the flourishing of all. (Romans 12; 1 Corinthians 12; Ephesians 4)
CCDA PHILOSOPHY
Christian Community Development Association (CCDA) is a network of Christians committed to seeing people and communities experience God’s shalom. We believe that God wants to restore a right relationship between us, our families, and our communities – spiritually, emotionally, physically, economically and socially. In the words of the Prophet Jeremiah, “we work and pray for the well-being of our city [or neighborhood],” trusting that if the entire community does well and prospers, then we will prosper also
OUR APPROACH TO LIFE AND MINISTRY
PROXIMITY
We believe proximity shapes our perspective, deepens our commitment to justice, and grounds our ministry in long-term, faithful presence and action.
MUTUALITY
We believe every person is created in the image of God with dignity and worth, and that each person has something to give and receive in community. We intentionally attend to power dynamics so mutual relationships can flourish.
LISTENING
We seek the flourishing of Wellington Heights by listening to our neighbors, partnering for sustainable change, and working and praying for the well-being of our community—until there is no longer “us and them,” only “we.”
CHURCH BASED
We believe the church can be a vital place of belonging, care, and transformation where people encounter God and one another across differences.
JUSTICE
We are committed to prayer, lament, and action toward justice and reconciliation. Following Jesus, we work toward a community marked by shalom.
WHOLISTIC CARE
We embrace the restoration of the whole person and community—spiritual, emotional, physical, social, and economic—integrating worship and action for the flourishing of all.