About us · हमारे बारे में
A church that started with a prayer meeting.
Before there was a hall, a name or a Sunday service, there was a handful of people in Chandigarh fasting and praying together. That was 2011. Everything since has grown out of that room.
The story so far
Rev. Brian Anderson was trained and sent out from The Father's House in Chandigarh. In 2011 he began gathering a small group of believers for prayer and teaching. The group became a congregation, the congregation moved to Zirakpur, and a second gathering began in Chandigarh so people on that side of the Tricity would not have to travel.
The church has never been about one man. From the start the aim was to make disciples who could lead: study groups in homes, a children's ministry, youth clubs, and a leadership programme for people who were ready to carry something. Many of the people who lead here today came through that path.
We are a Pentecostal church. That means we expect God to be present and active when we gather, we pray for people, and we take the Bible as our authority. It does not mean noise for its own sake, and it never means promises we cannot keep.
Who leads
Accountable to one another and to the church.
- Rev. Brian AndersonFounder & senior pastor
Founded the church in 2011. Trained and sent from The Father’s House, Chandigarh; holds a B.Th. and an M.T.S. Teaches every Sunday in Hindi and English.
- Sis. Neeti AndersonPastor
Teaches regularly in the services and leads among the women of the church.
Five words we are built on
- Exalt आराधना
- We worship God in spirit and truth.Three services every Sunday, in two languages. Prayer and fasting are ordinary here, not exceptional.
- Evangelize सुसमाचार
- We tell people what we have found in Jesus.Plainly, and without pressure. Nobody who walks in is a project.
- Edify उन्नति
- We help believers grow.Study groups across the Tricity, LOWC Sunday School on a Sunday, and teaching you can actually use on Monday morning.
- Equip तैयारी
- We train people to lead.Youth Bible Clubs, discipleship training, and a leadership programme for those being prepared to carry something.
- Empower सामर्थ्य
- We serve the city we live in.Practical help for our neighbours, offered to anyone who needs it, whatever they believe.
What we believe
Our statement of faith, in plain words. The full text is available from the church office.
God
There is one living and true God, creator and ruler of all, eternally existing as Father, Son and Holy Spirit, co-equal and one.
Jesus Christ
The eternal Son of God, conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. He lived a sinless life, died on the cross as the sacrifice for our sins, rose bodily on the third day, ascended to the Father’s right hand, and will return.
The Holy Spirit
Fully God. He inspired the Scriptures, convicts of sin, brings people to new birth, baptises believers into the body of Christ, forms Christian character, and gives the gifts by which the church serves.
Humanity
Made in the image of God and the object of his love, yet marred by sin, which separates us from him.
Salvation
God’s gift, received through repentance and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ alone. It cannot be earned by good works. It begins the moment a person trusts Christ and is entirely of grace.
Baptism & the Lord’s Supper
Believers are baptised by immersion in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, as an act of obedience and a testimony of faith. The Lord’s Supper is the church remembering his death together and looking for his return.
The Bible
The inspired, authoritative word of God, written by human authors under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, and the final authority for what we believe and how we live.
The church
A local congregation of baptised believers, under the lordship of Christ, led by pastors and deacons, observing the two ordinances, and part of the one body of Christ drawn from every people.
Disciples
Every follower of Christ is called to make disciples: by telling people what we have found, plainly, and by a life that matches the words.
Stewardship
Everything we have comes from God. Believers give cheerfully, regularly and proportionately for the work of the church, and hold their time and possessions as a trust.
Prayer
Every believer has direct access to God through Jesus Christ. Prayer is not an event here; it is how the church breathes.
We honour the Constitution of India and every person's freedom to hold and practise their own faith, and we hold the scriptures of other communities in respect. You will not hear another faith spoken against from our platform.
In the pastor's own words
- Prayer is hiding in God; prayerlessness is hiding from God.The Consequences of Prayerlessness
- The pit is not your grave. It is the womb for something greater.God Is Shaping You for a Higher Purpose
- You cannot microwave maturity.The Danger of Not Moving Forward
- Activity does not always mean movement.The Danger of Not Moving Forward