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From Our Senior Pastor Karl Hand
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Kia Ora and welcome to the CRAVE MCC @
Christchurch website. My name is Karl Hand, I'm the pastor of
CRAVE MCC - and currently spend most of my time ministering at CRAVE MCC @
Paddington, on the 'West Island', aka Australia. Recently, members of the former MCC
Allsaints in Christchurch formed a CRAVE homegroup, and then kicked off
Sunday services as part of CRAVE MCC. It is the beginning of a
ground-breaking partnership between two groups of people. CRAVE worship is unique. It unites three
different forces of contemporary Christianity. Like many 'gay and lesbian
churches' we are inclusive, - we mean it when we say everyone is welcome -
however, we are not a gay and lesbian church. Like many mainstream and
liberal churches, we are progressive, - we encourage an intelligent and even
sometimes critical way of understanding Christianity - however, we are not a
liberal church. We also are not a Pentecostal church in the traditional sense
of the word - our theology is broader than that. But like many Pentecostal,
charismatic churches, we are dynamic, - we avoid dry, formulaic worship, we
use free-flowing, contemporary worship, practice the presence of the Holy
Spirit, and encourage spontaneity and the spiritual gifts (1 Cor 12-14 etc.) I try to get over to our Christchurch
family as often as I can to be with the team there - and if you are
interested in getting involved, shoot me an email, or ask one of the
Spiritual Leaders in Christchurch to give me your number and I'm more than
happy to give you a call and have a chat. God bless you all, and I look forward to
seeing you soon. Pastor Karl + |
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