In addition, some of our youth groups occasionally amalgamate for activities, and we regularly share visiting ministries, as well as receive ministry from other NLCA local churches. It s worth noting that we do not emphasize this bond of fellowship to the exclusion of recognising, and participating with, other churches within our local communities, who are not part of our own movement. We are encouraged to be active in the wider body of Christ. No introspective movement will survive in long term vision without a missions emphasis. Similarly, any movement that grows by transfer only, ultimately will become sterile.
Evangelism is a priority .
Our churches are multi-racial in vision. We believe in the 1 st C pattern where ethnic groups were not split up by race or culture into fully separately-functioning local churches. It s a known fact that movements that grow that way later experience more than their share of trouble and division. The underlying ethics behind such changes are more our concern. Australia is relatively unevangelized, with whole ethnic groups only lightly penetrated by the gospel.