About Milford Baptist Church
Milford Baptist Church, Auckland New Zealand
We meet during the week in various homes and, of course, on Sundays, in the heart of Milford on Auckland’s North Shore.
Our Mission
- Honouring God
- Expressing His love
- Making followers of Jesus.
Our Vision
We will achieve our mission through Worship, Equipping and Connecting the believers, intentionally Reaching the unchurched and Serving the people of our community.
- Worship God in meaningful life-changing services fuelled by biblical preaching, appropriate music, and personal witness that honours God.
- Equip members to become fully-devoted followers of Jesus through a comprehensive, intentional programme for life change.
- Connect newcomers and members in close relationship through an expanding range of small groups.
- Reach the unchurched people of the North Shore and the world with a vibrant local outreach and global missions programme.
- Serve people with a community-care programme that meets the practical needs of people and families on the North Shore.
Our Values
- Grounded in the Word of God – For us our authority is the Bible. This means we try to live out its teachings even when these conflict with our personal preferences.
- Guided and empowered by the Holy Spirit – The role of the Holy Spirit in our lives is the advocate and encourager. We aspire to allow him to bring vitality and joy into our worship, and, through his direction and wisdom, guidance for our shared journey.
- Growing through Strong Relationships – We believe that personal growth and development is best done in relationship. This is expressed in many and varied ways in our church life. Small groups, social and community activities, and mentoring and providing a safe place for children and families.
- Eclectic in Worship Style – We aspire to celebrate in worship using the best of the old and tested hymns, and the best of new and contemporary worship songs and styles. Our intergenerational services recognize the need to keep moving and growing with new forms and expressions of worship while not abandoning the rich heritage of yesteryear. We encourage participation, scripture reading, prayers and other creative contributions in our worship services.
- International in Culture and Diversity – We celebrate our diversity of languages and cultures and the growing number of people attending our church from other countries. We see this as a way of celebrating the diversity of Gods kingdom. For those for whom English is not their main language we print Sunday messages in English for them to follow and take with them. Our intention is to be welcoming and inclusive.
Our History
The foundation stone of the original church (called ‘Takapuna Baptist Church at the time) was laid on 12 October 1912 and the church opened on Sunday 4 January 1913. The church celebrated its Centenary in 2013.
An outline history of the church can be found here
Our Pastor
Our Pastor: Rev Matthew Gordon
(seen here with wife Roxy and family)
Our Leadership Team
Our church management is led by a Leadership Team who together with the pastor make decisions about church life.
The team is elected from the church members and serve for renewable terms of 2 years.
The leadership team meet at least monthly.
On this team are people who have demonstrated leadership gifting for areas of church life including pastoral oversight and administration.
Leadership Team 2024:
Frank Corin
Kaleido Felipe
Serene Hu
Brian Michell
Robin Noble
Barbara Parker (Chairman)
Bill Mirams
Mozart Bangilan
To contact the Leadership Team email or telephone the church office.
Our Global Mission
MBC has an active programme supporting Christian workers and organisations around the world.
Amongst others, as a church we support:
- Students in Tripura, India as part of a Tranzsend project.
- The Baptist Church in Tripura, India, their Mobile Bible School project.
- Development programmes of the Baptist Church in Tripura, India.
- Launchpad – Christian Values in Education
- Mercy Ships, through Mercy Ships New Zealand.
- NZ Hospital Chaplaincy (ICHC).
- Pioneers, the Corin family, Central Europe.
- Tranzsend, the Meyer family, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
- Tranzsend NZ – General support
- Faith Bible Church; Dhaka Bangladesh.
MBC Global Mission – Flags of some of the countries in which
we support missionaries and organisations