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About
us

We exist to
Encounter.
Equip.
Release.

The Freedom Centre story is simple, to help lead many into a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. From the beginning Freedom Centre has focused on making disciples through the presence of Jesus and the power of the Holy Spirit.

Our Story

Freedom Centre NZ was established in 2012, out of the Freedom Centre Melbourne church. Located in a small room at the Tauranga Racecourse.

In 2013, Adem and Grace came to New Zealand from Melbourne, Australia originally to start a ministry school at the small church plant. They became the pastors Freedom Centre Tauranga and have witnessed the church grow in numbers and in testimonies of His presence.

Freedom Centre NZ now gathers across three locations, Tauranga, Te Puke and Christchurch, averaging 1,000 attendees per week. With an increasing number of Small Groups and our thriving Freedom School of Ministry. All this to support our vision - Encounter, Equip and Release.

Freedom Centre NZ belongs to Freedom Centre International, with thousands of people worldwide coming under the Freedom Centre banner. These include churches, schools, hospitals, clinics and bible colleges through Australia, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Solomon Islands and Rwanda.

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Our theological truths

What we believe

We live in shifting times but as a church we root ourselves in biblical truths found in the word of God. Here at Freedom Centre we are guided by certain foundational beliefs and shaping values.

Our
VIson

We believe everyone from every generation needs an encounter with Jesus. We need the presence of the Lord that brings us into life changing encounters with Jesus. When we meet with Him our lives are transformed by God in a supernatural way. We as a church want to facilitate public encounters with Jesus however we can.

We want everyone in the church to be equipped with the knowledge of Christ and how to use their giftings. We not only want to teach and grow your relationship with Jesus, we want to help you be equipped and raised up into all God has created you to be. Practically we facilitate this through; Equip Nights, New Believers ministry, the Essentials course, Freedom School of Ministry and Fortnightly Small Groups.

Our heart and greatest passion is to bring people in a place of encounter, equip them for the work of the ministry and release them to serve God. Being released might look like serving on a team, building business, ministering in your workplace, church planting or even raising a family. We have all been created with God-given purpose and we want to champion each person at Freedom Centre to step into theirs!

Our
Values

All that matters is that He shows up. From our worship to our service we do it with His presence in mind. When God is in the room, all kinds of life change happens.

The kingdom of God is not a business, it is a family of sons and daughters living in relationship with their heavenly Father. The Church is a covenant family.

Every believer is called to make disciples. It may look different for everyone, but one thing remains, we want real relationships that create real disciples who then go and make more disciples.