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A Diverse and Inclusive Community

Maranatha Church is a multi cultural multi relational Our curriculum appeals to student diversity and interest, and is rigorous and challenging. We understand each child comes to us with different talents, learning styles, and identities. And we celebrate that difference because our diversity is our strength.

Community is everything at Corlears. It’s who we are and how things get done. Everyone here is motivated by a deep commitment to making sure each child and family feels welcome and included. When everyone feels like they belong, we are stronger and smarter together. We’re a community driven to make the world a better place—starting in our own backyard.

Where it all becan

Following a miraculous encounter with God in 1982, Pam and Gerard Dunphy started to attend a local prayer meeting. They then met weekly with three others around their kitchen table. This house meeting grew to the extent that a hall had to be rented for a couple of years

Pam and Gerard married in 1975 and are blessed with 3 children and 7 grandchildren

Gerard worked for the ESB for 34 years but took early retirement in 2004 to be in fulltime ministry.

On the 28th November 2010 Gerard was ordained as pastor by the Assemblies of God in Ireland(AGI) now Christian Churches Ireland.

Gerard and Pam have dedicated their lives to building a 21st century church in Waterford where the Gospel of Jesus Christ is preached, the Holy Spirit is present, and the Word of God is relevant

Our Core Values

Learn more about our values and our story as a church by visiting the about us page.

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Loving God – Loving People

To bring people into a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, sharing His love as well as encouraging each other toward spiritual maturity.  

 

Acceptance

People need to feel and be cared for, giving them a feeling of acceptance by connecting people and people to god.

Celebration

Our goal is to express our devotion to god through joyful praise and intimate worship.

Compassion

showing love, caring and compassion creates a feeling of being valued that will make a difference in the lives of people.

Encountering jesus

We are passionate about serving god through excellence and honouring god and reflecting jesus in our actions that will inspire others.

Serving

We believe the church must operate as a unified community of men and women sharing their God-given gifts with one another. 

Sowing

We acknowledge our complete dependence on the goodness and grace of god and are to extend this to others.

  1. We believe in the inspiration of the Bible and its complete trustworthiness and authority in all matters of faith and doctrine.  (1 Timothy3:16; 1 Cor. 2:13)   
  2. We believe in the Eternal Godhead who has revealed Himself as ONE God existing in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit; distinguishable but indivisible. (Matt 28:19, 1 Cor. 2:13)
  3. We believe in the creation, testing, and fall of man as recorded in Genesis; man’s total spiritual depravity and sinfulness; and his inability to attain to divine righteousness. (Rom. 3:10-18; 5:12)
  4. We believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, the Saviour of men, conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, completely God and completely man. (Luke 1:26-35; John 1:18; Isaiah 7:14; 9:6)  
  5. We believe Christ died for our sins, was buried, and rose again on the third day, and personally appeared to His disciples after His resurrection. (1 Cor. 15:1-4; Acts 1:3; Rom. 4:25)
  6. We believe in the bodily ascension of Jesus to heaven, His exaltation, and His personal, literal, bodily coming again the second time for the Church. (John 14:2-3; 1 Thessalonians 4;13-18
  1. We believe in the salvation of sinners by grace, through repentance and faith in the perfect and sufficient work of the cross of Christ by which we obtain remission of sins through His shed blood. (Ephesians 2;8-9; Colossians 1:13-14; Hebrews 9:12; Romans 5:11)
  2. We believe in the necessity of water baptism by immersion in the name of the Father, Son and of the Holy Spirit, the Lord Jesus Christ to fulfill the command of Christ. (Matthew 28:19; Acts 2:34-39;19:1-6)
  3. We believe in the baptism of the Holy Spirit, with the initial evidence of speaking in tongues, as an experience after salvation. (Acts 2:1-4, 2:37-38; 8:14-17; 10:44-46; 19:6; Galatians 3:14-15)
  4. We believe in the operation of the gifts of the Spirit as enumerated in 1 Corinthians 12-14 and Romans 12, and as manifested in the early Church. (1 Corinthians 12-14; Romans 12:6-8)
  5. We believe in a Spirit-filled life, a life of separation from the world and a lifestyle of perfecting holiness in the fear of God as an expression of Christian faith. (Ephesians 5:18; 2 Corinthians 6:14, 7:1)
  6. We believe in divine healing, the healing of the body by divine power, as practised in the early Church. (Acts 4:30; Romans 8:11; 1Corinthians 12:9; James 5:14)
  7. We believe in the Table of the Lord, commonly called Communion or Lord’s Supper, and that it provides life, health and strength for all believers. (1 Corinthians 11:23-30)

The Family

We believe God ordained the family to glorify him. We are committed to cultivate an atmosphere which promotes spiritual growth within the family by reaching families with the gospel, discipling them in Christ-like character and teaching each family member how to fulfill their God-given role.

Prayer

We believe in the power of prayer. Therefore, the ministries and activities our church will be characterized by a reliance on personal and corporate prayer in all areas of our lives and ministry.

Outreach

We believe in the Great Commission commanded to us by Jesus Christ and we are committed to reaching unsaved and unchurched people locally, nationally and worldwide. We will use every available Christ-honoring means to pursue, win and disciple the people in our sphere of influence.

You and your Family are most Welcome

Our community makes us unique. They have an energy that reverberates around them. Their mission in life is to ensure the wonder in the world is not overlooked.
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