About Us
Meet
Our Pastors
joel galang
As the Executive Pastor of Journey Church Australia (JCA), Joel provides teaching, leadership, building leaders and guidance for the church as a whole. Joel and his leadership aspire to bring vibrancy and freshness in the church through engaging environments where people can connect and journey with each other and grow closer to Christ.
Joel and his wife, Josephine, have two children. His hobbies include music, meeting people and learning new skills. Apart from work in a consulting company and ministry, Joel and Josephine spend most of their time maintaining a close connection and communication with their two children, who are likewise involved in the ministry.
Albert Molina
As the Teaching Pastor of JCA, along with his wife Marilyn have the passion in serving the Lord and the community. They had come to know the Lord Jesus Christ during their high-school time in a small Pentecostal church. Following the call of God, reaching-out and sharing the gospel to people who may come across their path.
Albert and Marilyn, have 4 children who are also well engage in the ministry. Just like Joel, Albert is also working in IT Consulting company.
Our Vision
We exist to EXPERIENCE, to DWELL and to JOURNEY with the peoples in the presence of our Lord JESUS CHRIST.
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About
Journey Church
Jesus Christ is the centre of who we are and what we do in JCA. We believe that as we go deeper on the knowledge of God and obey His will and command, then we will be able to experience life’s transformation and miracle in our life. We desire to stay in God’s presence, sustain the excellent experience, maintain the appropriate nourishments for each individual. With the learnings we gain, we believe that it will build up and foster love and compassion to the people around us and will fuel us to journey and lead each one to Jesus Christ.
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Testimony
Journey Culture
We are Word-based, Holy Spirit empowered followers who aim to disciple people, nurture leaders from within and uphold covenantal relationship amongst church members.
Christ Centered
Jesus Christ is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him.
Disciple People
We aim to raise disciples who have the heart and the passion to fulfill the Great Commission (Matthew 28:19). We believe in discipleship as a lifestyle – exercise faith and excellence to honour God in everything that we do and model God’s love and faithfulness to others.
Word Based
We believe that God’s word is the foundational principles we need to uphold as a standard for Christian living and ministry. We emphasised on holistic and balanced teaching to guide our members as they journey with God in their faith.
Nurture Leaders
We believe that all Christ followers have leadership potential. We are committed to encourage, raise, equip and empower each member to effectively lead people to Christ.
Holy Spirit-Empowered
We believe and rely on being Spirit-filled and Spirit-led to fulfill God’s plan for the Church and His people. Through the power of the Holy Spirit, we will witness changed lives, giftings and fruits manifested in every aspect of the believers’ lives.
Covenantal Relationship
We believe that we serve a covenant-keeping God. As we seek to follow Christ, we aim for a covenantal relationship amongst church members to build-up one another, embrace diversity, share lives and serve God.
Statement
of Faith
ETERNAL GOD
We believe in the one true and eternal God, the Creator of everything. God is one but exists in three persons: The Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit. Though they are co-equal, co-existent and co-eternal, they play different roles in human history, working together in creation, revelation, redemption and the final judgment. (Matthew 28:18-20 , 2 Corinthians 13:14)
JESUS CHRIST
We believe in Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who was supernaturally conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. Whilst on earth, He was both perfectly God and perfectly man at the same time and was without sin. He was crucified on the cross and physically rose from the dead on the third day, to fulfil the will of the Father, to provide salvation from sin to those who believe in Him. He ascended physically to heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. One day in the future, He will come again to establish His kingdom. (Matthew 1:22-23; John 1:1-5; Acts 1:9-11; 1 Corinthians 15:1-7; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18)
HOLY SPIRIT
We believe that the Holy Spirit is God who convicts people of sin and leads them to repent of their sin and place their faith in Jesus for salvation. He dwells within believers to enable them to lead holy lives and obey God’s will. We believe that all the gifts of the Holy Spirit mentioned in the Bible remain in the Church today and should be fully exercised to build up the Body of Christ. The baptism of the Holy Spirit, an experience distinct from repentance and faith in Jesus for salvation, enables Christians to testify of Christ in the power of the Spirit. Speaking in tongues is the normal initial sign of being baptised in the Holy Spirit. (John 16:7-13; 14:16-17, Acts 1:8, 1 Cor 12-14; Rom 12:3-13; Eph 4:11-13).
THE BIBLE
We believe in every word of the Old and New Testaments, as originally given, and that God inspired humans to write it without error. The Bible is the Word of God. It is the absolute truth and therefore is the standard of faith as well as the ultimate handbook for every aspect in a believer’s life. (2 Timothy 3:16).
MAN
We believe that God created man in His likeness and without sin, but they sinned willingly. Consequently, sin entered the world and all mankind has inherited a sinful nature. Since everyone has fallen short of God’s standard because of sin and is subject to God’s wrath and condemnation, they all need His salvation which is made possible through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ; otherwise they will be judged and punished eternally in hell. (Romans 5:12, 18)
SALVATION
We believe that we can be saved from God’s wrath when we confess and repent from sin and place our trust in Jesus Christ. Salvation is given by the grace of God only on the basis of Jesus’ sacrifice for sin when He died on the cross and resurrected on the third day. This cannot be achieved by a person’s own works. At the point of salvation, an individual becomes a new creation in Christ. Through obedience and faith, a Christian is gradually transformed to become more like Jesus. (Ephesians 2:8, 9; Hebrews 9:12, 22; Romans 5:1, 11; 6:23)
THE CHURCH
We believe that the church is the community of God’s people and central to God’s plan of salvation. Once we become Christians, we are adopted into God’s family and become part of the Universal Church, made up of Christians of every age, gender and culture. Local churches are made up of believers who regularly meet together in different localities to worship, listen to the Word of God, fellowship, witness, participate in communion, pray and have other activities together. We believe that every Christian should be planted and committed to a local church. (Acts 15:22; Matthew 16:18; 18:15-20)
ETERNAL JUDGEMENT
We believe that the dead will be raised, and everyone will have to give account before God. All those who have put their faith in God will receive their reward and live eternally with God in heaven. On the Day of Judgment, the remainder will be judged and receive eternal punishment in hell. (Matthew 25:31-46; John 3:16; 5:24; 2 Thessalonians 1:9; Revelation 20:10-15)
BAPTISM AND HOLY COMMUNION
We believe that all Christians should be water baptised in obedience to Jesus’ command and as a public declaration of their commitment to follow Him. Water baptism is the complete immersion of a person in water as a symbol of the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus. Communion is for Christians to remember Jesus by partaking bread and wine/juice as symbols of the flesh, the blood of Jesus and the covenant God has made to bring salvation through faith in Christ. It is practiced in obedience to the command of Jesus and can be celebrated as often as believers gather together until Jesus returns. (Matthew 28:18-20; Acts 2:36-38; 19:1-6 ; 1 Corinthians 11:23-32; Matthew 26:26-28)
WORSHIP
We believe that Christians must worship the Lord in spirit and in truth. Worship is acknowledging the worthiness of God and opening our hearts to relate to Him. Worshiping according to Biblical patterns allows us to use outward expression to come close to God. Some of these expressions of worship include worshiping with other Christians, using musical instruments, singing and exercising the gifts of the Holy Spirit. (John 4:24)
HEALING
We believe it is God’s will for all mankind to be whole and healthy both physically and spiritually. The Church is vested with the authority of Jesus Christ to bring a ministry of healing in every possible way that is both through the power of God and through medical knowledge and expertise, as part of the manifestation of the love of God for all mankind which God desires to bring through His church. (Isaiah 53:5, Exodus 15:26, James 5:14)