Jesus speaks to seven churches in ancient Asia Minor, addressing their strengths and weaknesses, and giving promises to those who hear his word and follow it. In this message, Jonah Mclachlan shows how moral compromise can fatally damage a church, but how the gospel of Jesus is the power for faithfulness and fundamental life change. MAIN TEXT Revel…

The final talk in our series on the five catalytic gifts from Ephesians 4:11. In this talk we ask: What is Teaching? Who does Teaching? Where do we need Teaching? How do we release Teaching? MAIN TEXT Acts 11:19-26; Ephesians 4:11-16 SPEAKER David Varney, Pastor Foundation Church Belfast FOUNDATION CHURCH BELFAST Every Sunday 10:30am - 2d Knockwood…

Jesus speaks to seven churches in ancient Asia Minor, addressing their strengths and weaknesses, and giving promises to those who hear his word and follow it. In this message, Nathan Brown explains the need in the first of the seven churches - they have lost their first love. MAIN TEXT Revelation 2:1-7 SPEAKER Nathan Brown, church planter in Belfas…

In this talk we examine the third catalytic gift Jesus gives to his church: the Evangelist. Evangelism is announcing the what, why and how of the good news about Jesus. When we think of an Evangelist, we might think of the biblical character of Philip the Evangelist (Acts 21:8), or a modern example like Billy Graham. These are truly exceptional exa…

We discuss the second catalytic gift given by Jesus as described in Ephesians 4:11-16. In this sermon we ask: What is prophecy? How do prophetic gifts work in the church? How do we at Foundation Church receive prophetic ministry? As a church, our vision is to catalyse the gospel transformation of our city and nation through resourcing, renewal and …

In this series we examine the biblical framework for the five catalytic gifts that Jesus gives to his church so that it may reach unity and maturity. This talk focuses on the role and gift of the Apostle. Who is an Apostle? How does an Apostle work? What is an Apostle like? How do we harness the Apostolic gift as a church? Our vision is to catalyse…

Matt Adams shows us how a vision of Jesus calls us to a life of hope and holiness. MAIN TEXT Revelation 1:1-20 SPEAKER Matt Adams, Immanuel Church Millisle FOUNDATION CHURCH BELFAST Every Sunday 10:30am - 2d Knockwood Crescent, Belfast, BT5 6GE ADVANCE MOVEMENT We are part of the Advance Movement of churches and the wider Newfrontiers family. The A…

Advent sermon from Micah 5:1-5. Christmas shows us: Greatness comes from insignificance Strengthen comes from weakness Peace comes from the enemy But we need Easter to apply Christmas to us. Only through Jesus' cross and resurrection can we know greatness, strength and peace we see at the first Christmas. MAIN TEXT Micah 5:1-5 SPEAKER David Varney,…

In this final message of our series in the life of Gideon, we see that Gideon ended badly. For all his moments of faith, he ultimately left the Israelites in a worse position than before. How can this be? We see two major faults in Gideon: He was a product of his father's mess He relied on his previous successes However the message ends with hope. …

One encounter with Jesus will transform your life. That was true for the characters in this account from John 12. One experienced Jesus' resurrection power. One responded in radical devotion and love. One hid his selfishness behind his religious words. The Christian gospel carries a power that can lift the dead to new life in Jesus. This message ex…

Gideon struggles with weak faith. What's more, he has some major battles ahead of him. To seek clarity he lays down some tests for God, who graciously complies. Furthermore, God gives a further encouragement through an unusual dream. How much of Gideon's story should provide a model for our own discernment and decision-making? How should believers …

This new series focuses on the life of Old Testament character Gideon: The rise and fall of faith and power. When God steps in to save his people we notice two phases: God always takes the initiative We must listen and respond MAIN TEXT Judges 6:1-24 SPEAKER David Varney, Pastor Foundation Church Belfast FOUNDATION CHURCH BELFAST Every Sunday 10:30…

Jesus brought immediate calm when he spoke to the raging storm. Life was at risk, and the disciples were panicking to do something - anything - that would save them. But nothing was helping. Their only option was Jesus. In this sermon we learn: Jesus is present in the storm Jesus is powerful over the storm Jesus is proclaimed by the storm MAIN TEXT…

The final talk in our Transforming Community series. If we grasp the message of the gospel of Jesus, this will have a profound effect on three relationships within the church: With our leaders With one another With God in worship This will shape how we see our meeting together as believers in Jesus. MAIN TEXT 1 Thessalonians 5:12-28 SPEAKER David V…

How we think about the final day will impact how we live in the present day. The Apostle Paul writes to encourage the new Christian believers in Thessalonica that the Day of the Lord is something they can look forward to in hope, and not to fear. This sermon addresses mistakes we make when we think of the final day, and how to be ready for it. MAIN…

Message by Nathan Brown as part of our Transforming Community series. MAIN TEXT 1 Thessalonians 4:1-12 SPEAKER Nathan Brown, church planter in Belfast FOUNDATION CHURCH BELFAST Every Sunday 10:30am - 2d Knockwood Crescent, Belfast, BT5 6GE We are part of the Advance Movement of churches and the wider Newfrontiers family.…

People transformed by Jesus should live differently to those who have not encountered him. One of the chief ways this difference can be noted is how Christians handle grief. Paul addresses this very issue: how the hope of Jesus coming back transforms the way we grieve even the deepest losses. ***Apologies for the audio quality*** MAIN TEXT 1 Thessa…

The new Christians in Thessalonica received the gospel of Jesus with joy. However, they were vulnerable to attack - from the old enemy Satan and from persecution from hostile outsiders. Paul and his apostolic team are anxious for the new believers, so they sent Timothy to strengthen the church and find out how they were getting on. His encouraging …

For community to be truly transformative it must receive and accept God's Word for what it is: a divine word from God, centred on his Son, and instructions of how to live for him through his Spirit. However, as the Thessalonian believers found out, God's word is divisive, highlighting clearly where living for Jesus looks radically different than li…

Transforming Community is built by two key attributes: Authenticity Missionality In this sermon, we look at the Apostle Paul's example to the church in Thessalonica, and consider how these essential attributes can be embodied at Foundation Church Belfast. MAIN TEXT 1 Thessalonians 2:1-12 SPEAKER David Varney, Pastor Foundation Church Belfast FOUNDA…

First message in our series Transforming Community. For a true community to be powerfully transforming it is: Originated in God Birthed by Word and Spirit Resilient in Adversity Attractive to Outsiders MAIN TEXT 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10 SPEAKER David Varney, Pastor Foundation Church Belfast FOUNDATION CHURCH BELFAST Every Sunday 10:30am - 2d Knockwoo…

Everyone wishes to know the joy of rest. But for many of us it is so elusive. This message examines why we find rest so difficult to achieve and then considers the way that God leads us into deep rest in him. We then conclude with practical steps we can take to enter into the rest God has provided for us. MAIN TEXT Psalm 4:1-8 SPEAKER David Varney,…

With so much injustice in the world, what does God do about it? In Psalm 10 we are given a blueprint for lament - taking our cries for justice to God. The Psalm shows us what the wicked unjust are like under the surface, behaving as if there is no God. However the Psalm also gives us hope. It calls upon the justice of God. God is near to the downtr…

According to the Psalmist, God makes himself known to us in three ways: He is displayed in the skies He is defined in the word He is discerned in the heart It is possible to know God through each of these ways, each one building upon the other. MAIN TEXT Psalm 19:1-14 SPEAKER David Varney, Pastor Foundation Church Belfast FOUNDATION CHURCH BELFAST …

The end of the Book of Acts sees the Apostle Paul imprisoned on trial in Rome. Is this the biggest anti-climax in the Bible? Not in the slightest. In fact, from prison, Paul is able to preach the good news of Jesus 'without hindrance.' He is chained up but the gospel message can never be chained up. Arguably, it is from prison that Paul has the mos…

Sermon by Mike Duff from Cornerstone Church Newcastle, as part of our eldership installation service. MAIN TEXT Joshua 1:1-9 SPEAKER Mike Duff, Cornerstone Church Newcastle FOUNDATION CHURCH BELFAST Every Sunday 10:30am - 2d Knockwood Crescent, Belfast, BT5 6GE We are part of the Advance Movement of churches and the wider Newfrontiers family.…

A church without elders is incomplete, unhealthy, vulnerable. This is according to the Apostle Paul, who sought to appoint elders to lead and care for the churches. In this message, we examine Paul's passionate message to the elders of the church in Ephesus as he concludes his third missionary journey. Taking himself as an example, Paul teaches: Wh…

Sermon from Marc Scheibe. MAIN TEXT Matthew 11:1-30 SPEAKER Marc Scheibe FOUNDATION CHURCH BELFAST Every Sunday 10:30am - 2d Knockwood Crescent, Belfast, BT5 6GE We are part of the Advance Movement of churches and the wider Newfrontiers family.Kirjoittanut Foundation Church Belfast

At Foundation Church Belfast we have a laser-like focus on the gospel of Jesus - the good news about what he has achieved on our behalf, and how we receive it by faith in him alone. During his third missionary journey, Paul encounters so-called believers in the city of Ephesus. Something was awry with them. It turned out that they were believers in…

We are heavily influenced by the culture we live in. We often don't realise how much we are shaped by our culture; how it shapes our values, aspirations, search for meaning. As the church, we must be aware of the dominant culture around us, so that we may understand and articulate the Christian gospel to people in ways they can comprehend. We see t…

The gospel message is the same for all people - the message of God's saving work through Jesus. But the way the gospel comes to a person can vary widely. In this bible text we see the gospel taking root in three diverse people: a successful businesswoman, a military veteran-turned security contractor, and a demonically oppressed slave girl. Each of…

As the gospel advances there will be setbacks. If we are to be used by God to advance the gospel through planting and strengthening churches, we must be ready to deal with discouragement. Paul's second missionary journey begun under a cloud of discouragement. John Mark was a young leader who had previously deserted the apostolic team, leaving it at…

The gospel of Jesus had been making huge strides in its forward momentum. But the brakes are jammed on as the church hits a theological controversy - What is the nature of the gospel? In other words, how is someone actually saved? A group of Jewish Christians taught that outsiders had to accept Jewish religion first, in order to avail of salvation …

We address the reality of spiritual evil in this sermon. It always seeks to obstruct the advance of the gospel. In this episode, a magician of considerable spiritual power, tries to stop a key local civic leader from believing the gospel message of Jesus. However, the power and purity of God's Holy Spirit is displayed for all to see, as the magicia…

Sermon from Matt Adams of Immanuel Church Millisle. MAIN TEXT Acts 12:1-19 FOUNDATION CHURCH BELFAST Every Sunday 10:30am - 2d Knockwood Crescent, Belfast, BT5 6GE We are part of the Advance Movement of churches and the wider Newfrontiers family.Kirjoittanut Foundation Church Belfast

In the newly-formed church in Antioch, we see a gifted team being assembled by the Holy Spirit that plants and strengthens the church. Unnamed evangelists bring the good news to Antioch; Barnabas brings apostolic exhortation and encouragement; Saul brings top class teaching for the new believers; Agabus adds prophetic fire power. Yet the church did…

An officer of the Roman army converts to Christianity, signalling a paradigm shift in the advance of the gospel. Why is it so significant? He and his family are the first Gentiles to be enveloped into the people of God called the church. The doors of the kingdom swung wide open so that outsiders can come in - all through shared faith in Christ. In …

How is it that someone so devoted to the destruction of Christianity can become one of it's greatest heroes? In the account of the conversion of the Apostle Paul (aka Saul) we see how such radical transformation is possible. But beyond Paul's amazing about-turn, there is a faithful, Spirit-empowered disciple called Ananias who is used to bring acce…

3 Life-Changing Headlines from the Resurrection - An Easter Sunday sermon. MAIN TEXT Mark 16:1-8 SPEAKER David Varney, Pastor Foundation Church Belfast FOUNDATION CHURCH BELFAST Every Sunday 10:30am - 2d Knockwood Crescent, Belfast, BT5 6GE We are part of the Advance Movement of churches and the wider Newfrontiers family.…

The Kingdom of God advances by Outsiders Coming In Insiders Going Out Both are powerfully depicted by Philip's interaction with the Ethiopian Eunuch in Acts 8. MAIN TEXT Acts 8:26-40 SPEAKER David Varney, Pastor Foundation Church Belfast FOUNDATION CHURCH BELFAST Every Sunday 10:30am - 2d Knockwood Crescent, Belfast, BT5 6GE We are part of the Adva…

The gospel advances to all the 'wrong' places. Here we see the hated neighbours - the Samaritans - believing the message about Jesus in their hundreds. Curiously, the Holy Spirit appears to be withheld from these new believers until the Apostles from Jerusalem arrive. If this were not strange enough, interlaced with this account of the conversion o…

One of the most gifted leaders of the early church was cut off in his prime. Stephen was a man full of the Holy Spirit and was highly effective in the church. But he was the object of sustained opposition from people who hated the message of Jesus. They went to extreme lengths to shut Stephen down - resorting to mob violence and ultimately murder. …

Message from baptism Sunday showing how: Baptism connects us with the past Baptism orientates us with the future Baptism gives hope for the present MAIN TEXT Romans 6:1-11 SPEAKER David Varney, Pastor Foundation Church Belfast FOUNDATION CHURCH BELFAST Every Sunday 10:30am - 2d Knockwood Crescent, Belfast, BT5 6GE We are part of the Advance Movemen…

Message from Phil Swinburn. MAIN TEXT Acts 4:23-31 FOUNDATION CHURCH BELFAST Every Sunday 10:30am - 2d Knockwood Crescent, Belfast, BT5 6GE We are part of the Advance Movement of churches and the wider Newfrontiers family.Kirjoittanut Foundation Church Belfast

The early church had grown rapidly as the Word of God and the Spirit of God spread like fire. Up to this point, the Apostles oversaw the distribution of funds to the poor in the church. But as the church grew, the Apostles found themselves spinning too many plates. Some widows were being neglected. The preaching of the gospel was being compromised.…

We hear teaching from an astonishing section of the history of the early church. A husband and wife chose to conspire against the church and ultimately against God and end up dead as a result. Their sin? Using religion to make themselves influential in the eyes of others. Theirs was a subtle subversion - projecting a self-made righteousness. It cou…

The Word of God and the Spirit of God drive the advance of the gospel through the people of God. If we are to see great gospel advance in our day we must share the same conviction of the Word of God - the message about Jesus - that the early church possessed. And we must humbly expect the Spirit of God to work powerfully among us as we see in the e…

The first church rapidly grew to more than 3,000 people, yet the quality and depth of its community was remarkable. A gospel-centred, Spirit-empowered community on mission is characterised by Four Marks: Devoted Awe-Inspired Generous Growing Is such church possible today? We believe it is. Join us. Main Texts Acts 2:36-47 Speaker David Varney, Past…

In this sermon we hear about the point of Pentecost and its implications for the church today. Main Texts Acts 2:1-38 Speaker David Varney, Pastor Foundation Church Belfast FOUNDATION CHURCH BELFAST Every Sunday 10:30am - 2d Knockwood Crescent, Belfast, BT5 6GE We are part of the Advance Movement of churches and the wider Newfrontiers family.…

St. Luke describes all that Jesus began to do and teach in the first volume of his work - the Gospel of Luke. But the second volume begins with the anticipation of what Jesus continues to do as his kingdom comes. In this introductory message, we learn the Kingdom comes by the Word the Kingdom comes in the Spirit the Kingdom comes through the people…