"The identity of this new group centres around someone who experienced the ultimate rejection and shame at the hands of human beings, but who God placed in the position of highest honour - the chosen and precious cornerstone."

"The verdict that really matters is God's, and in his eyes you are a chosen and precious people."

"Our lives are to be set apart, holy and consecrated to God, but they are to be visible lives, lived out in the world in all the arenas of society and normal daily life."

"Ignoring or rejecting Jesus doesn't mean he goes away. An encounter with him involves a response to him one way or another."

"We're called to be distinct, but that's not about withdrawing to our side of a fence that we've constructed. It's about living faithfully in the world in whatever circumstances we find ourselves in."

"We are always and totally reliant on the word of God and the power of the Holy Spirit at work in us."