About Us
Mimos Network is a community of Christ followers that meets in house based groups. Mimos is the Greek word for imitate or mimic and is found in Ephesians 5:1 which says “imitate God in everything you do.”
Mimos has a monthly gathering rhythm which commences on the first Sunday of the Month with a public community gathering called Down to Earth.
Down to Earth is a open event which will provide practical demonstrations and workshops relating to sustainable living, growing your own food, care of creation and general practical living.
People who attend the monthly Down to Earth workshop are also welcome to continue to explore the topic throughout the rest of the month in home based groups.
MONTHLY GATHERING RHYTHM
First Sunday – Observe – We start each month with our Down the Earth event where we demonstrate and discuss topics relating to sustainability, growing, harvesting and preserving your own food and our responsibility as stewards of the earth.
Monday (Next Day) – Release of learning materials on the website linked to the theme/concept introduced in week 1 (linked from the website).
Second Sunday – Think – discussion on the learning materials.
Third Sunday – Act – Put into the practice the spiritual and (if applicable) practical lessons. Use this weekend to intentionally engage in relationships with friends/family.
Fourth Sunday – Reflect – Sharing, prayer and Communion.
Fifth Sunday – Large group social gathering.
Location
First Sunday Down to Earth – 19 Dobson Lane The Basin Vic 3154
Second and Fourth Sundays – Various locations around Melbourne
MIMOS CORE VALUES
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Imitators of Christ
Based on our core verse, Ephesians 5:1-2, we seek to be imitators of Christ. Love is our primary concern – Love for God and love for others.
Ministry By All for All
We are committed to a model of shared ministry where each person serves the others through their giftedness, skills, and passions. We accept each other’s uniqueness and seek to learn from each other.
Authentic Relationships
Time, space, and eating together are core to who we are at Mimos. We seek real, honest, open relationships. We want Mimos to be a space where we are free to share both our joys and our sorrows, our hopes and our disappointments.
God honouring
We set our own interests aside to elevate and honour God in all we do and say. As stewards of God’s creation we honour God through our care for God’s created world.
Every Disciple Making Disciples
As followers and disciples of Christ it is our responsibility to introduce others to Christ. We invest in relationships and make every effort to be ready to share with others.
OUR TEAM
Rev. Peter Dobson
Co-ordinator
Jonathon Baulch
Treasurer
Annette Dobson
Sarah Baulch
Secretary
Adrian Rentz
WHAT IS A WESLEYAN?
We are a gathering of local churches and ministries from around Australia serving together under the umbrella of the Wesleyan Methodist Church of Australia. We find our roots dating back to John Wesley who was a key component of 18th Century revivals in England. His desire was to spread the message of Scriptural Holiness around the world. This is our mandate today. From these beginnings came the ‘Holiness Movement’ and at its heart is the message of perfect love, which is to love God with all our heart, with all our mind and with all our strength and our neighbour as our self. (Mark 12:30-31 NIV)
We, the Wesleyan Methodists of Australia, are a part of a wider church that is connected together under the name, the Wesleyan Church. We are now found in over 80 nations. In 2011, worldwide Sunday morning worship attendance was 475,000 persons in more than 5,000 congregations. Worldwide total membership was 368,000.
In 1946, the Wesleyan Methodist Church of Australia was officially formed in Melbourne under the leadership of Kingsley Ridgway. While the initial beginnings were slow, we have now spread across the country with around 95 churches. Our people come from a variety of backgrounds, cultures and communities. While we do celebrate our diversity, we also acknowledge the values that hold us together – such as our love for the word of God, the bible, our commitment to Christlikeness, our passion for disciple-making, and our call to servant leadership.
The message we share is a message we are experiencing everyday.
It is a message of hope, it is the message of love, and it is the message of life.
It is the message of Christ and the Cross.
WHAT WESLEYANS BELIEVE
Wesleyans believe in one God, who is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and the Saviour of all who put their faith in Him alone for eternal life.
We believe that those who are made new in Christ are called to be holy in character and conduct, and can only live this way by being filled with the Lord’s Spirit.
We believe in the Bible and its sufficiency to establish our faith and conduct.
We believe God wills for people everywhere to know Him and be made new in Christ.
We believe that the purpose of the Church is to worship God in spirit and in truth, and to reach a lost and fallen world with the gospel of Jesus Christ through its worship, witness, and loving deeds.
The following are terms descriptive of who Wesleyans are and why they do what they do. They describe the “soul of the Church”:
BIBLICAL AUTHORITY: The Bible is God’s holy Word. It uniquely and infallibly reveals God’s plan for His people and how to live out that plan, individually and corporately. Beliefs, practices, priorities, and our mission are to be anchored in clear biblical teachings.
CHRISTLIKENESS: Jesus Christ is the defining feature of God’s will and relationship with all humankind. In Christ is found both newness of life and the highest and clearest example for godliness. People made new in Christ find Him to be the source of faith, hope, and love in both the inner life and in our outward actions engaging a world desperate for hope and life.
DISCIPLE-MAKING: Making disciples is a clear mandate from Christ. This requires a strong missional focus on evangelism and training in spiritual growth and holy living. Done effectively, this will produce and promote growth and health in and among the churches.
LOCAL CHURCH CENTRED: The denomination exists to help local congregations grow and multiply, be more healthy, and more authentically reflect God’s plan. Local churches are the most fundamental and strategic points of evangelism and discipleship. The challenge of the denomination is to keep finding the best ways to serve, strengthen, and multiply congregations.
SERVANT LEADERSHIP: Wesleyans respect leadership that is placed over them, while realising that the authority and effectiveness of spiritual leadership is not primarily bestowed, but earned, and is characterised by a loving and willing heart of obedience that serves God and mankind gladly. Wesleyans desire to be leaders in serving.
UNITY IN DIVERSITY: There is intrinsic value in every person. Biblical unity becomes all the more important and beautiful in the light of the wide-ranging differences in personalities, cultures, races, languages, talents, and perspectives. Finding unity and mutual love in Christ eliminates devaluation and deprivation of life to one another.
