The St. Johnthebaptist Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Christian Church was established in New Zealand in November 2013 by the immigrant families and individuals of Syrian Christian tradition from India to worship in our own language and tradition, to grow in Christian fellowship so as to be witnesses to our Lord Jesus Christ.

Having resolved to build our fellowship on the strong traditional foundations, it is our mission to be dynamic through the guidance of the Holy Spirit so that our faith will yield fruits. Through an ongoing active engagement in reflection on our faith formulations and practice in relation to contemporary challenges in society, we hope to keep up the current relevance of our fellowship.

We hope to preserve the tradition and antique identity of our Faith, because we believe that it has a specific mission assigned by God in this land, especially in areas of spiritual nurturing, social morality, family values and social, economic and political justice.

Our children also can relish the beauty and spirit of their antiquity while being nurtured in Christian faith and values. Keeping this in mind, we run a Sunday school every week after the Holy Qurbana.

While being spiritually nurtured in and through this congregation, we intend to involve in the various social and charity activities as part of our Christian commitment to this society.

We resolve to relate to other Christian communities and churches in all areas of social interaction with respect and receptivity so as to practice Christian love and brotherhood. The same spirit will lead us in our relationship with other faiths and ideologies.