About Us
Ordinary People, Extraordinary Lives
We are ordinary people. Each with her own work environment and family. We are people subject to the same challenges that everyone else faces. We are not exempt from difficulties or mistakes. We are people who believed that life could be confined to the simple "here and now" and that therefore it was necessary to do everything to find one's satisfaction in such a fragile and changing society.
We are people who have been brought a message: that of a fulfilling, holy and pure life that was given two thousand years ago in place of ours, that of Jesus. We are people who have had faith in this message and from that moment we have perceived the great love of God for us. We have understood that true life is to know God, who created heaven, earth and ourselves.
We are people who, despite still being in a fragile and changing society, live in the joy and certainty that God protects them and takes care of them and that they will live the true life, the eternal one, in heaven with Him.
The Shepherd
Pastor Michael, together with his wife Anna, has been serving the Lord in the Church of Thiene since February 2024. He was born in Vicenza where he also supported his studies. He graduated in nursing in Padua in 2015 and currently works as a nurse for Ulss6 Euganea. Subsequently he completed the three-year course of biblical studies at the Italian Biblical Institute in Rome in the first two years and the third year in Padua in pastoral internship.
His wife Anna was born and raised in Padua and works as a Social Worker.
They love Jesus because he loved them first and they want you to know how deep is the goodness and faithfulness of Christ, the one who renews lives.
What we believe in
Bible
We believe and accept the entire Bible (Old and New Testaments) as the inspired Word of God, the only, infallible and authoritative rule of our faith and conduct (2 Timothy 3:15-17; 2 Peter 1:20-21; Romans 1:16; 1 Thessalonians 2:13).
Trinity
We believe in the one true God, Eternal, Almighty, Creator and Lord of all things and that in His Unity there are three distinct Persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit (Gospel of Matthew 28:19; 2nd Letter to the Corinthians 13:13; Letter to the Ephesians 4:4-6).
Jesus
We believe that the Lord Jesus is the only Savior and mediator between God and man (Acts 4:12; 1 Timothy 2:5-6).
New Birth
We believe that the “New Birth,” that is, the miracle of internal regeneration accomplished by the Holy Spirit in response to sincere repentance and authentic faith in the Person and Work of the Lord Jesus Christ, is absolutely essential for salvation (Gospel of John 3:3-8; Epistle to Titus 3:5; 1st Epistle of Peter 1:23).
Baptismo
We believe in water baptism by immersion in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit as a fulfillment of Christ's command (Matthew 28:19, Acts 2:37-39; 19:1-6)
Holy Spirit
We believe in the baptism in the Holy Spirit, as an experience following the new birth, which is manifested, according to the Scriptures, by the sign of speaking in other tongues (Acts of the Apostles 2:4; 2:38-39; 10:44-46).
Ministries
We believe in the ministries of the glorified Lord, as authoritative instruments of guidance, teaching, edification and service in the Christian community, avoiding any hierarchical form, and in the charisms of the Holy Spirit in the life of Christians who, in the exercise of the universal priesthood of believers, manifest themselves for edification, exhortation and consolation.
Eternity
We believe in the resurrection of the dead, in the eternal condemnation of those who have rejected the gift of Grace in Christ Jesus, and in the glorification of the redeemed, who have persevered in faith to the end (Matthew 25:46; John 3:16-18; Revelation 20:11-15).
