Who We Are

Nicosia Community Church is a diverse multinational congregation in a dynamic capital city in the European Union.  English is the primary language of worship and instruction. The church has 25 full members with an average attendance of 50-60 worshippers each Sunday.  The worshippers are Cypriots and expatriates originating from North America, Asia, Africa and other European countries. Located on the cusp of the eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East, the congregation comes from Orthodox, Protestant and Roman Catholic traditions as well as un-churched backgrounds.

What We Seek

This list of requirements for a minister of NCC includes both constitutional stipulations and prerequisites determined over 50 years of experience in the Cypriot context.

1. The minister must be ordained. (Constitution II.A.Section 3)

2. The minister must be an evangelical Protestant, holding to the ultimate authority of Holy Scripture in all matters of faith and practice and to the necessity for every Christian of a personal relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ.

3. The minister must creedal, i.e. holding to the Nicene creed.

4. The minister must be willing to practice both Infant and Believers Baptism. (Constitution II.A.Section 5)

5. The minister should have previous cross-cultural and inter-cultural experience gained in the context of Christian ministry, preferably having already lived and worked outside the minister’s own culture.

6. The minister should have a practical familiarity with and respect for both other Protestant denominations and the Roman Catholic Church and have basic knowledge of their doctrines.

7. The minister should have familiarity with and respect for the doctrine, traditions and beliefs of the Orthodox Church and the ethos and practical working realities of an Orthodox culture.