Both. Anyone is welcome to attend a Gospel Recovery Group, so long as:

a. they have a desire for freedom from addiction through the gospel as described in The Holy Bible and summarised in the Gospel Recovery statements of faith, or

b. a desire for victory over sin (victory provided by The Holy Spirit), or

c. a desire for salvation and eternal life provided by God (The Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit), or

d. a desire to help others achieve these through the sharing of the gospel and the Word of God found in The Holy Bible

Each Gospel Recovery Group’s primary purpose is to share the gospel as described in The Holy Bible and summarised in the Gospel Recovery statements of faith, to people so that they might have: freedom from addiction, victory over sin (victory provided by The Holy Spirit), and salvation and eternal life provided by God (The Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit). Ideally this is done in an in-person format (but digital formats may be used)

A Gospel Recovery Group may be started and/or call itself a Gospel Recovery Group and use Gospel Recovery Trust intellectual property where any 2 or more people are gathered together for the primary purposes above, so long as they as a group have no other affiliation and follow the Gospel Recovery General Guidelines.

Having no other affiliation means that they as a group are not an organisation. For example, an individual or group of people from a church can start a Gospel Recovery Group at their church, so long as they allow others who don't attend the church or who aren't part of their church to attend the group, and that they don't call it the "so and so church Gospel Recovery Group". The gathering should be a gathering as a group of individuals, and not as a group from an organisation, or sub-group of an organisation. A good name for a group would be something like "The Tauranga Thursday Evening Gospel Recovery Group"

Anyone is welcome to attend a Gospel Recovery Group, so long as:

a. they have a desire for freedom from addiction through the gospel as described in The Holy Bible and summarised in the Gospel Recovery statements of faith, or

b. a desire for victory over sin (victory provided by The Holy Spirit), or

c. a desire for salvation and eternal life provided by God (The Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit), or

d. a desire to help others achieve these through the sharing of the gospel and the Word of God found in The Holy Bible

Yes. If your faith aligns with that of the trust (see our statements of faith), you would fall under 'd' in the "Who can attend a Gospel Recovery Group" question above

Gospel Recovery Groups are not managed or controlled by The Gospel Recovery Trust. They are separate and autonomous in their management, and should be guided by God (The Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit). The Gospel Recovery Trust is governed by its Board of trustees

The Gospel Recovery Trust, and Gospel Recovery Groups should have no opinion on outside issues unrelated to the gospel or freedom from addiction through the gospel, and they should never endorse, finance, or lend the Gospel Recovery name or logo to any other organisation, enterprise, government, or church (other than the body of Christ).

This means that only individuals should promote Gospel Recovery, and Gospel Recovery should never promote any other organisation

Each group is autonomous, so the format may vary. Usually the group will be for 1 hour, with some time for tea and coffee before and after.

Groups are attended by Christians and non-Christians, who may or may not have addiction experience.

Typically the group will be hosted by a chairperson who invites people to speak for 3-5 minutes, if they wish to. This is an opportunity to share about struggles with addiction / sin, or about the victory that God has provided over addiction / sin.