Hi Alex;
It was great to meet you. Thanks for your gracious comments.
We know all to well what it is like to be “outsiders” and nervous about how we might be received by other churches. And we heartily welcome those who share our core belief in the prodigal love of God, who created us all to share his life.
We are a bit of a Gideon’s army, having been pared down severely, as the majority of our pastors and members could not accept the free gift of salvation being unconditoned on certain religious requirements. We moved from a cult, to being fundamentalists, to being conservative evangelicals, to being moderate evangelicals, to being Trinitarians.
I see myself as someone else put it, a conservative liberal, or a liberal conservative. Probably more the former. That is quite a journey 
I also read somewhere recently, that most of us move in a similar direction as we grow older. Perhaps mine has just been a bit more extreme.
We are more hopeful than dogmatic in relation to universalism, but share the common belief and desire that all be saved. So there is no need to approach us with any degree of temerity in regard to personal beliefs on these issues. We have inhabited a similar space for a very long time, and understand from experience how such beliefs can be perceived/received by many churches.
When we went through our years of tumultuous change in the early 90’s, I met up with many other church groups and attended a number of pastoral meetings and conferences, many of which were dominated by Calvinist/Reformed people. They seemed to have a particular focus on how Christ died only for the elect, double-predestination etc. I read widely on election/freedom etc. and found the complex arguments tortuous and self defeating. Over and over I read the view that you are either Calvinist and elect, or Arminian and wrong. I knew I wasn’t either. One of the few books I found at the time that seemed to get a balance on the topic was I.H. Marshall’s “Kept By the Power of God”. After our experiences with being exclusivist and ungracious, I was repelled by the presentation of grace and the gospel in a way that revealed an inner logic based on discriminatory selection, that belied so many of the parables of Jesus, his life and work, and the heart of the message of Scripture about who God really is. Thankfully many authors, like Philip Yancey, Jerry Bridges etc. helped me grasp grace more fully, but studying the gospels and epistles, especially Galatians had the greatest impact on me. I was in NSW at the time, and led several congregations through almost a year long study of Galatians, which I believe addressed the heart of our past issues, and the heart of the gospel we needed to place our full trust in.
Anyway, most of our congregations would welcome any who share a common belief in the God who is love, and who desire that all would accept their status as God’s forgiven and beloved children through Jesus and the Holy Spirit. We have a great desire to spread the good news God has led us to, and to have others who are being led in a similar direction to join together in sharing in Jesus mission to his creation.
Blessings,
Phil
