Hope Church and You

Welcome

Thanks for visiting the Hope Church website. Hope Church exists to serve others,
offering hope and love through Jesus Christ. We're a place that celebrates
relationships with God and with one another. These relationships are deepened
through impacting times of teaching from God's Word, inspiring worship, and
vibrant adult, student, and children's ministries, and serving together within our
community. We believe people matter to God, and they matter to us! We want to
know you better and join you on your journey to becoming a growing
Christ follower.

Our Vision

Our vision is to be a spirit-empowered, multi-ethnic community of Christ-followers
committed to equipping God's people with a biblical worldview and advancing
God's kingdom throughout the world.

What We Believe

We believe the Scriptures, both Old and New Testaments, to be the inspired Word
of God, without error in the original writings, the complete revelation of His will for
the salvation of men and the Divine and final authority for all Christian faith and life.

We believe in one God, Creator of all things, infinitely perfect and existing eternally
in three Persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

We believe that Jesus Christ is true God and true man, having been conceived
of the Holy Ghost and born of the Virgin Mary. He died on the cross a sacrifice
for our sins according to the Scriptures. Further, He arose bodily from the
dead, ascended into heaven, where at the right hand of the Majesty on High,
He is now our High Priest and Advocate.

We believe that the ministry of the Holy Spirit is to glorify the Lord Jesus
Christ, and during this age to convict men, regenerate the believing
sinner, indwell, guide, instruct and empower the believer for godly
living and service.

We believe that Satan is a created being, a fallen angel and enemy of God and man.
Satan has been defeated through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, and
one day will be thrown in the lake of fire.

We believe that man was created in the image of God but fell into sin and is therefore
lost and only through regeneration by the Holy Spirit can salvation and spiritual
life be obtained.

We believe that the shed blood of Jesus Christ and His resurrection provide the
only ground for justification and salvation for all who believe, and only such as
receive Jesus are born of the Holy Spirit, and thus become children of God.

We believe that the water baptism and the Lord's Supper are ordinances to be
observed by the Church during the present age. They are, however, not to be
regarded as means of salvation.

We believe that the true Church is composed of all such persons who through
saving faith in Jesus Christ have been regenerated by the Holy Spirit and are
united together in the body of Christ of which He is the Head.

We believe that only those who are thus members of the true Church shall be
eligible for membership in the local church.

We believe that Jesus Christ is the Lord and Head of the Church, and that
every local church has the right under Christ to decide and govern
its own affairs.

We believe in the Second Coming of Jesus Christ and that this "Blessed Hope
" has a vital bearing on the personal life and service of the believer.

We believe in the bodily resurrection of the dead; of the believer to everlasting
blessedness and joy with the Lord, of the unbeliever to judgment and everlasting
conscious punishment.