MISSION STATEMENT

OUR MISSION IS TO LOVINGLY LEAD LOST INDIVIDUALS INTO A RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS CHRIST AND TO INTENTIONALLY "MAKE DISCIPLES" WHO PROGRESSIVELY BECOME MORE DEEPLY INTIMATELY AQUAINTED WITH HIM.

WARMER THROUGH FELLOWSHIP

Ø To bond in love with each other and to use our God-given gifts to glorify God and to edify others

Ø To develop closer relationships in the church family where Jesus’ commandment to “Love one another” can be learned and experienced in real and everyday life

DEEPER THROUGH DISCIPLESHIP

Ø To provide opportunities for the congregation to edify one another, to strengthen the church and individually and collectively grow more deeply and intimately acquainted with Jesus Christ.

Ø To grow in service as Christian disciples while helping others to know and experience God’s love through Jesus Christ

Ø To continue to solicit and encourage the support of members by teaching God’s principles of finances in the church and in each family

STRONGER THROUGH WORSHIP 

Ø To provide a variety of collective worship experiences which focus exclusively on God and are awe-inspiring, joyful, and life transforming

Ø To encourage daily personal devotion, study, and worship and provide counsel and training  which enhance personal quiet times

BROADER THROUGH MINISTRY

Ø To develop ministries that mobilize those who are looking for ways to help make unbelievers aware of the ways of Jesus Christ

Ø To make Hines an outreach center for spiritual, social, recreational, and economic activities

LARGER THROUGH EVANGELISM

Ø  To train, equip, and empower members to bring others into God’s eternal family

Ø  To seek inclusiveness of members through an evangelistic outreach ministry

Ø  Lead lost individuals into a relationship with Jesus Christ