Hope Church is known for its faith, vision and passion, its commitment to the preaching and teaching of God’s word and to reaching out to people.
We’re a progressive church that seeks to keep in touch with the trends in society and the needs of the community. We’re an inclusive church, welcoming people of all generations and cultures. And we’re an imperfect church with a lot to learn.
We strive to be a place for all. We’re not a church where people are likely to feel at home if they think that they have “arrived” and have nothing to discover. They will find themselves among people who recognize their own limitations, make mistakes and seek to help one another rather than judge one another.
Most importantly, Hope Church is a church that is utterly convinced that the Lord Jesus Christ is God’s solution to the needs of each and every person and to the problems of the world at large.
What we Believe
- That The Bible is the inspired and only infallible and authoritative Word of God.
- That there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
- In the complete deity and humanity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His conception by the Holy Spirit, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father and in His personal future return in power and glory.
- In the sanctifying power of the Holy Spirit by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a holy life as they participate in an ongoing process of separating from sin and becoming fully devoted followers of Jesus.
- That everyone has sinned and is born a sinner, guilty before God. We are all incapable of pleasing God or saving our souls through our own efforts.
- The only means of being cleansed from sin is through repentance and faith in the blood of Christ, who died in our place on the cross.
- In the baptism of the Holy Spirit, by whom the believer is empowered for living the Christian life, for worship and for service.
- In believer's baptism as a witness to salvation, by total immersion in water, in obedience to the command of Christ. (Mark 16:16).
- In the regular observance of Breaking of Bread, as set out in Scripture. (1 Cor 11:23‑34; Matt 26:27-29; Acts 2:42)
- In the resurrection of both the saved and the lost, the one to everlasting life and the other to everlasting damnation.
- That there is only one way to heaven, through faith in Jesus Christ.
- In the priesthood of all believers, that everyone may have full and equal access to God.
- That God continues to perform miracles, including healing the sick.
- In the local church as an autonomous association of believers, focused on reaching the lost and the discipleship of believers. It is the visible expression of the universal church, of which Christ is the head.
- That mission is close to the heart of God, as we reach out to the lost across different language groups and cultures beyond our local community, making disciples of all nations in obedience to the great commission in Matthew 28:20.
- In the power of prayer as a means of communication between us and God and to effect change in line with God’s will, made possible through the work of Jesus on the cross.
- In the family as the most basic unit of church community, and in heterosexual marriages.
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WHO WE ARE
