Hope CC and our W.I.F.E. Goals as a Fellowship of Believers

 

 

DISCOVER A NEW RELATIOSHIP WITH GOD

 

Why Does Hope Christian Community Church Exist?

WE EXIST TO WORSHIP

"Worship the Lord your God, and serve Him only." Matt. 4:10

"...The Father seeks worshipers...and His worshippers must worship Him in spirit and in truth." Jn 4:23-24

 

HOPE CCC  Worship Style

"Celebration"   Psalm 122:1

"Inspiration"     Isaiah 40:31

"Preparation"   Eph. 4:11-12

 

WE EXIST TO INSTRUCT

"Let us leave the elementary teachings about Christ and go on to maturity..." Heb. 6:1

"Grow in grace and knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ." 2 Peter 3:18

"(God has given)...some to be pastors and teachers, to prepare God's people for works of ministry, so that the Body of Christ may be built up until we all...become mature...like Christ." Eph. 4:11-13

 

WE EXIST TO FELLOWSHIP

"By this shall all men know that you are my disciples — that you have love for one another." John 13:35,  1 John 3:16-17, Matt. 25:34-40, Heb. 13:16, Rom. 12:13

"Now God gives us many kinds of special abilities.. and there are different kinds of service to God(ministry)... All of you together form the one Body of Christ and each of you is a separate and necessary part of it." 1 Cor. 12:4-5, 27

 

WE EXIST TO EVANGELISE

"His intent was that through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known..." Eph. 3:10  For "everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved." How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching?15 And how are they to preach unless they are sent? Rom. 10:13-15

 

WHY OUR CHURCH MUST NEVER STOP GROWING

1. Because God loves people

For the love of Christ controls us, Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.2 Cor. 5:14,20 Luke 15:3-10

 

2. Because God commands us to reach out.

"Go out into the country...and urge anyone you find to come in, so that My House will be full." Luke 14:23  "you will be my witnesses" Acts 1:8

 

3. Because God expects us to grow

"Under Christ's control, the whole Body is nourished...and grows as God wants it to grow."  Col. 2:19 (GN)

"(Jesus) I will build my church." Matt. 16:18

Jesus came and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age." Matthew 28:18-20

 

 

OUR STATEMENT OF FAITH

What We Believe

• In essential beliefs — we have unity.

"There is one Body and one Spirit..there is one Lord, one faith, one baptism, and one God and Father of us all..."  Eph.4:4-6

 

• In non-essential beliefs — we have liberty.

"Accept him whose faith is weak, without passing judgment on disputable matters... Who are you to judge someone else's servant? To his own master he stands or falls... So then each of us will give an account of himself to God... So whatever you believe about these things keep between yourself and God."

Romans 14:1,4,12,22

 

• In all our beliefs — we show charity.

"If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.2 And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.3 If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing." 1 Cor. 13:1-3

 

BELIEVE

PROFESS YOUR FAITH IN CHRIST

PARICIPATE IN OUR MINISTRY

"if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.10 For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.11 For the Scripture says, "Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame." 12 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, bestowing his riches on all who call on him.13 For "everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved."

Romans 10:9-13

 

THE ESSENTIALS WE BELIEVE:

I believe in God, The Father Almighty,

creator of heaven and earth.

I believe in Jesus Christ,

his only Son, our Lord,

who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,

born of the virgin Mary,

suffered under Pontius Pilate,

was crucified, died, and was buried;

he descended to the dead.

On the third day he rose again from the dead;

he ascended into heaven,

and is seated at the right hand of the Father;

from there he will come to judge

the living and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit,

the holy catholic church,

the communion of saints,

the forgiveness of sins,

the resurrection of the body,

and the life everlasting. Amen.

 

WHAT DOES GOD WANT ME TO DO?

1. ADMIT THAT GOD HAS NOT BEEN FIRST PLACE IN YOUR LIFE AND ASK HIM TO FORGIVE YOUR SINS.

"If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness." 1 John 1:9

 

2. BELIEVE  THAT JESUS DIED TO PAY FOR YOUR SINS AND THAT HE ROSE AGAIN ON

EASTER, AND IS ALIVE TODAY.

"If you confess that Jesus is your Lord, and you believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved." Romans 10:9

"Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name (Jesus) by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12

 

3. RECEIVE GOD'S FREE GIFT OF SALVATION. DON'T TRY TO EARN IT.

"For it is by grace you are saved, through faith — and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God — not by works, so that no one can boast." Ephesians 2:8,9

Our relationship to God is not restored by anything we do, but on the basis of what Jesus already did for us!

 

4. ASK JESUS CHRIST TO COME INTO YOUR LIFE AND BE THE DIRECTOR ("LORD") OF YOUR LIFE.

"But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God,13 who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God." John 1:12-13

 

YOU CAN TAKE THESE STEPS BY PRAYING A SIMPLE PRAYER OF COMMITMENT TO GOD:

"Dear Jesus, thank you for making me and loving me, even when I've ignored you and gone my own way. I realize I need you in my life and I'm sorry for my sins. I ask you to forgive me. Thank you for dying on the cross for me. Please help me to understand it more. As much as I know how, I want to follow you from now on. Please come into my life and make me a new person inside. I accept your gift of salvation. Please help me to grow now as a Christian."

 

 

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