Beliefs
MISSION
Our mission is teach, train, and release regular people into the extraordinary work of helping to build God’s Kingdom here and now.
VISION
Our vision is to be a church where people discover what God can do in and through our lives as we practice the way of Jesus together.
BELIEFS
The Trinity.
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We believe and celebrate that there is only one God who eternally exists in three persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. We affirm the historic belief in the Trinity. God is the Father, Creator, Sustainer, and Redeemer of all things.
Jesus the Christ.
We believe and celebrate that Jesus is the Christ (Anointed King) who is fully God and fully man. The Son has always existed, as all things were created through Him. Jesus was born of the virgin Mary and is God the Son incarnate. He was crucified under Pontius Pilate and resurrected by the Holy Spirit's power three days later.
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The Holy Spirit.
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We believe and celebrate that the Holy Spirit is the third person of the Trinity and is God’s Spirit within, among, and at work in the lives of God’s people. The Holy Spirit draws people to salvation, and when we respond in obedience to the gospel, the Spirit of God indwells us, makes us a new creation in Christ, and seeks to fill our whole being with His presence for worship, Christ-like character, freedom, power, and gifts.
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Scripture
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We believe and celebrate that sixty-six books in the Bible collectively bring together our Holy Scriptures. They are the infallible guide for faith, life, and practice. They are to be interpreted according to their context and purpose. The scriptures preserve and pass on the story of God’s creative and redemptive acts in the world, culminating in Jesus and continuing through the church by the presence and power of the Holy Spirit. God continues to speak to his people through the Scriptures.
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Image of God.
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We believe and celebrate that all humans are equally and uniquely created in the image of God. Being made in the image of God means that all people should be treated with dignity, respect, and love. Functionally, the image of God in man implies that humanity is relational, vocational, rational, and creative. Being made in the image of God means that all people should be treated with dignity, respect, and love. Because of the Image of God in humanity, Christians should reject racism, hatred, injustice, abuse, assault, and violence and instead participate in God’s ministry of reconciliation and mandate to steward our lives toward human flourishing.
Sin and Salvation.
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We believe and celebrate that salvation is found in Christ alone, and it is the free gift of God that must be received by faith alone. Scripture teaches that as a result of sin, all are totally lost in need of being found. Because of Christ’s atoning work, our sins are forgiven, we are reconciled to God, and we have new eternal life and victory over death.
Being a Follower of Jesus.
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We believe and celebrate that following Jesus brings the life for which we were created and the life we so desperately crave. A disciple follows (listens, obeys, and acts upon) Jesus’ teachings and helps others do the same. Every person follows something, some way of life that promises “the good life.” We believe all other paths end in frustration, while the path of following Jesus is costly but provides the significance, satisfaction, and security for which we were created. To be a follower of Jesus is arrange your heart, soul, mind, and body around Jesus and his way of doing things.
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Kingdom of God.
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We believe and celebrate that the Kingdom of God has been brought close by the first coming of Jesus and will be brought into complete reality when he returns. The gospel of the Kingdom was the primary teaching for Jesus. The Kingdom of God exists wherever God’s people are willingly living under the rule, reign, and sovereignty of God. God is sovereign over all, ruling over all, and reigning over all, but those who follow Jesus into his Kingdom will experience the wholeness, goodness, and life-giving nature of the Kingdom. To live out the kingdom of God is to do things God’s way, on earth as it is heaven.
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The Church.
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We believe and celebrate that the Church is the chosen people of God who are called to reach the lost, make disciples, and join God in his ministry and message of reconciliation for all things in Christ, globally and locally. The Church is made up of all believers in all cultures throughout time and across the earth who are empowered by the Holy Spirit for the purposes and mission of God. The church continues Jesus’s ministry in the world.
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Christ’s Return.
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We believe and celebrate that Jesus will return in a glorious manner to bring completion to redemptive history. In a way, salvation and new creation have already been inaugurated but not yet consummated. At Christ’s return, the Kingdom of God will be fully realized, and every knee will bow, and every tongue will confess that Jesus is Lord.
At his return, all things will be made new.
A FOURSQUARE CHURCH
Hillwood Church is one of thousands of churches across the world apart of the Foursquare movement. For more information about who the Foursquare Church is and it's beliefs, find out more here.