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| Our Vision & Mission
To be a community
of young committed followers of Christ who are equipped and empowered to
extend his gracious rule in Round Rock, the greater Austin area, and to
the world as the LORD leads, joining hearts and hands with other
expressions of the body of Christ, until all his enemies are put under
his feet.
To advance the kingdom
of God against the kingdom of darkness by teaching our youth to:
- Love God passionately
(Matthew 26:36-40)
- Communicate the Word of God effectively (1
Thess. 1:5)
- Do Jesus' works in the power of his Spirit (Acts 10:38, John
14:21)
- Overcome sin and grow in Christ-likeness (1 Thess. 5:23, 2
Corin. 3:18)
- Compassionately help the poor and oppressed
(Isa. 58, James 1:27)
- Experience, enjoy, & express God's
presence in daily life (Colos. 3:17)
What We Believe
We believe in the One Triune God, Who is the
creator of all things.
He has spoken to us in
the Bible, which we accept as his inherent and infallible written Word.
In
the Person of His Son, Jesus Christ, He entered the world as a baby,
conceived by a virgin, fully man, yet fully God. Our sinful rebellion
against God had separated us from Him, and He became a man in order to
restore us to intimate friendship with Him.
Jesus
Christ lived a sinless life and then offered Himself on the cross dying
as our substitute so that, through the sacrifice of His blood, we might
be set free from the just penalty of our sin and made right with God.
After
his death, he was buried and on the third day, He rose again victorious
over death and the powers of darkness. He later ascended bodily into
Heaven where He is seated at the right hand of God the Father,
interceding for us.
He
then poured out the Holy Spirit on the Day of Pentecost, giving birth
to His new community, the Church. In
the Person of the Holy Spirit, Christ lives within His people,
reproducing His holy character within us, empowering us to be His
witnesses to the world, and equipping us with spiritual gifts to do the
works of the Kingdom of God.
We
believe that Christ will literally and bodily return to earth to claim
His Bride, the one, true and universal church, and take her to Heaven to
live and reign with Him throughout eternity.
In order to share in the great salvation that
God, in His great love and mercy has freely offered all men, we must
turn away from our sins and place our trust fully in Jesus Christ. When
we yield to Christian repentance and faith, we experience
a profound inner transformation called new birth, and we receive the
gift of eternal life.
We
believe that at the final judgment, all who have refused God's love
revealed in Christ will be sentenced to eternal separation from Him in
Hell, and all who have received God's love in Christ will be welcomed
into everlasting joy in His presence in Heaven.
The Presence of God:
We are committed to
ministry to the Lord in worship as our highest ministry priority. In
all our corporate gatherings we invoke and welcome his presence, seeking to
worship him as he desires and directs.
Prayer: We are committed to be a
prayer-based church in which intercession is regularly and powerfully
made for every member and every ministry of
New Hope, and needs in the larger body of Christ, our city, our nation,
and the world.
The Balance of Word and Spirit: We are committed to the
practical exposition of the Scriptures and the exercise of all the gifts
of the Holy Spirit. We believe that “all Word and we dry up, all Spirit and we blow
up, Spirit and Word together, we grow up.”
The Great Commission: We are committed to
obedience to Jesus’ command to make disciples (apprentices of Jesus) of
all nations, effectively reaching pre-Christians
in our own culture and un-reached peoples in other cultures with the
gospel of the kingdom.
The Upcoming Generations: We are committed to
equip the youth of our church to be passionate followers of Jesus
who impact their generations for the kingdom of God.
Every Member Ministry: We are committed to the
“priesthood of all believers.” We regard all believers as ministers
and view the primary function of church leaders to
be that of coaches/consultants in assisting people in discovering and
being released in their own “kingdom callings.”
Unity in the Body of Christ: We are committed to the
one body of Christ in this region, in its many and diverse local
expressions. We desire to be “partners
in the gospel” with other churches in co-operative projects to advance
the kingdom of God.
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