OUR VISION & MISSION
Hillvue Heights Church is a place for all people to connect to a relationship with Jesus through the cross and resurrection, the community of faith, and the truth of the Word of God. These connections lead us to experience healing and to develop and be followers in God’s mission.
Our mission is founded upon the Great Commission and the two greatest commandments given to all believers by Jesus Himself:
“Jesus said, ‘All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
“Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got together. One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question: “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?” Jesus replied: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”
C1: Connection to Jesus through the cross and resurrection
C2: Connection to the community of faith
C3: Connection to the truth of God’s Word that sets us free
H: Healing + Health
D: Development - revealing the fruit of the Holy Spirit that God has placed in us. The fruit has been given to us by God and is already in us. Galatians 5:22-24
The Big 5 are 5 faith practices to which we devote ourselves. Over the years, we have observed and personally experienced that healthy followers of Jesus are actively engaged in all 5 faith practices on a regular basis.
The Big 5 are not something we created. They are practices that are found in scripture and were an important part of the New Testament church described in Acts 2:41-47. In this passage, we find the five faith practices to which the Acts 2 church committed themselves. Hillvue Heights Church strongly identifies itself with the structure of this New Testament Church.
The Acts 2 Church was committed to at least five faith practices that we are committed to also.
We devote ourselves to Biblical Teaching, to Fellowship, to Prayer, to Worship, and to Service to others.