Our Vision and Mission

What are we trying to accomplish for God? (Vision)

"To Equip our Church, to Transform our Community, to Glorify God"

    A Transformed Community looks like:

Ever increasing numbers of people across socio-economic and ethnic boundaries are relating to their neighbors with sacrificial care

People are exhibiting a desire for relationship with God

Needs are being met, not just by the church, but by individuals and groups organized to eradicate need

The social, cultural, educational, business and political structures around Pearland are being brought into conformity with God’s Word

How are we going to accomplish this? (Mission)

Hope Church will provide an array of opportunities for our people to grow spiritually and serve sacrificially, so that we effectively transform the communities where we live, work, and play with God's grace and truth.

The Hope Challenge

To be people who:

Faithfully Attend and joyfully participate in weekly worship

Join with Christ's church in church membership

Are Growing in our faith in Jesus with a commitment to his Word and Spirit

Serve inside the church, and outside in the communities where we live, work, and play

Pursue becoming spiritual Leaders, contributing to the health and growth of Hope Church

Our Beliefs

God is the creator of heaven and earth, and has revealed Himself throughout history in various ways, but His ultimate revelation of His character was in the person of His Son, Jesus Christ (Hebrews 1:1-3).

Our primary source of knowledge of God's working in history and His revelation in the person of Jesus Christ is the Bible, both Old and New Testaments, which are inspired by God (2 Timothy 2:16), inerrant, and the supreme and final authority in faith and life. Further, the Scriptures are both our message--the Gospel or Good News which we proclaim--and our method book. It guides us in our conduct as individuals and HOPE CHURCH as a church; i.e., our core values and strategy.

Man and woman were created in the image of God (Genesis 1:27) and are of immense value. Man and woman sinned, and thereby incurred both physical death, spiritual death, separation from God, and alienation from each other. All human beings are born with a sinful nature (Romans 3:23).

The Lord Jesus Christ died for our sins as a representative and substitutionary sacrifice. All who believe in Him are justified on the ground of His shed blood (Ephesians 1:7). Those who believe in Christ receive eternal life, eternal from the point of believing and secure for all eternity. Because of this security, we are motivated and responsible to live a holy life (John 10:27-28; Romans 8:38; Colossians 1:21-23; 2 Peter 1:3-11).

The Scriptures urge those who believe in Christ as Savior to be baptized in water (Acts 2:38-41; Matthew 28:18-19). We believe in the covenant of Grace, and that Baptism is "an outward sign of an inward grace."

While people are "saved" by Christ on an individual basis, each one becomes a member of His Universal Church, the body of Christ (1 Corinthians 12:12-13; Ephesians 4:4), God's temple (1 Corinthians 3:16), which is visibly represented by local assemblies or churches of believers. The purpose of HOPE CHURCH is to fulfill Christ's expressed desire that we love Him, His people, and the world for which he died (John 17:20; cross-reference). Our vision for the world is reflected in both local and worldwide outreach.

Christ, through His Holy Spirit, has endowed believers with spiritual gifts for the edification of His church and the expansion of His kingdom (1 Corinthians 12:4; 14:13; Romans 12:4-8; Ephesians 4:4-16). We do not practice the "charismatic" gifts in our services (1 Corinthians 14:1-19).

The Lord Jesus will one day return to judge all the peoples of the earth and establish His kingdom. Since His return could be at any time, we should strive to live holy lives (2 Peter 3:11-12).

We hold to the bodily resurrection of the just and the unjust, the everlasting life of the believer with God, and the everlasting punishment of those who choose to reject the gift of salvation through Jesus Christ (Revelation 20:11-14; 21:1ff).