Our Vision and Mission

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

To glorify God by moving out to the communities where we live, work, play, and worship with God’s grace and truth.

1) We are “moving out” to these communities when:

   • Our own lives are marked by faithfulness to God and his Word
   • We are being trained to share our faith with boldness and radical love
   • We are living in the identity as the primary ministers of Hope Church
   • We are connecting with these communities through tangible good works done among and in them

2) And these communities are experiencing God’s grace and truth when:

   • Ever increasing numbers of people across socio-economic and ethnic boundaries are becoming members of Christ’s body, the Church
   • These new believers are experiencing Spiritual renewal in their hearts and lives leading to a passion for God and his ways
   • They are engaging in life on life ministry with others around them
   • 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)

   • By pursuing personal Spiritual renewal in our hearts and lives.
   • By equipping each individual believer, and whole family for their own impact where they live, work, play, and worship.
   • By faithfully imparting God’s grace and truth through all that we do, especially through life on life.
   • By linking these communities back to Hope Church.
   • By starting new churches throughout Houston to do the above in their location.

What things are most important to us as a church? (Core Values)

Who we are values:
   • The Gospel: We are a church that believes that faith in Jesus Christ is the only way to God, as well as the only way to live the Christian life.
   • Integrity: We believe that every aspect of a Christian’s life should be integrated with, and conformed to the Gospel, so that we will serve effectively where we live, work, play, and worship.
   • Marketplace Mindset: We believe that real ministry occurs in the part of the world where God has put us, so we should be trained here, and move out to there.
   • Outward Focus: We are a church that aims to be looking outward so that we can impact our surrounding communities, and so avoid cliques within our body.
   • Thinking like a Family: We believe that fellowship with each other is an integral part of growing up into Christ, and serving him in our community.

What we do values:
• Worship
   - Sunday Morning worship
• Prayer
• Bible
   -Family Ministries
   -Journey Groups
   -Foundations Seminars
   -Discovery Seminars
• Fellowship
   -Friendship Groups
   -Social events
• Ministry
   -Ministry Teams
• Fasting

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).