Our 7 Core Values?
1. Evangelize
Christian Hills belief is that lost people matter to God; and, therefore, the church needs to focus on reaching them with the gospel. This will be accomplished by three means:
a. By relational evangelism, which is a process that takes time. This does not happen by just one time sharing the gospel with someone but by establishing a relationship with the lost individual. We will train our people in this type of evangelism with the program “Contagious Christian”. See Luke 5:30-32, Luke 15, and Matt. 18:14.
b. By anointed preaching and teaching which changes lives. This form of communication is God’s plan for explaining the who, what, when, where, and why of Christianity. See Romans 12:7, 2 Tim. 3:16-17, and James 1:23-25.
c. By being culturally relevant to the lost community yet remaining biblical in our approach. There will be no compromise of the gospel in any way. See 1 Cor. 9:19-23.
2. Realize
When the gospel is evangelized by the above process, lost individuals come to a realization that they need to become born again. This decision occurs by the following means:
a. Life change happens through the above process.
b. Christian Hills believes that life change is a result of the Holy Spirit working in individuals and the Holy Spirit using Christians.
c. Repentance occurs
d. Once a decision is made, discipline enters the picture. This happens best in small groups and one-on-one relationships. We will offer classes to new believers to teach them the basics of Christianity. See Luke 6:12-13 and Acts 2:44-47.
e. We will stress mentoring of new believers.
3. Baptize
Once the believer understands the meaning of their new birth, they will be encouraged to be water baptized and baptized in the Holy Spirit. The two baptisms:
Water Baptism (Romans 6)
The Baptism in the Holy Spirit (Acts 2, Acts 19:1-22, 1 Cor. 12, 13, 14)
4. Revitalize
This has to do with the renewing of the mind. This is accomplished by four means:
a. By stressing that Christ’s followers are to strive toward continuous growth. See 2 Tim. 2:15, 3:14-16.
b. Christian Hills believes that the pursuit of full devotion to Christ and His great commission is normal for every believer. This includes teaching by the leadership on the concepts of stewardship, servant-hood, no pride, pursuit of God and finishing strong. See 1 Kings 11:4, Phil. 2:1-11, 2 Cor. 8:7.
c. Christian Hills will emphasize that excellence honors God and inspires people. This includes the concepts of evaluation, critical review with love, intensity in the cause of Christ, and excellence in serving the Lord. See Col. 3:17, Mal. 1:6-14 and Pr. 27:17.
d. Christian Hills will teach to all that the church is to be led by men and women with leadership gifts. This includes teachings on empowerment, servant leadership, delegation, strategic focus, and being intentional in our vision. See Neh. 1-2, Rom. 12:8 and Acts 6:2-5.
5. Spiritualize
Christian Hills believes that Christians are to demonstrate love, authenticity, and genuineness at all times. This will be achieved by four means:
a. The Matthew 18 principle will be enforced, and gossip will not be tolerated.
b. Character will be modeled and stressed by the leadership and required to be upheld by the church.
c. 1 Cor. 13 will be modeled by the leadership. See also Neh. 3, Luke 10:1 and John 13:34-35.
d. Hypocrisy will not be tolerated and will be pointed out and dealt with as Jesus Christ dealt with it in Matt. 23. See also Eph. 4:25-26, 32; Heb. 12:1; and Phil. 1:6.
6. Materialize
Christian Hills believes that a Christian church is made up of servants, men and women serving each other with their gifts. This will be stressed through four means:
a. We will all seek to choose to lose to God and our own selfish desires. See John 13.
b. This will be accomplished by unity being emphasized and modeled. Note: sometimes we may disagree on subjects, but we can still disagree and be united as one. See 1 Cor. 1.
c. Spiritual gifts will be taught, demonstrated, and monitored by leadership. See 1 Cor. 12, 14; Rom. 12; Eph. 4; Ps. 133:1. We will incorporate the program “Networking” and Wagner’s “Spiritual Gifts”.
7. Evangelize
The individual who has been evangelized and discipled now reproduces themselves by sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ with others.
