Our desire as a church is to lift Christ higher, plant the Word deeper, build disciples stronger, and send the Gospel further.
We believe the Bible is God’s inerrant, sufficient, and authoritative Word; therefore it is our sole guide for carrying out our mission to exalt the glory of Jesus Christ as we minister to our world.
“All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work.”
2 Timothy 3:16-17
We are Word-Centered.
Jesus left His disciples with the privilege of carrying on His mission of taking the gospel to the ends of the earth. We strive to accomplish that mission at HBC, in the city of Hickory, and strategic places around the world where we have many ministry partners, all for the goal of unbelievers coming to faith in Jesus Christ.
“You will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth.”
Acts 1:8
We are Mission-Driven.
Because Jesus Christ is Lord, we want to proclaim His excellency with every word we preach, pray, or sing; and bring Him glory with every act of service we put our efforts towards in ministry.
“We proclaim Him, admonishing every man and teaching every man with all wisdom, so that we may present every man complete in Christ.”
Colossians 1:28
We are Christ-Exalting.
God has gifted every believer in the church for the good of the whole church body to grow together. Our desire is to help each other to continually follow Christ more faithfully through discipleship relationships at HBC.
“And He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ.”
Ephesians 4:11-12
We are Disciple-Making.
Ultimately, we exist to glorify God through the fulfillment of the Great Commission in the force of the Great Commandment.
as ordained in Matthew 28:19-20 & Matthew 22:37-39.