OUR VISION
PASSIONATELY SERVING OUR SAVIOR

Our Vision (Our preferred future)Scores of people experiencing true and lasting life transformation through Jesus Christ facilitated by our effective witness.

Our Mission (What we strive for) To proclaim the Lord Jesus Christ as an all-sufficient Savior resulting in lives that are transformed by His redemptive power and inspired to passionately serve Him in our community and around the world.

Our Verse (Our biblical motivation) -  28We 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)

Our Values (How we live and decide)

  • The Bible

 We value the authority of God’s Word.  We study it, proclaim it and build our lives upon it. (2 Timothy 2:15)

  • Worshipping God

We value heartfelt worship that is God-honoring, bible-centered, Spirit-directed, and transformational.  (John 4:24)

  • Loving and Obeying God

We value love of and devotion of God.  This is most profoundly manifested as we completely and freely surrender our lives to God through faith in Jesus Christ, by the power of the indwelling of the Holy Spirit.  (Luke 10:27)

  • Loving People

We value all people and seek to love them according to the command and example of Christ.  (Luke 10:27)

  • Building Community

We value integrity in relationships and mutual accountability in an authentic atmosphere of love, grace, and truth.  (Acts 2:42-47)

  • Proclaiming Christ to the World

We value an active, graceful and truthful witness for Jesus Christ to all people transcending culture, race and other potential barriers. (Matthew 28:19-20)

  • Compassionately Serving Others

We value proactively seeking opportunities, in our community and around the world, to serve others at their point of need, following the example of our Lord Jesus.  (Matthew 10:42)

  • Developing  and Deploying Leaders

We value the importance of effective leadership and seek to identify, cultivate and unleash godly leaders that can advance God’s kingdom work in the world. (2 Timothy 2:2)

Our Goals (What we pursue)

  • Reaching – Helping people draw near to God through Jesus Christ
  • Teaching – Proclaiming the scriptures accurately and with relevance in order that people may grow in their relationship with Jesus Christ
  • Unleashing – Sending equipped people out to serve others in the name of Jesus Christ

Our Objectives (What we do)

  • Up-reach – Worship and Prayer that is God-focused, biblically-aligned, vibrantly relevant, and draw us closer to God.
  • In-reach – Discipleship and Care for believers that produces healthy, mature and devoted followers of Jesus Christ.
  • Out-reach – Evangelism and Service that proclaims to the world, through word and deed, that Jesus Christ is an all-sufficient Savior who seeks to have a relationship with them that is personal, loving and transformational.

 

hixson first baptist church
5800 grubb road, hixson, tn 37343 · 423.877.2467 · hfbc@hixsonfirstbaptist.org