Vision (what we see)
Our Hope in the City Vision is to: engage in dynamic corporate worship,disciple people in life-giving Hope Groups, and initiate church planting movements.
Values (what we live)
Loving God
"Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and with all your mind." Matthew 22:37What does it mean?
Experiencing God's fatherly, proactive, kind, transforming, and unconitional love for us.
Surrendering fully to His purposes for our lives.
Worshipping Him with our whole heart corporately (weekly) and alone (daily).
Seeking His presence throughout each day.
Obeying Him.
Loving One Another
"Love your neighbor as yourself." Matthew 22:39What does it mean?
Experiencing healthy relationships characterized by love and forgiveness.
Building thriving marriages and families.
Being connected to communities based on Acts 2: 42-47.
Having intergenerational & multicultural relationships.
Using one's gifts, skills & talents to serve the Body of Christ.
Loving Austin & the Nations
"Christ's love compels us...God has given us this task of reconciling people to him." 2 Corinthians 5:14-19What does it mean?
Being a withness to the realtiy of Jesus in our network of relationships.
Warmly welcoming people into our church and small group gatherings.
Demonstrating love to those outside our church with acts of kindness.
Caring for the poor, widow, and orphans in ways that empower them.
Boldly communicating the life-changing reality of Jesus in culturally relevant ways.
Starting new churches both in the U.S. and abroad.