Hope - Loving Jesus Loving People
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15 Christ is the visible image of the invisible God. He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation, 16 for through him God created every-thing in the heavenly realms and on earth. He made the things we can see and the things we can’t see such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world. Everything was created through him and for him. 17 He existed before anything else, and he holds all creation together. 18 Christ is also the head of the church, which is his body. He is the beginning, supreme over all who rise from the dead. So he is first in everything. 19 For God in all his fullness was pleased to live in Christ, 20 and through him God reconciled everything to himself. He made peace with everything in heaven and on earth by means of Christ’s blood on the cross.
Colossians 1: 15-20 NLT
Hope - Loving Jesus Loving People
Connecting - Equiping - Serving Generations
Colossians 1: 15-20 NLT
The Bible is God's Word. It is accurate, authoritative and applicable to our everyday lives. We believe in one eternal God who is the Creator of all things. He exists in three Persons: God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. He is totally loving and completely holy.
Sin has separated each of us from God and His purpose for our lives.We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ as both God and man is the only One who can reconcile us to God. He lived a sinless and exemplary life, died on the cross in our place, and rose again to prove His victory and empower us for life.
To receive forgiveness and the 'new birth' we must repent of our sins, believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and submit to His will for our lives.
To live holy and fruitful lives that God intends for us, we need to be baptised in water and be filled with the power of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit enables us to use spiritual gifts, including speaking in tongues.
In the power and significance of the Church and the necessity of believers to meet regularly together for fellowship, prayer and the 'breaking of bread'.
God has individually equipped us so that we can successfully achieve His purpose for our lives which is to worship God, fulfill our role in the Church and serve the community in which we live.
God wants to heal and transform us so that we can live healthy and blessed lives in order to help others more effectively.
Our eternal destination of either Heaven or hell is determined by our response to the Lord Jesus Christ. We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ is coming back again as He promised
We praise God, We humble ourselves in the sight of his greatness. We delight in his word. We are generous and conduct our affairs with justice. We scatter our gifts abroad to the poor through missions.
Psalm 112
The strong bear the failings of the weak, Strength is for service not for status. We inconvenience ourselves for others. Jesus is our example. We develop maturity through the endurance and encouragement of scripture. We are one voice bringing glory to our God.
Romans 15
“Oh! May the God of green hope fill you up with joy, fill you up with peace , so that your believing lives, filled with the life giving energy of the Holy Spirit, will brim over with hope!”
Romans 15:13 (MSG)
Meet some of the Hope Church team
All who call Hope Church home can do their part to fulfill our vision
The lead pastor of Hope Church Pukekohe. He is the primary preaching pastor at Hope Church and fulfills functions as the voice and visionary leader.
Laura leads our women and pastoral care minstries. She's a member of the Church core leadership team. Laura's ambition is to do everything she can to help people come into a personal relationship with Jesus,and experience the fullness of everything that the Lord has planned.
Vicki is a practicing nurse and one of the pastors at Hope. She has a heart to see the vision of Hope fulfilled. She co-leads women's ministry and pastoral care and supports other ministires within the church.
Sam leads the Hope Creative team. He is a member of the Church core leadership team. He is a great leader who has a heart for worship.