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We, the members of Hanover Fellowship Church, believe
that God will accomplish great things in our midst.
We
will be a praying community.
Husbands
will pray with their wives. Parents will pray with
their children. We will witness God responding to
physical, emotional, and spiritual problems. As we
stand prayerfully with our fellow churches and missionaries,
we will witness spiritual principalities hampering
their efforts being defeated. As we witness prayerfully
to our community, we will witness the fog surrounding
the eyes of the unsaved being lifted.
We
will be a spiritually growing community.
We
will be continually transformed and perfected through
the hearing and understanding of Scripture. We will
be “on mission” for the Lord, hungering to be involved
in his work. We will be equipped to faithfully interpret
and use the Bible as Christ’s ambassadors to the world.
We will counsel each other by speaking the truth of
Scripture in love. We will identify and support those
called of God to leadership ministry. We will teach
our children and youth in the knowledge of God to
last their lifetime.
We
will be an evangelizing community.
We
will share the gospel message in our communities and
volunteer for missions opportunities. When faced with
evil, we will demonstrate the humility and mercy of
Christ. We will grow by being faithful to invite others
to our church services and showering our visitors
with the love of Christ.
We
will be a worshiping community.
We
will treasure Christ, not musical forms or styles.
We will worship together with our families. We will
gather often to hear the inerrant Word of God preached
with conviction.
We
will be a serving community.
We
will willingly sacrifice for one another. We will
pour out the love of Christ to the hurting in our
communities.
We
will be a fellowshipping community.
We will cultivate deep relationships
with each other and form small groups so we can grow
together in Christ. We will seek unity in Christ,
transcending the racial and cultural differences that
divide the world. We will confess our sins to one
another and unconditionally forgive all who sin against
us. We will energetically guard the unity of our church
and work to solve our problems using the model given
by Christ. Our church discipline will always have
as its goal the loving restoration of offenders.
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