I’m excited that you are interested in membership.  Here are the next steps:

1. Watch our membership video click here.
2. Read through the (Purpose Statement/Membership Covenant, and Statement of Faith)
3. Make a list of questions that you have you will have an opportunity to discuss those questions in your membership meeting with our deacons.
4. Have a membership meeting with our deacons. Our deacons will contact you and set up a time to meet and discuss. If you have specific questions for me, I would be glad to meet with you also.
5. Sign the membership paper that the deacons will bring with them to the meeting.
6. Celebrate with us!  We will announce your membership at a Sunday morning worship service.  We are celebrating that God still has work for us to join Him in and that you are a part of His reinforcements to our team.
   
   
   

   We are excited that you are considering membership at Harrisburg Christian Church.  We pray that God will bring people into our membership who will help us accomplish the work that he has for us to do.  You may be an answer to that prayer.  Please read through this document prior to your membership meeting with our deacons.  We ask that all members be in agreement with the information in this document.  Feel free to bring questions about this document to the membership meeting.

The purpose of this church shall be to win people to faith in Jesus Christ and commit them actively to His SERVICE; to help them grow in the grace and knowledge of Christ that increasingly they may know and do His will, and work for the unity of all Christians and with them engage in the common task of building the Kingdom of God.

Having received Jesus as my Lord and Savior and having followed Him in baptism; and being in agreement with the HCC Statement of Faith and Purpose Statement; I now feel led by the Holy Spirit to unite with the HCC church family. In doing so, I commit myself to God and to the other members to do the following:

1. I will protect the unity of my church.
….by acting in love toward other members (1 John 3:16)
….by refusing to gossip (Eph 4:29)
….by following the church leadership (Heb 13:17)

2. I will share the responsibility of my church.
….by praying for its growth and members (Eph 6:18)
….by inviting the unchurched to attend (Luke 14:23)
….by warmly welcoming those who visit (Rom 15:7)
….by seeking to make disciples (Matt 28:18-20)

3. I will serve the ministry of my church.
….by discovering my gifts and talents (Rom 12:4,5)
….by using my gifts and talents to serve others: (1 Pet 4:10)

4. I will support the testimony of my church.
….by attending faithfully (Heb 10:25)
….by seeking to live a godly life (2 Pet 3:11)
….by giving money regularly to the church (2 Cor 9:6, 7)

This is a record of the essential beliefs that the members of this church hold to firmly and without compromise. There are many subjects on which we hold different opinions, but we have found it necessary to state the beliefs that hold us together as a body. Harrisburg Christian Church tries to live by the following motto: Unity in the essentials, Liberty in the non-essentials and Charity in all things. The following statements are based on the Holy Scriptures:

WE BELIEVE the Scriptures, both Old and New Testaments, to be the inspired Word of God, without error in the original writings, the Divine and final authority for all Christian faith and life.

WE BELIEVE in one God, Creator of all things, infinitely perfect and eternally existing in three persons Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

WE BELIEVE that Jesus Christ is true God and true man, having been born of the Virgin Mary. He died on the cross as a sacrifice for our sins according to the Scriptures. Further, He arose bodily from the dead, ascended into heaven, where, at the right hand of the Majesty on High, He is now our High Priest and Advocate.

WE BELIEVE that the ministry of the Holy Spirit is to glorify the Lord Jesus Christ and during this age to convict people, regenerate the believing sinner, and indwell, guide, instruct and empower the believer for godly living and service.

WE BELIEVE that man was created in the image of God but fell into sin and is therefore lost and separated from God. We believe that the shed blood of Jesus Christ and His resurrection provide the only ground for justification and salvation for all who believe, and only such as receive Jesus Christ are born of the Holy Spirit and thus become children of God.

WE BELIEVE that water baptism and the Lord’s Supper are ordinances to be observed by the church during the present age. They are, however, not to be regarded as means of salvation.

WE BELIEVE in the bodily resurrection of the dead, of the believer immediately to everlasting blessedness and joy with the Lord, of the unbeliever to judgment and everlasting conscious punishment.

101 – Membership: Accept Jesus as your Savior, be baptized, and join HCC. Video click here.
201 – Maturity: Adopt habits that will help you mature: A daily Quiet Time, meeting with other believers in a small group, and trusting the Lord with your finances. Video click here.
301 – Ministry: Discover how God shaped you and use your gifts and talents to serve the Lord at HCC. Video click here.
401 – Mission: Learn to share your faith with others and help them hit home runs too! Video click here.