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From the beginning Harmony has been an exciting place to belong. In March of 1990 a small group of people with a dream in their head and a desire in their hearts set out to build a church were people from all walks of life would be accepted and able to experience faith, hope and love. United in prayer and trusting in God, this small group of believers focused on loving God and loving people and they watched lives being touched and hearts being changed by the message of hope in Christ. With in a few weeks God allowed us to call our first Pastor, Ed Phillips. The growth and opportunities continued to take place with Pastor Phillips leadership. His guidance and leadership was vital in the early days and God blessed in many ways.
In October of 2000 we called Jonathan Lilly to be our pastor. Under his leadership the church has continued to grow as we stay true to that original vision to be a place where people from all walks of life can come and be accepted and experience faith, hope and love. We thank God for placing us in a growing community and giving us a deep desire to go for it and to see as many people as possible to come to know the Lord. And though we have seen God move in incredible ways in our past, we have a sense that this is only the beginning. Our future looks even brighter.
The temptation for many churches at this point is to begin to play it safe and protect what's been gained. But it only takes a moment to look at what is happening around us to realize that our work is just beginning. In His sovereignty, God planted Harmony right where it is knowing that one day literally thousands of homes would be built all around us.
With a balanced worship service, a practical message and opportunities for the young and the young at heart, Harmony continues to impact the community God placed us in and to be a great place to belong, grow, serve and go with Jesus. Today, the vision continues as we grow together with one purpose, one passion and one pursuit: To Know Jesus and make Him known.
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It’s the vision of a place of Grace where people from all walks of life and all ages come and become dedicated disciples of Jesus Christ. |
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“To know Jesus and make Him Known”. We carry out our mission by helping people Belong, Grow, Serve and Go for Jesus. |
We affirm our belief in one God, infinite Spirit, creator, and sustainer of all things, who exists eternally in three persons, God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. These three are one in essence but distinct in person and function.
We affirm that the Father is the first person of the Trinity and the source of all that God is and does. From Him the Son is eternally generated and from Them the Spirit eternally proceeds. He is the designer of creation, the speaker of revelation, the author of redemption, and the sovereign of history.
We affirm that the Lord Jesus Christ is the second person of the Trinity. Eternally begotten from the Father, He is God. He was conceived by the virgin Mary through a miracle of the Holy Spirit. He lives forever as perfect God and perfect man: two distinct natures inseparably united in one person.
We affirm that the Holy Spirit is the third person of the Trinity, proceeding from the Father and Son and equal in deity. He is the giver of all life, active in the creating and ordering of the universe: He is the agent of inspiration and the new birth; He restrains sin and Satan; and He indwells and sanctifies all believers.
We affirm that all things were created by God. Angels were created as ministering agents, though some, under the leadership of Satan, fell from their sinless state to become agents of evil. The universe was created in six historical days and is continuously sustained by God; thus it both reflects His glory and reveals His truth. Human beings were directly created, not evolved, in the very image of God. As reasoning moral agents, they are responsible under God for understanding and governing themselves and the world.
We affirm that the Bible, both Old and New Testaments, though written by men, was supernaturally inspired by God so that all its words are the written true revelation of God, it is therefore inerrant in the originals and authoritative in all matters. It is to be understood by all through the illumination of the Holy Spirit, its meaning determined by the historical, grammatical, and literary use of the author's language, comparing Scripture with Scripture.
We affirm that Adam, the first man, willfully disobeyed God, bringing sin and death into the world. As a result, all persons are sinners from conception, which is evidenced in their willful acts of sin; and they are therefore subject to eternal punishment, under the just condemnation of a holy God.
We affirm that Jesus Christ offered Himself as a sacrifice by the appointment of the Father. He fulfilled the demands of God by His obedient life, died on the cross in full substitution and payment for the sins of all, was buried, and on the third day He arose physically and bodily from the dead. He ascended into heaven where He now intercedes for all believers.
We affirm that each person can be saved only through the work of Jesus Christ, through repentance of sin and by faith alone in Him as Savior. The believer is declared righteous, born again by the Holy Spirit, turned from sin, and assured of heaven.
We affirm that the Holy Spirit indwells all who are born again, conforming them to the likeness of Jesus Christ. This is a process completed only in Heaven. Every believer is responsible to live in obedience to the Word of God in separation from sin.
We affirm that a church is a local assembly of baptized believers, under the discipline of the Word of God and the lordship of Christ, organized to carry out the commission to evangelize, to teach, and to administer the ordinances of believer's baptism and the Lord's table. Its offices are pastors and deacons, and it is self-governing. It functions through the ministry of gifts given by the Holy Spirit to each believer
We affirm that the return of Christ for all believers is imminent. It will be followed by seven years of great tribulation, and then the coming of Christ to establish His earthly kingdom for a thousand years. The unsaved will then be raised and judged according to their works and separated forever from God in hell. The saved, having been raised, will live forever in heaven in fellowship with God. |
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