Next Step

What's the next step?

After you start attending Hopewell we hope you will take the next steps to take in order to grow in your relationship with Christ and get involved with your church family.

We believe everyone has a next step in growing in their relationship with Jesus. Whether that's publicly declaring your faith in Jesus by getting baptized, becoming a church member, and/or joining one of our Discipleship Groups, each step is key to walking closer to Christ and living out the purpose He has for your life. We also offer "Discover Hopewell" classes on a regular basis to provide a history and information about Hopewell. For more information about your next step at Hopewell, email our Next Steps Coordinator, Cara Tarlton.

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Worship at Hopewell


We worship vertically, bringing glory to God, and God alone. We acknowledge that we no longer see ourselves as the center of our world and recognize that only God rules and reigns there. In worship, we lift our voices to heaven and proclaim: “To Him Who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power, for ever and ever!” (Rev 5:13b). God alone is the One Whom we are to please and honor in worship. But we also worship horizontally, focusing in worship on God’s magnificent display of grace to us through our redemption in Christ. It promotes instruction, mutual edification, conviction of sin, love, encouragement, thanksgiving, and serves as a witness to unbelievers. We sing contemporary hits, powerful anthems, and your favorite hymns followed by the preaching of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Services start at 9am & 10:45am, with Discipleship Groups that meet during each service time. Both services are identical.

Baptism

What is Baptism?

Baptism – as described and commanded in Scripture – is the act of immersing a person in water after their salvation as a picture of their salvation and a public declaration of their decision to follow Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. It is a new believer’s first and greatest declaration of their decision to follow Jesus. It’s you going public with your faith!

Why do we baptize?

As followers of Jesus, we baptize because Jesus was baptized; and it is our desire to follow His example in all things (see Mark 1:9-11). Also, we baptize because Jesus commanded that we baptize new believers (see Matthew 28:19-20). Baptism by immersion, after salvation, is a beautiful picture of what salvation is. It pictures how a new believer declares that the old person they used to be is as good as “dead and buried,” but they are now a new person that has chosen to live their life for Christ (see Romans 6:4). And it pictures one’s belief that this is only possible because Jesus died for them, was buried, but rose again!

Who should be baptized?

Since baptism is a picture of one’s salvation and one’s decision to follow Christ, only those that have made the choice to turn from their sin and rely on Jesus for salvation should be baptized as a public declaration of that choice. Baptism doesn’t contribute to one’s salvation in any way. A person is saved by believing in Jesus Christ as God’s One and Only Son, and by relying on what He did for us by dying in our place for our sins. So, baptism isn’t a necessary “step” in one’s salvation; BUT it is necessary step of obedience for every believer.

When do we baptize?

Hopewell celebrates baptism on the third Sunday of each month at the beginning of both services. Anyone interested in being baptized can find out more by attending the required Baptism Class.

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Join a Discipleship Group

We seek to provide three essentials in the life of believers: Teaching, Community, and Accountability. Our small group communities - called "Discipleship Groups" - are the primary vehicle we use to provide these essentials for discipleship. From newborns to senior adults, we offer Discipleship Groups with fellowship and curriculum geared to your specific needs.

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Membership

When you are saved, you become a member of the body of Christ (1 Cor. 12:13). Being united in Christ with other believers, you are then able to become a member of a local expression of that body, ie: a local church like Hopewell. Being a member Hopewell isn’t like joining a country club, it means formally committing yourself to the people and purposes of this church who have joined together for specific, God-ordained purposes. When you become a member of Hopewell, you submit yourself to the care and the authority of the biblically qualified elders that God has placed here. You have many responsibilities: exemplifying a godly lifestyle in the community, exercising your spiritual gifts in diligent service, contributing financially to the work of the ministry, giving and receiving admonishment with meekness and in love, and faithfully participating in corporate worship. Membership is a big deal, and not to be taken lightly. When every believer is faithful to this kind of commitment, the church is able to live up to her calling as Christ’s representative here on earth. Discover Hopewell classes are offered throughout the year and are required to complete membership. 

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Ministry

Serve Opportunities

Opportunities within the church, locally, nationally, and globally to “go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit”.

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