Who We Are
About Our Church
Harrison Hills Baptist Church is a growing, family oriented church located in Lanesville, Indiana. We are more akin to an extended family where everyone knows, cares for, and loves one another. The church was founded in July 1975.
Our worship services are open to the entire family, and bring together a blend of scripture reading, prayer, contemporary and traditional music. Our desire is to create a worship atmosphere that is focused on God and grounded in the gospel – one that will be suitable for all ages. Our sermons reflect an approach that opens the word of God for revelation and instruction.
We offer occasional Bible studies and other small group activities to provide discipleship and fellowship opportunities for all ages.
Our Affiliations
We are affiliated with the Southeastern Indiana Baptist Association, State Convention of Baptists in Indiana, and the Southern Baptist Convention.
Our Statement of Faith
The Holy Bible is the inspired word of God and is the basis for any statement at faith. The church subscribes to the doctrinal statement of “The Baptist Faith and Message” as adopted by the Southern Baptist Convention in 2000. We band ourselves together as a body of baptized believers in Jesus Christ personally committed to sharing the good news of salvation to lost mankind. The ordinances of the church are baptism and the Lords Supper.
Our Mission
We exist to fulfill the Great Commission of the Lord Jesus in Lanesville, Harrison County and beyond, through consistently living out the Great Commandments for God’s glory! (Matthew 28:18-20; Matthew 22:37-40)
Our Objectives
We hold fast to the cross of Christ Jesus and believe that it should be at the foundation of all we do. Therefore, we seek to Connect believers in Biblical fellowship, Reach out to those who are lost, Offer our lives to God in daily service, Seek opportunities for ministry, and Strengthen our faith.
- To be a dynamic spiritual organism empowered by the Holy Spirit to share Christ with as many people as possible in our church, community, and throughout the world.
- To be a worshipping fellowship, experiencing an awareness of God, recognizing his person, and responding in obedience to his leadership.
- To help people experience a growing knowledge of the relationship between God and man.
- To experience an increasingly meaningful fellowship with God and fellow believers.
- To be a church that ministers unselfishly to persons in the community and world in Jesus’ name.
- To be a church whose purpose is to be Christlike in our daily living by emphasizing total commitment of life, personality, and possessions to the lordship of Christ.
Our Structure
We are organized under ministry teams that encourage members to join a team that fuels their passion to serve Christ Jesus. A team shepherd (staff member) and a team leader (lay person) lead each team. Our teams meet regularly and include: exaltation, evangelism, education, edification and executive. The church staff, led by the Senior Pastor, meets regularly for prayer, encouragement, and coordination. Our deacon body serves the church through a family-care ministry and trustees are tasked with the business matters of the church. We hold regular church conference meetings for the purposes of information, communication, and inspiration.
Our Expectations
Believing that every person who has acknowledged Christ Jesus as Savior and Lord through personal repentance and faith, has welcomed believer’s baptism by immersion, recognizes that the integrity and vitality of the church are precious to our Lord and is trusting in the power of the Holy Spirit, the following is expected of every church member:
1. To be faithful in attendance (Hebrews 10:25).
2. To help sustain the church through regular giving (1 Corinthians 16:2).
3. To bear witness to the Gospel in the world (Acts 1:8).
4. To shun destructive chatter (Ephesians 4:29).
5. To join in the care and encouragement of members of the fellowship (1 Corinthians 12:26-27).
6. To seek service according to church needs and individual spiritual gifts (I Peter 4:10).
7. To display conduct that brings honor to the Lord (Philippians 1:27 a).
8. To be missions minded (Matthew 28:18-20).
9. To biblically express and address grievances with restraint and proportionality, placing high value on unity in the church (Ephesians 4:2-3).
10. To study and train for growth in understanding, skill, and spirit (2 Timothy 2:15).
11. To pray regularly and specifically for the concerns of the church (Colossians 4:2).
12. To honor and defend biblical preaching, teaching, and ministry (2 Timothy 4:2-5).
13. To be accountable for these standards (Ephesians 5:21).
14. To resign or to accept removal for chronic, striking, and unrepentant indifference to these standards (Matthew 18:15-17).
Our Church Covenant
Having been led by the Holy Spirit to receive the Lord Jesus Christ as our Savior, and on the public confession of our faith, having been baptized by immersion in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, we do now, in the presence of God and this assembly, solemnly and joyfully enter into covenant with one another, as one body in Christ.
We purpose, therefore, by the aid of the Holy Spirit, to walk together in Christian love; to strive for the advancement of this church in knowledge, holiness and comfort; to promote its prosperity and spirituality; to attend its services regularly; to sustain its worship, ordinances, discipline and doctrines; to give it a sacred preeminence over all institutions of human origin; to give faithfully of time and talent in its activities; to contribute cheerfully and regularly, as God has prospered us, to the support of the ministry, the expenses of the church, the relief of the poor, and the spreading of the Gospel throughout all nations.
We also purpose to maintain family and private devotions; to train our children according to the Word of God; to seek the salvation of our kindred and acquaintances; to walk cautiously in the world; to be just in our dealings, faithful in our engagements, and exemplary in our conduct; to avoid all gossip, backbiting, and unrighteous anger; to abstain from all forms of activity which dishonor our Lord Jesus Christ, cause stumbling to a fellow believer, or hinder the winning of a soul to Christ; to be enthusiastic in our efforts to advance the cause of Christ, our Savior; and to give Him exalted honor in all things.
We further purpose to encourage one another in the blessed hope of our Lord’s return; to watch over one another in brotherly love; to remember each other in prayer; to aid each other in sickness and distress; to cultivate Christian sympathy in feeling and friendliness in speech; to be slow to take offense, but always ready for reconciliation, and mindful of the rules of our Savior, to seek it without delay.
We moreover purpose that when we remove from this place we will as soon as possible unite with some other church of like faith and order where we can carry out the spirit of this covenant and the principles of God’s Word. In the event there is no such church within a reasonable distance of our home, we shall seek, with the Lord’s help, to establish one on the principles of God’s Word.
