In November 2004, following months of diligent work by the NCD Team, Church Council approved the purpose and mission for Harrisville United Methodist Church.
The Purpose of
Harrisville United Methodist Church
Our motto: “Fostering God’s Love for All”
HUMC is viewed as existing for five basic purposes as follows: Worship The foremost purpose of the
Ministry Ministry is demonstrating God’s love to others through meeting their needs and healing their hurts in the name of Jesus. Our church is intended to minister to all kinds of needs: spiritual, emotional, relational, and physical. Evangelism We have been commanded to share our belief in Christ’s coming, His death on the cross, His resurrection, His promise to return, and our salvation through faith in Him. We are expected to bring unbelievers into God’s eternal family and to make them disciples. Fellowship As Christians we are called to belong, not just to believe. We are meant to belong to Christ’s family and to be members of his body. Baptism symbolizes our new life in Christ and incorporates us into the body of Christ. Fellowship provides mutual support, care, and love among church members. Fellowship is noted in all facets of our church
Discipleship Discipleship is the process of how members become more knowledgable, spiritually mature, and effective as practicing Christians. It is intended to help members become more like Jesus in thoughts, feelings, and actions.
After drafting a statement of the Purposes of The Harrisville United Methodist Church to our satisfaction, we took the five purposes and used them as the basis for our new Church Mission Statement. Then, we finally created the Church Motto.
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