Vision & Beliefs

  • Hope Chapel seeks to follow Jesus in His work of bringing spiritual, social, and cultural renewal to Greensboro and the world.

  • Spiritual Renewal: God created all people for relationship with Himself. Therefore, we…

    • Gather in worship for word and sacrament

    • Connect in intergenerational community groups

    • Foster lives of spiritual growth

    • Practice evangelism with love and respect

    Social Renewal: God created all people with dignity. Therefore, we…

    • See all people as image bearers

    • Assist our neighbors with their physical needs

    • Partner with organizations serving Greensboro

    Cultural Renewal: God created all people to cultivate flourishing where they are. Therefore, we…

    • Use our gifts, talents, and abilities to further God’s kingdom

    • Celebrate beauty and goodness in Greensboro

    • Inspire creativity in our daily lives

  • We are trusting God to shape us into a people who are….

    Unswervingly Gospel-Centered

    • We believe wholeheartedly in the life-giving authority of Scripture as our infallible, inerrant source of truth, wisdom, and beauty. In it, we encounter the central act of God in history, the “good news” of the gospel: the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.  His gospel alone provides the answer to all of our deepest longings–for love, forgiveness, belonging, and purpose.  Every part of our community life, service, growth, and mission is founded upon and empowered by this gospel truth.

    Joyfully Rooted

    • As we seek to center our lives in the Gospel, we join with two millennia of Christ-followers around the world in our worship rhythms. We embrace Biblical teaching, practice historic-based liturgy within the reformed tradition, observe weekly communion, seek to engage heart and mind, and anchor our worship in prayer. Though our worship service incorporates formal and historical elements, the style is modern and informal; contextual to our time and place.

    Intentionally Relational

    • We believe that the Gospel restores us not to just peace with God, but also peace with one another. Because of the grace we receive in Jesus, we seek to create a culture of curiosity, authenticity, and vulnerability in our community; a safe place to be known and belong. We are not a church with community groups, but a church of community groups.  In them, we not only pray and study the Bible together, but also share a meal and care for one another.

    Extravagantly Hospitable

    • We are people who have received the radical welcome of God.  We were adopted into His family, given not only an inheritance but even His only Son, all while we were still sinners.  Because of this, we are therefore compelled to offer His lavish hospitality to everyone we encounter.  Hope Chapel is not an exclusive club but a warm household set for a feast with empty seats at the table.  We come as we are and He makes us new.  This hospitality extends beyond the church walls into our homes, neighborhoods, and workplaces.

    Actively Compassionate

    • As we have experienced the mercy and love of God in our spiritual poverty, we cannot help but extend that same compassionate care to our neighbors. We believe even small acts of generosity or service done in Jesus’s name are offerings to Him.  We strive to honor this truth through doing justice and loving mercy, in partnership with local non-profits who seek the flourishing of Greensboro.

    Purposefully Creative

    • As image-bearers of the Creator and those anticipating God’s future restoration, we seek to cultivate creativity within our church for the sake of our city and world. We celebrate the beauty that exists in our culture and endeavor to contribute to it. We believe that creativity takes on a thousand shapes and that we are called, whether in homes, studios, or offices, to bring goodness to the world through our work. 

  • We believe Scripture is the inerrant and infallible Word of God. We believe it is the ultimate authority and rule for life for all who believe. On this foundation, we affirm these Essentials:

    1. We believe in one God, the sovereign Creator and Sustainer of all things, infinitely perfect and eternally existing in three Persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. To Him be all honor, glory and praise forever!

    2. Jesus Christ, the living Word, became flesh through His miraculous conception by the Holy Spirit and His virgin birth. He who is true God became true man united in one Person forever. He died on the cross a sacrifice for our sins according to the Scriptures. On the third day He arose bodily from the dead, ascended into heaven, where, at the right hand of the Majesty on High, He now is our High Priest and Mediator.

    3. The Holy Spirit has come to glorify Christ and to apply the saving work of Christ to our hearts. He convicts us of sin and draws us to the Savior. Indwelling our hearts, He gives new life to us, empowers and imparts gifts to us for service. He instructs and guides us into all truth, and seals us for the day of redemption.

    4. Being estranged from God and condemned by our sinfulness, our salvation is wholly dependent upon the work of God’s free grace. God credits His righteousness to those who put their faith in Christ alone for their salvation, thereby justifies them in His sight. Only such as are born of the Holy Spirit and receive Jesus Christ become children of God and heirs of eternal life.

    5. The true Church is composed of all persons who through saving faith in Jesus Christ and the sanctifying work of the Holy Spirit are united together in the body of Christ. The Church finds her visible, yet imperfect, expression in local congregations where the Word of God is preached in its purity and the sacraments are administered in their integrity; where scriptural discipline is practiced, and where loving fellowship is maintained. For her perfecting, she awaits the return of her Lord.

    6. Jesus Christ will come again to the earth—personally, visibly, and bodily—to judge the living and the dead, and to consummate history and the eternal plan of God. “Even so, come, Lord Jesus” (Revelation 22:20).

    7. The Lord Jesus Christ commands all believers to proclaim the Gospel throughout the world and to make disciples of all nations. Obedience to the Great Commission requires total commitment to “Him who loved us and gave Himself for us.” He calls us to a life of self-denying love and service. “For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them” (Ephesians 2:10).

    These Essentials are set forth in greater detail in the Westminster Confession of Faith.