Our Vision
Imagine a community of believers who passionately love God with all their heart, soul, mind and strength and love their neighbors because they have been transformed by the gospel.
Through the work of Mars Hill Fellowship Church, we desire to see people transformed spiritually, emotionally, physically, socially, economically, culturally, and intellectually as we experience the power of gospel together and are enabled to connect to God, our families + community, our vocation and our world in a manner that brings glory to God.
Connecting to God
1. Authentic and Diverse Worship
We envision Mars Hill Fellowship Church as a multicultural and multi-ethnic expression of passionate believers unified around the purpose of worshipping God in Spirit and in truth. We see believers learning how to worship through a diversity of styles and expressions that bring glory to God. We stand in faith that the authenticity of our worship will inspire others to come into a personal relationship with Him.
2. Doctrinally Sound and Culturally Relevant Teaching
We envision Mars Hill Fellowship Church as a church that is culturally relevant yet doctrinally sound. We envision the church communicating the uncompromising truths of the bible in a way that is applicable and relevant to our contemporary community and society. We see believers being strengthened through messages that touch both the heart and the intellect. We envision a church that will teach believers how to understand and defend their faith.
3. The Leading of the Holy Spirit
We see Mars Hill Fellowship Church as a praying, Spirit-filled church; a place where the Holy Spirit has free course and therefore reigns in our lives and in the work of the building of the church. We see the gifts of the Spirit manifest and in full operation within our church family.
Connecting to our Families and Community
4. The Fostering of a Genuine and Caring Church Community
At the core of Mars Hill Fellowship Church is a church that cares about people. Mars Hill Fellowship Church strives to be a place where healthy relationships are built and strengthened among families and between mature generations, young adults, youth and children. We see a body of believers that demonstrates mutual concern and love for one another, helping each other along life’s journey.
5. The Demonstration of Christ's Love Through Service
We see Mars Hill Fellowship Church making a tangible and lasting difference in the communities that God places us. We envision a body of believers who truly are the extension of Christ, demonstrating His love through service to the community around us. We see Mars Hill Fellowship Church as a place where the hurting and frustrated can find love, peace, hope, support and guidance.
Connecting to our Vocation
6. The Equipping of God’s People for their Life’s Vocation
As a church, Mars Hill Fellowship believes that spiritual formation reaches into our professional vocation. We envision Mars Hill Fellowship Church as a spiritual training facility where believers are taught, discipled, trained and equipped to serve others according to the gifting and calling upon their lives. We see the church helping people discover their God given talents as well as providing opportunities to develop those talents in service to the kingdom of God, businesses and institutions, the local church, the city and the world.
Connecting to our World
7. The witnessing of the Gospel in the Marketplace, our Communities and the World
We envision Mars Hill Fellowship Church as an innovative church that is cognizant of the cultural and societal landscape in which we live. We see a church that creatively and effectively employs multimedia, the technical and performing arts as well as the Internet as channels for sharing the gospel in the marketplace, in the city and throughout the world.
Mars Hill Fellowship Church strives to be an evangelistic church both locally and internationally. By the power of the Holy Spirit, we seek to teach, develop, and equip believers to share their faith in a practical and missional context. We envision sending local, foreign, and marketplace missionaries throughout the city, state, and the world. We envision helping plant new churches in the New England region and beyond.
Through the work of the Holy Spirit, we see unbelievers from all educational backgrounds, ethnicities and family histories intersecting with the power of the gospel. We see cultures and institutions prospering as balanced believers understand the times and bring Godly solutions to the challenges of our age.
