Heartland Community Church

Why We Do What We Do: Our Purpose

At Heartland Community Church, our PURPOSE is to engage people in the process of FINDING and FOLLOWING Jesus while SHARING His love with our community and the world.

FIND
We enjoy sharing our lives with people in our “sphere of influence” and inviting them to journey with us as we take one step closer to Jesus (1 Thess. 2:8). We desire to build intentional relationships that will enable us to share not only the Gospel of God, but also what Jesus is doing in our lives.

FOLLOW
We are intentionally teaching people how to be “Disciples Who Make Disciples” by modeling what living life in the Kingdom of God looks like (Eph. 4:11–13). One of the methods we use is forming smaller groups of people dedicated to pursuing intentional, relational discipleship.

SHARE
We are empowering people to share the love of Jesus by using their gifts and abilities to serve others, and extend the Kingdom of God in our community and throughout the world (Mark 10:45 and James 1:27). We use many different methods to make this happen, including short-term mission trips, local outreaches, food drives and strategic missional partnerships with ministries and organizations that share values similar to ours.

A Church That Sends

In the spirit of Ephesians 4:11–13, we see Heartland Community Church recruiting, training, empowering and SENDING people into the world to share the love of Christ with as many people as possible. We are intentionally investing significant resources into our SEND Program which is designed to train Interns and Residents through real-time ministry experiences. As Jesus says in John 20:21, “Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.” We are all called to be a SENT people—every single one of us! Where may God be sending you?

We have church planting in our DNA, and we are passionate about sending new campus pastors, church planters and global partners out into the world to share the love of Jesus with people. We are excited to be able to continue starting new churches as the Holy Spirit leads.