About us
We believe that God wants us to follow Him and be salt and light to our community. We are a part of the Restoration Movement and are trying to do our best to be Jesus in our world. God has called us to Worship Him and to live in Holiness before Him.
How it started...
In 1923 the 4th and Lincoln Church of Christ, now the North Central Church of Christ, planted a new Church near the Indiana University campus known as the Indiana Avenue Church. During the 1960s Indiana Avenue started the Highland Village Church of Christ on the west side of Bloomington. In 2009 IU purchased the Indiana Avenue property and the church moved to the south side of Bloomington and became the Southern Hills Church of Christ.
We invite you to be a part of our story.
We believe that God wants us to follow Him and to be salt and light to our community. We are a part of the Restoration Movement and are trying to do our best to be Jesus to the world. God has called us to Worship Him and to live in Holiness before Him that we might grow and mature in our faith and in His Spirit. We believe we are called to live in community with one another, through the church, to serve and work together. We are also called to make a difference, to witness for Jesus Christ and influence the world around us.
What we Believe
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What We Believe
The Bible
We try to base all we do on the truth of scripture. Our preaching and ministry is rooted in what we believe the Bible to teach. As a part of the Restoration Movement we seek to restore New Testament practice. The idea that we are to be Christians only but not the only Christians comes from that ideal. People from all backgrounds are welcome as we seek to follow Jesus and live a life of grace and peace.
Jesus is Lord
God has revealed himself to us through his son, Jesus Christ, who is the visible image of the invisible God. The scriptures are the very words of God and are to be used for our learning, comfort and direction as they reveal God to us.
The Church
The Church is meant to be the visible body of Christ, sent into the world to glorify God and proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ.
God
There is one eternally existing God who has three distinct persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. He is the creator of all that exists, both visible and invisible, and is therefore worthy of all glory and praise. God is perfect in love, power, holiness, goodness, knowledge, wisdom, justice, and mercy. He is unchangeable and therefore is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow.
Salvation
Salvation is found in Christ alone. Jesus Christ came to reconcile us with God. He lived a life without sin and willingly died on the cross to pay the price for our transgressions. God raised him from the dead and now, by grace, eternal life to all who follow Christ by faith, as their Lord and Savior. At baptism our sins are forgiven, and the Lord adds us to the saved.
His return
Jesus Christ is returning one day to judge both the living and the dead and to take us home for an eternity with Him in heaven.
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