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Every two months, we gather as a church to exercise the office of membership as we oversee the various facets of ministry we’ve been entrusted with. If you are a covenant member of MHC, please make every effort to prioritize this time as we seek to live out God’s vision for His Church (Eph.3:10). June […]
“…you yourselves, as living stones, are being built into a spiritual house for a holy priesthood to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.” (1 Peter 2:5) At MHC, we believe that Christians are better together! We believe that membership (1 Cor. 12; Rom.12) is much more than a formality or a name on […]
Jonathan Edwards – #38. Resolved, never to speak anything that is ridiculous, sportive, or matter of laughter on the Lord’s day. [Sabbath evening, Dec. 23, 1722] J.C. Ryle – Oh, Sabbath-breaker, consider your ways, and be wise! What harm has Sunday done to the world, that you should hate it so much? What harm has […]
On the evening of December 11th, 3 churches from Bristol, Providence, and Cape Cod, gathered together to celebrate our partnership in the gospel, and to be encouraged toward increased partnership in the coming year. This post is an adaptation from a sermon given by Philip Van Steenburgh, church planting pastor at Grace Harbor Cape Cod. […]
On December 18th, during both morning and evening gatherings, we will be taking up a special collection for the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering. 100% of proceeds go directly to missionaries and their work. This Christmas season, let us remember, believe, and practice the words of our Savior – “It is more blessed to give than to […]
In our series of posts about a culture of discipleship, we’ve considered the necessity of building a culture of discipleship as opposed to a “program culture” that only perpetuates a consumer mentality. We also considered how a culture of discipleship is both informal and formal, and how both aspects are helpful in nurturing the other. […]
So, how do we see a culture of discipleship created? In our first post, we considered the need for church culture before church programs. In our second post, we considered what a culture should look like – a family of faith who is “concerned about one another in order to promote love and good works” […]
In our last post, we sought to lay some foundation to build upon as we seek to answer the question “what is a culture of discipleship?”. At the heart of this question is whether that culture will be built on shifting sand (programs that build a consumer mindset and ultimately undermine gospel culture) or a […]
If you’ve hung around our church for even a short length of time, a phrase you’ve probably heard is “culture of discipleship.” We talk about it, pray about, and seek to do it. But what exactly do we mean by this term? Andy Crouch, in his book Culture Making, defines culture as “what human beings […]
As we take a two-week intermission from our series in Galatians, it’s clear that there have been several stand-out themes that continue to repeat themselves for the church. A theme that continues to emerge in this series is the truth that the gospel [the good news of what Christ has done for us] is just […]