Hawick Baptist Church is all about making and maturing followers of Jesus, through the gospel of Jesus, to the glory of Jesus. This vision is what we do, how we do it, and importantly why we do it.

WHAT WE DO: MAKING AND MATURING FOLLOWERS OF JESUS

We want to see new people come to trust in Jesus as their saviour and Lord, and then we want to see all those who trust in Him grow as his followers. Everything we do as a church is about seeing those two things happen.

HOW WE DO IT: THROUGH THE GOSPEL OF JESUS

How do people come to follow Jesus? And how do they keep growing and becoming more mature? The answer to both is the same: it’s through the gospel. We see people become new followers of Jesus when they believe the gospel (Romans 10:9-10) and we continue as followers of Jesus through the gospel (Colossians 2:6-7). So the thing in the middle of all we do as a church is hearing about and responding to the truth about Jesus, his sinless life, his death in the place of sinners, and his resurrection to new life (1 Corinthians 15:3-5).

WHY WE DO IT: TO THE GLORY OF JESUS

As the news about Jesus is taught and as people come to follow him and grow as His followers, we believe this brings glory to Jesus. We believe that as the one who died and rose to save us, he deserves all the glory. So we are striving to do the things that glorify him most: making and maturing followers of Jesus, through the gospel of Jesus.