We are a Missional Church for College Students!
Established in September of 2005, Hill Country Bible Church UT purpose is to strategically reach over 65,000 people at the University of Texas with the gospel of Jesus Christ. We place our energy in living out our shared vision:
We are a community of Christ-followers on mission with God committed to connecting every person at the University of Texas with the life-transforming power of Jesus Christ.
The power of Christ becomes evident in our lives through:
Risky Commitment:
“We walk by faith expecting God to do beyond what we can imagine.”
Our greatest adventure is to know the surpassing value and power of Jesus Christ in which we respond with…
*Bold, confident prayer,
*Extravagant worship,
*Eternal Perspective and
*Complete surrender and obedience to Christ.
Isaiah 26:8, Ephesians 1:18-23, Ephesians 3:17-20, Philippians 3:21, Hebrews 11:1-2
Authentic Community:
“We love people and embrace their God given value.”
Our greatest commandment is to love one another just as Christ loves us by living in Authentic Community that …
*Values all people from all cultures and all generations,
*Invests in relationships that are full of grace and mutual accountability,
*Serves others with sacrificial love,
*Demonstrates the unity that Christ has purchased for His Church on the cross.
Romans 12:10; Ephesians 4:32; Hebrew 10:24-25; John 13:34-35
Focused Mission:
“We impact the world by reaching the University of Texas.”
Our greatest commission is to passionately proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ as the treasure and hope for all people by being ...
*Missionaries who value relevant, innovative and revolutionary means of communicating the gospel,
*Servants who are humble and incarnational,
*Shepherds who are willing to leave the 99 to pursue the 1, and
*Soldiers who are enrolled in active service for God's Kingdom.
Luke 15; Acts 1:8; II Timothy 2:3-4; I Peter 2:9; I Peter 3:15
Transformed Lives:
“We follow Christ and desire Christ to be formed in others.”
Our greatest pursuit is to follow Christ, have our hearts transformed into His image, and present others complete in Christ by…
*His all-sufficient grace,
*His indwelling - power,
*His transforming Word,
*His specific answers to prayer, and
*His unified Church body.
Galatians 4:19; Ephesians 4:11-13; Philippians 4:6-7; Colossians 1:28-29; II Timothy 3:16
Our mission is to give every person at The University of Texas the opportunity to connect with the life-transforming power of Jesus Christ because they hear the gospel from the lips of someone at Hill Country UT.
We will connect over 65,000 people by …
1) Planting and supporting missional communities
2) Preparing to participate in what God is doing
Download this for more info about us:
http://www.hcbcut.com/docs/we_are_hcbc-ut.pdf
Listen to the sermons on our Core Values (mp3):
- Purpose Statement
- Risky Commitment
- Authentic Community
- Focused Mission
- Transformed Lives
Being Mission(al)
All Christ-followers are missionaries. We believe that we are to live as exiles, a people sent to a world in need of the Gospel. This is why we exist: to know God and to make Him known.
At Hill Country UT, our mission field in the University of Texas. We are here to engage students with the gospel, equip them to be missionaries on the campus, and empower them to establish missional communities to reach the campus.
Missional communities are an identified and gathered people group that students enter into community with, express their faith through spiritual conversations, and explore truth through scripture specifically with the purpose of sharing the gospel. We have students being missional in their dorms, classes, and student organizations. Kinsolving, Jester, Engineering schools, Sailing club, Pre-med and Longhorn Singers are just a couple of the places where we have already started missional communities. Essentially, where students gather, we want to have a missional community.
Here is a list of our current missional communities.
Email Collin Huber for more info on how to join one or start your own.
Download our Establishing Missional Communities brochure for more information on them.
We also partner with other ministries on campus who share our “missional heartbeat.” We call ourselves Renovate UT.
You don’t have to go halfway across the world to be a missionary, you just have to walk outside your dorm room.