Although originally formed as an evangelical outreach out of Zebulun Barber Shop of Lakewood NJ on September 29th, 2006, HOSIM officially had its first worship service on September 30, 2007. HOSIM sees itself as Christ-centered, where every activity, program and person revolves around Christ and not man.
We see HOSIM as a vehicle to provide solidarity of faith amongst believers to fulfill our Apostolic Commission to go and make disciples of nations as we obey the great command to love. In HOSIM we believe in the autonomy of the local church relating to a greater expression of the body of Christ.
We see leadership within HOSIM as being based on the model of servanthood, parenting, and mentoring.
We see the privilege and responsibility of wise stewardship in all that God has given.
We see prayer in H.O.S.I.M. as being accurate, governmental, and prophetic so that the church becomes a house of prayer for all nations.
In HOSIM we see the formation of a “new wineskin” for receiving the new wine of heaven’s outpouring.
- We believe that local churches must be faithful to the content of unchanging biblical doctrine (Jude 3), but also faithful within the continually changing context of the culture(s) in which they minister (1 Cor. 9:19-23). We believe the truths of the Bible are eternal and therefore fitting for every time, place, and people.
- We believe that our mission is to bring people into discipleship so that they can be trained to go out into their culture as effective ambassadors.
To help clarify our beliefs, we believe it may also be helpful to declare what we do not believe. In stating what we are not, we do not seek to attack those who disagree with us, but rather distinguish ourselves so that anyone considering joining our fellowship is aware of who we are, as well as who we are not.
We are not relativists and do gladly embrace Scripture as our highest authority above such things as culture, experience, philosophy, and other forms of revelation. We believe that the sovereign plan of God is accomplished through us, His people.
We are not fundamentalists who retreat from cultural involvement and transformation, but rather a “sent” people, faithful both to the content of Scripture and context of ministry.
We are not isolationists and seek to partner with like-minded Christians from various churches, denominations and organizations in advancing the king’s dominion.
We are not eschatological theonomists or classic dispensationalists and believe that divisive and dogmatic certainty surrounding particular details of Jesus’ Second Coming are unprofitable speculation because the timing and exact details of His return are unclear to us.
We are not nationalists seeking to simply improve one nation but instead ambassadors of the King of kings commissioned to proclaim and demonstrate the coming of His kingdom to all nations of the earth.
We are not moralists seeking to help people live good lives, but instead evangelists laboring that people would become new creations in Christ.
We are not naturalists and do believe that Satan and demons are real enemies at work in this world and subject to God.
We are not rationalists and do believe that not everything can be known but that God calls us to live by faith as we are led by the Spirit and revelation of apostolic and prophetic foundations.
We are not polemicists who believe that it is our task to combat every false teaching but we are passionate about fulfilling the integrity of the gospel of Christ which is the power of God.
