About Us

Our Story

Our Mission

What We Believe

 

High River Alliance Church is affiliated with the Christian & Missionary Alliance in Canada, a group of churches committed to knowing Jesus deeply and making him known all around the world.

 
 
 
 
 

 


 

 

HRAC Story

 

Twenty-five years ago High River Alliance Church began with a vision of a church that would go beyond what was ordinary to reach the people of High River and area for Jesus Christ.  This embryonic group was an innovative, risk-taking, boundary-breaking cluster of Christ-followers.  Within the first several years, Sunday Services were held in no less than four different locations. 

 

Today we still possess some of that pioneering DNA.  Our passion is to make fully devoted followers of Jesus.  We long to be a community of faith where people grow in their personal journey with Jesus; where faith in Jesus would be experienced on a 24/7 basis.  We long to be a community that not only loves God passionately, but people compassionately; that our faith would spill over around us – all 360° - through authentic community and compassion.  We also long to be a community of faith that intentionally moves beyond our present realities, our present relationships and present boundaries to invite people outside of the family of God to join us! As it was for the early apostles, as it was for the newly birthed High River Alliance Church, so for us this vision will demand prayer, sacrifice, innovation, risk, and faithfulness.  It will also mean great reward not only on this side of the grave but beyond as well.

 

 

 

Our Mission

 

  • "...making fully devoted followers of Jesus..."

Our Vision - "24/7 - 360° - Beyond"

  • Our vision is to be a community of faith...

    • ...passionately devoted to God

      • ...with a 24/7 journey with Jesus

        • ...live it!

    • ...deeply committed to one another

      • ...with a 360° expression of community & compassion

        • ...show it!

    • ...relentlessly focused on the lost

      • ...moving beyond ourselves to reach others for Jesus

        • ...share it!

As a result, we are committed to building a culturally relevant church that speaks a language spiritually seeking people can understand, while at the same time not compromising the life-changing message that only Jesus brings.

We Value...

  • Servant leadership through spirit-filled people.
  • Effective service, according to one's gifts.
  • Passionate spirituality as the normal, daily experience of each believer.
  • Providing administrative structures that enable effective ministry.
  • Inspiring worship and teaching experiences as being instrumental in people's spiritual journey.
  • Authentic community experienced in smaller groups of people.
  • Relevant evangelism that engages spiritual seekers.
  • Loving relationships shown in all aspects of life.

 

What We Believe

 

Our Statement of Faith

  • There is one God,1 who is infinitely perfect,2 existing eternally in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.3
  • Jesus Christ is true God and true man.4 He was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary.5 He died upon the cross, the Just for the unjust, as a substitutionary sacrifice, and all who believe in Him are justified on the ground of His shed blood. He arose from the dead according to the Scriptures.6 He is now at the right hand of the Majesty on high as our great High Priest.7 He will come again to establish His kingdom of righteousness and peace.8
  • The Holy Spirit is a divine Person, sent to indwell,9 guide, teach and empower the believer, and to convince the world of sin, of righteousness and of judgment.10
  • The Old and New Testaments, inerrant as originally given, were verbally inspired by God and are a complete revelation of His will for the salvation of people. They constitute the divine and only rule of Christian faith and practice.11
  • Humankind, originally created in the image and likeness of God,12 fell through disobedience, incurring thereby both physical and spiritual death. All people are born with a sinful nature, are separated from the life of God, and can be saved only through the atoning work of the Lord Jesus Christ.13 The destiny of the impenitent and unbelieving is existence forever in conscious torment, but that of the believer is everlasting joy and bliss.14
  • Salvation has been provided only through Jesus Christ. Those who repent and believe in Him are united with Christ through the Holy Spirit and are thereby regenerated (born again), justified, sanctified and granted the gift of eternal life as adopted children of God.15
  • It is the will of God that in union with Christ each believer should be sanctified thoroughly,16 thereby being separated from sin and the world and fully dedicated to God, receiving power for holy living and sacrificial and effective service toward the completion of Christ's commission.17
  • This is accomplished through being filled with the Holy Spirit, which is both a distinct event and progressive experience in the life of the believer.18
  • Provision is made in the redemptive work of the Lord Jesus Christ for the healing of the mortal body. Prayer for the sick and anointing with oil as taught in the Scriptures are privileges for the Church in this present age.19
  • The universal Church, of which Christ is the Head, consists of all those who believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, are redeemed through His blood, regenerated by the Holy Spirit, and commissioned by Christ to go into all the world as a witness, preaching the Gospel to all nations.20
  • The local church, the visible expression of the universal Church, is a body of believers in Christ who are joined together to worship God, to observe the ordinances of Baptism and the Lord's Supper, to pray, to be edified through the Word of God, to fellowship, and to testify in word and deed to the good news of salvation both locally and globally. The local church enters into relationships with other like-minded churches for accountability, encouragement and mission.21
  • There shall be a bodily resurrection of the just and of the unjust; for the former, a resurrection unto life;22 for the latter, a resurrection unto judgment.23
  • The second coming of the Lord Jesus Christ is imminent and will be personal and visible.24 As the believer's blessed hope, this vital truth is an incentive for holy living and sacrificial service toward the completion of Christ's commission.25

Endnotes

  1. Isaiah 44:6; Isaiah 45:5-6
  2. Matthew 5:48; Deuteronomy 32:4
  3. Matthew 3:16-17; Matthew 28:19
  4. Philippians 2:6-11; Hebrews 2:14-18; Colossians 2:9
  5. Matthew 1:18; Luke 1:35
  6. 1 Corinthians 15:3-5; 1 John 2:2; Acts 13:39
  7. Hebrews 4:14-15; 9:24-28
  8. Matthew 25:31-34; Acts 1:11
  9. John 14:16-17
  10. John 16:7-11; 1 Corinthians 2:10-12
  11. 2 Timothy 3:16; 2 Peter 1:20-21
  12. Genesis 1:27
  13. Romans 8:8; 1 John 2:2
  14. Matthew 25:41-46; 2 Thessalonians 1:7-10
  15. Titus 3:5-7; Acts 2:38; John 1:12; 1 Corinthians 6:11
  16. 1 Thessalonians 5:23
  17. Acts 1:8

  18. Romans 12:1-2; Galatians 5:16-25

  19. Matthew 8:16-17; James 5:13-16

  20. Ephesians 3:6-12; Ephesians 1:22-23

  21. Acts 2:41-47; Hebrews 10:25; Matthew 28:19-20; Acts 1:8; Acts 11:19-30

  22. 1 Corinthians 15:20-23

  23. 2 Thessalonians 1:7-10

  24. 1 Thessalonians 4:13-17

  25. 1 Corinthians 1:7; Titus 2:11-14; Matthew 24:14; 28:18-20