Hastings Baptist Church
Our name gives you a pretty good clue as to who we are:
Hastings
This is where we live and where our energy and ministry is directed.
We have been in Hastings for over 100 years and we are committed to the good of our city and our community.
Baptist
Being a “Baptist” church means we are:
Christian:
We hold to the historic Christian faith, taught in the Bible and summarised in the ancient Christian creeds.
Evangelical:
We want everyone to hear the good news about Jesus, and to make a personal response to Jesus the saviour and king.
Congregational:
Baptist churches are governed by their “members” – Christian people who are committed to their local church. We serve each other and we serve together.
Church
God designed the church for a reason: Christians weren’t meant to “go it alone”!
Local churches (like Hastings Baptist Church) are communities of ordinary Christian people who gather regularly, help each other grow in Christian faith, and work together to tell other people about Jesus.
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Everyone is welcome on Sunday morning! You don't have to be a Christian to come along.On a typical Sunday there will be small children, teenagers, adults and the elderly - men & women, boys & girls, a broad mix of ages and stages. Some have been coming to church their whole life - for others this might be their first church service.
We do the normal things in a Sunday church service: singing, praying, reading from the Bible, listening to a sermon. We greet new people and catch-up with old friends. We are a community of ordinary people who encourage each other to know and live for Jesus.
Sunday mornings at 10.00am. Our service runs for about 75 minutes and is followed by morning tea. The children start in the main service and then move off to their own programme. Everyone finishes at the same time.
The dress code for Sunday morning is relaxed and informal - standard kiwi clobber is fine.
We won't embarrass you and you won't be asked to do anything strange and unusual. We know that for new people "Sunday church" can be a foreign experience, so we'll do our best to explain what's happening.