HBC Blog

Gospel Growth in the Suburbs

Pastor Ryan and Pastor Mike recently had the opportunity to speak at the Gospel Coalition MidAtlantic conference.  Below is a brief summary of their session. Church growth will always be a hot topic, particularly in the suburbs.  Whether it’s something we verbalize [“How many people go to your church?” “What

First Service in New Building – June 11th!

Launch – 2.0! Yes, we have an official date.  After lots of really hard work by very faithful servants, we are having our first public worship service on Sunday, June 11th at 9:30am.  Words can barely contain the excitement, nervousness, joy, and anticipation of this event! I wanted to share

Call to Prayer

2017 is shaping up to be a pretty big year for Highlands Bible Church.  Why do I say that?  I’ll give you three reasons. First, we continue to grow, and by grow I don’t mean people just stopping by – I mean families who are making Highlands their church home.

What a Difference a Year Makes!

I just took a few moments to check Facebook and I see a post by a new family at Highlands, with their picture and under it says “Jesus is the greatest gift.”  1 year ago, I didn’t know this family.  They were in Vernon, right under our noses and now

Community

A few weeks ago, both campuses and all services gathered at the Green Pond Campus for our Fall Kick-off Sunday and BBQ.  It was great – over 600 people in attendance and we all felt part of something bigger – God’s gospel work in Northern NJ.  It was our church

Baptism!

Last Sunday, on an absolutely gorgeous sunny August Sunday we gathered at one of our members’ homes for our first ever Highlands Bible baptism service.  Eight people stood in the water and gave public testimony of God’s powerful work in their lives through the gospel of Jesus Christ.  There we

God’s Word and Growth

It’s hard to believe we just finished up our final weekend of Biblical Counseling Training at the Green Pond Campus. We were delighted to be able to provide this training for many reasons, but mostly because the Word of God, and a church’s understanding of it, is critical to the

Launch!

Surreal. That might be a good word for it. It seemed like that whole morning I was being carried along, hovering about 6 inches off the ground, not really understanding the magnitude of what was actually going on. Three months worth of work, an amazing team, and a very gracious God

Church Planting and Joshua

As we start our pre-launch meetings the main emphasis is preparation. We want to be as diligent as possible so that when we publicly launch on Easter we are as ready as we can be.  Think of this time as hibernation in an incubator. When we emerge we’ll be transformed

What is a Pre-Launch?

Starting Sunday, January 3, 2016, the Highlands Campus Team will start meeting in the Cedar Mountain School. We will continue to meet until our “official” public launch on Easter Sunday, March 27th, 2016. We will be singing together, spending time in God’s word together, praying together, and preparing for our