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Our Beliefs.

At The Hill Church Kingsland, we are a Spirit-led, Scripture-anchored, covenant community committed to knowing God deeply and walking with one another daily. We believe faith is lived, not merely observed, shared, not isolated, and shaped by the unseen, eternal work of God within His people.

The Triune God – A Celtic Understanding of the Trinity

We believe in one eternal God, revealed as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—not as separate wills, but as a circle of perfect unity, relationship, and love. In the Celtic Christian tradition, the Trinity is understood as:

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  • A divine fellowship, eternally intertwined like a dance without division

  • One shared life in three expressions, like fire, flame, and heat—distinct, yet inseparable

  • A mystery to be encountered, not merely analyzed

  • Relational by nature, inviting the Church into shared love, shared life, and shared mission

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The Father is the Source of life, the Son is the Revealed God who walked among us, and the Spirit is the Breath of God still moving in us today.

Jesus Christ – The Living Gospel

We believe Jesus Christ is the Son of God, born of the Virgin Mary, fully God and fully man, who entered our world not in concept, but in flesh. Through His sinless life, sacrificial death, burial, and bodily resurrection, He made the way for humanity to be restored to God. He reigns as King, Savior, and Head of the Church, establishing an eternal, unshakable Kingdom.

The Holy Spirit – Transformation Over Conformity

We believe the Holy Spirit is active, present, and speaking today, renewing believers inwardly before change is ever fully visible outwardly. We believe:

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  • The Christian life is not self-generated improvement but Spirit-wrought transformation

  • Identity is renewed inwardly long before the world sees it (Romans 12:2)

  • Believers are led by the Spirit, not ruled by the flesh

  • We walk by faith in what God speaks, not only in what the world can prove (seen vs unseen)

Salvation by Grace Through Faith

We believe salvation is a gift of God’s grace, received through faith in Jesus alone—not earned by merit, ritual, or outward performance.

Culture at The Hill

We believe the Church reflects God’s nature when it lives in covenant connection, not casual agreement. We are committed to:

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  • Breaking bread together

  • Doing life together

  • Walking daily as spiritual family

  • Encouraging and discipling one another beyond Sunday

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Church is not weekly attendance—it is daily, shared covenant family.

Seen and Unseen Reality

We believe:

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  • The natural world is real, but not ultimate

  • God renews the unseen man even as the outer fades (2 Corinthians 4:16-18)

  • God transforms identity long before evidence becomes visible

  • Covenant is stronger than contract, identity deeper than image, Spirit truer than flesh

Mission of the Church

We believe the Church is called to:

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  • Proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ

  • Make disciples who walk by the Spirit

  • Extend God’s covenant love to the world

  • Live as ambassadors of His Kingdom on earth

Trinitarianism — Our God-Centered View of Salvation and Life

We believe in Trinitarianism, meaning that salvation and spiritual life originate, flow from, and draw us into the life of the Trinity itself. We believe:

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  • God is relational before anything else

  • Salvation is participation in God’s shared life, not a legal transaction

  • We don’t just believe about God— we are brought into God

  • The Father saves us, the Son redeems us, and the Spirit renews us—one salvation from one God experienced in threefold fullness

  • The Trinity is the center of worship, identity, communion, and mission

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In short, Trinitarianism means we belong to God not just by belief, but by adoption into His shared divine fellowship.

Covenant Relationship with God vs. Contractual Mindset

We believe God desires His people to relate to Him through covenant, not contract.

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Where much of Protestant evangelical culture emphasizes:

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  • Agreement in belief

  • Personal salvation assurances

  • Individual faith journeys

  • A transactional view of repentance → forgiveness → heaven

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We emphasize:

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  • God binding Himself to His people by promise, not performance

  • Relationship that is lifelong and transformative, not conditional

  • Faith that is union-based, not transaction-based

  • Communion with God that is experiential, not merely propositional

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We believe the Church has too often mirrored a contract culture— serve God and expect result, obey and expect outcome, commit if it benefits. But in Scripture we see a covenant God, who says:

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“I will be your God, and you will be My people.” Not, “If you hold up your side, I’ll hold up Mine.”

A covenant doesn’t dissolve when life gets hard. A contract does. God didn’t sign a deal—He made a vow in blood through the Son, sealed by the Spirit, written by the Father.

The Covenant God We Belong To

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We believe the relationship God establishes with His Church is not contractual obligation, but covenant belonging—mirroring the fellowship found in the Trinity itself.

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  • God doesn’t offer terms—He offers Himself

  • We don’t uphold a bargain—we walk in a bond

  • We are not saved into a system—we are saved into a family

  • Following Jesus is not fulfilling a contract, but keeping a covenant with a God who first kept His covenant with us

We are a Christ-centered, Spirit-led, covenant community rooted in Scripture and shaped by ancient Celtic Christian faith.

We believe in the Trinity as the center of salvation and life, the Spirit as the source of transformation, and the Church as a daily covenant family, walking by the unseen reality of God’s renewed work within us.

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