ABOUT HARVEST FOR CHRIST CHURCH
OUR HISTORY
Harvest for Christ Church was birthed on a bright and beautiful Easter Sunday in April 2004. Our first service was held at Hunter Park Recreational center, in Douglasville, Georgia. The church’s stay at Hunter Park, would prove to be some of the humblest times in the life of this church. There were not many people attending the services. The church began with only one member, the Pastor’s wife…whom we affectionately call…. “First”. Some family and friends came the first thirty days of the church’s inception. But that soon took a turn as many of them where members of other church’s and wanted to offer support and encouragement during our being stages. That encouragement was greatly welcomed.
Upon a single prayer to God, Pastor prayed for a more suitable location for our services to be held within ninety days. Of course God responded with these words “My anointing is upon you and not the building!” There were times when Pastor could be seen preaching and teaching to a room full of chairs. But those times proved that God indeed had chosen the right person for this ministry assignment. Not willing to quit, but to persevere, Pastor and First continued to do what God had directed and over the next three months, God would add four additional members to our church. At the close of the third month, Pastor’s prayers were answered, as God indeed provided a more suitable location at 8312 Dallas Hwy.
This facility was a more traditional looking building (steeple and cross atop) to hold our services in. During our tenure here, several more members were added and ministries were formed. The vision was beginning to take shape! We had two wonderful years of progress at this location, as the need to move into a more permanent location arose, “a place to call home”. We were again tested in regards to our faith, as we were told that the church building was going to be sold and we would need to find another place to have service. After several months of looking, God moved on our behalf with a building owner who previously rebuffed our attempts to acquire his building some six months earlier, God prompted the businessman to grant us our present location. We have continued whole heartedly to worship God and serve Him in excellence as we are delighted to have Him work for us, in us and through us to bring about His Kingdom agenda. As they say “the rest is history!”
Harvest for Christ Church is a Bible-based, evangelistic, Spirit-empowered church in Douglasville, Georgia, led by Pastor Carlos R. Miller. Emphasis is placed on preaching and teaching the infallible Word of God. Our services are truth filled, there is no sugar coating or watering down God’s Word
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Our Vision
At Harvest for Christ Church we believe that God’s vision for our church centers around helping people get their lives back on track! So we envision people being saved, so that they can worship Him, be discipled to live like Him and fruitful because of Him!
Our Mission
The mission of Harvest for Christ Church is to help people become devoted followers of Christ.
Our Values
The following presents the Core Values of Harvest for Christ Church. We desire that they define and drive this ministry in the context of a warm and caring environment.
Truth: Proclaim God’s Word as Truth and Apply It to People’s Lives
Worship: Worship God Every Week In Spirit and Truth
Leadership: Develop Christ-Centered Leaders Who Lead by Example
Excellence: Do Your Best in Every Area of Service
Faith: Be Willing to Step Out With a Bold Faith and Take Risks
Harmony: Maintain a Spirit of Harmony
Participation: Expect The Congregation to Participate in Every Ministry
Fellowship: Continually Practice Agape Love for One Another
Stewardship: Give Generously of God’s Resources as a Church and Individuals
Evangelism: Commit Fervently to Evangelism as Your Primary Mission
Our Faith
The Trinity
It is the testimony of both the Old and New Testaments and of the Christian Church that God is both One and Triune. The biblical revelation testifies that there is only one God and that He is eternally existent in three persons—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
God the Father
God the Father is the creator and sustainer of all things, and He created the universe in love. He created man in His own image for fellowship and called man back to Himself through Christ after the rebellion and fall of man.
The Son
Jesus Christ is eternally God. He was together with the Father and the Holy Spirit from the beginning, and through Him all things were made. For man’s redemption, He left heaven and became incarnate by the Holy Spirit through the virgin Mary; henceforth, He is forever one Christ with two natures—God and man—in one person.
The Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit is God, the Lord and giver of life, who was active in the Old Testament and given to the Church in fullness at Pentecost. He empowers the saints for service and witness, cleanses man from the old nature and conforms us to the image of Christ. The baptism in the Holy Spirit, subsequent to conversion, releases the fullness of the Spirit and is evidenced by the fruits and gifts of the Holy Spirit.
The Scripture
We affirm that the Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments, is alone the only infallible, inspired Word of God, and that its authority is ultimate, final, and eternal. It cannot be added to, subtracted from, or superseded in any regard. The Bible is the source of all doctrine, instruction, correction, and reproof. It contains all that is needed for guidance in godliness and practical Christian conduct.
The Atonement
Christ’s vicarious death on the cross paid the penalty for the sins of the whole world, but its benefits are only applicable to those who receive Jesus as their personal Savior. Healing—body, soul, and spirit—and all of God’s provisions for His saints, are provided for in the atonement, but these must be appropriated.
Salvation
The Word of God declares clearly that salvation is a free gift of God, based on the merits of the death of His Son, and is appropriated by faith. Salvation is effected by personal repentance, belief in the Lord Jesus (justification), and personal acceptance of Him into one’s life as Lord and Savior (regeneration). The new life in Christ includes the privileges of adoption and inheritance in the kingdom of God’s beloved Son. Salvation is an act of free will in response to God’s personal love for mankind. It is predestined only in the sense that God, through His omniscience, foreknew those who would choose Him. It is secure in the eternal, unchanging commitment of God who does not lie and is forever the same. Salvation should produce an active lifestyle of loving obedience and service to Jesus Christ our Savior.
The Christian Life
We believe that the Scriptures portray the life of the saint in this world to be one of balance between what is imputed to us as Christians and what is imparted to us according to our faith and maturity. Hence, God’s provision for His children is total, and the promises are
final and forever.
The shortcomings of the individual and of the Church are because of the still progressing sanctification of the saints. The Christian life is filled with trials, tests, and warfare against a spiritual enemy. For those abiding in Christ until their deaths or His return, the promises of eternal blessing in the presence of God are assured.
To remain faithful through all circumstances of life requires dependence upon the Holy Spirit and a willingness to die to personal desires and passions.
The Church
The goal of the Church is to make disciples of all nations and to present the saints complete in Christ. The five-fold ministry of Ephesians 4 governs the Church, the offices of elder and deacon, as well as other offices mentioned in scripture. Church policy is a balance between congregation and eldership authority, emphasizing the final authority of the Church leadership. It is essential to the life of the Church that scriptural patterns of discipline are practiced and that oversight for Church discipline, individual and corporate, is exercised by the leadership of the Church.
Baptism & the Lord’s Supper
The Word of God enjoins on the Church two perpetual ordinances of the Lord Jesus Christ. The first, baptism, is the outward sign of what God has already done in the individual’s life and is a testimony to all that the person now belongs to Jesus.
It is identification with Jesus and is affected in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. The Lord’s Supper is a commemoration of the death of the Lord and is done in remembrance of Him until He comes again; it is a sign of our participation in Him. Both institutions are restricted to those who are believers.
Eschatology
We affirm the bodily, personal, second coming of the Lord Jesus Christ, the resurrection of the saints, the millennium, and the final judgment. The final judgment will determine the eternal status of both the saints and the unbelievers, determined by their relationship to Jesus Christ. We affirm with the Bible the final state of the new heavens and the new earth.