You can join one of four ways:
- By receiving Jesus Christ as your personal Savior and Lord, and obeying His command to be baptized.
- By statement of your previous conversion and baptism (by immersion).
- By requesting baptism if you have already received Christ, but have not yet been baptized.
- By transfer of letter from a Baptist Church where you are a member.
The way that you initiate the joining process is by coming to the front of the worship room during the "Response Song" at the end of the service, and telling the Pastor, or one of the ministers, of your desire to join. All those seeking to join will attend a New Members class and then be asked to sign or affirm the church covenant. The New Members class is about 4 and ½ hours long and includes outstanding video clips, and power point based discussions led by the Pastor and staff members. We cover the beliefs, the ministries and organization and the church covenant of Hays Hills. We think you will thoroughly enjoy each class and get to know others who are joining. We will have a way for you to make up any missed classes. We are primarily offering this class on the first Saturday morning of each month, which takes up the entire morning. It can also be offered for six weeks on a Wednesday evening or Sunday afternoon. Let us know of your preference. We are even willing to give the class one-on-one for those whose schedules prevent them from taking the class at other times.
If you need more information or clarification prior to making this decision please call Pastor David Sweet or Jon Lower, Minister of Dscipleship. They would be glad to answer your questions and explain more. Call 512-295-3132 or 512-312-1433. The Pastor is at extension 23 and Jon is at extension 33.The Church Covenant:
We believe that a church is a covenant fellowship—that is that only members of the church can say they are the church, and what it means to be a church. A church covenant is an agreement among members made before God, about what church is and does. No one can speak for the members. Therefore Hays Hills has a church covenant and every current member has signed or affirmed it. All those joining Hays Hills attend a New Members class and at the conclusion of that class, sign or simply affirm the church covenant. After that the church officially welcomes them as new members. This new process for joining began officially in January of 2011. To read the church covenant, please click here.
