Values
1. Experience-Based Worship
Worship at Thousand Hills is filled with the dynamic presence of the Holy Spirit, who leads us all forwards to meet Jesus Christ. (John 4:23-24)
2. Reconciliation
We focus on the reconciliation that is possible in Jesus Christ, not only between God and man, but between nations, races, ethnic groups, communities, classes, neighbours, and families. (2 Corinthians 5:16-21)
3. Relationship
We aim to develop meaningful relationships with both God and each other in order to strengthen every area of our lives. (1 John 1:1-4)
4. Multiplication
At Thousand Hills, we are committed to equipping leaders and launching churches to serve every language and every ethnic group represented in the Netherlands. (Acts 1:8).
Multi-site
Thousand Hills is a multi-site church. This vision is inspired by our fourth core value: multiplication. Multiplication means that we have a desire to grow, to invest ourselves in others and to be a part of something greater than ourselves, sharing our gifts and talents, and inspiring others to grow and develop. Multiplication also means that we want to plant new churches to participate in God’s mission of reaching out to a world in need of grace and a relationship with Christ.
Thousand Hills in Hilversum, The Hague and any future sites together one church with one vision, one strategy, and one name. Some of the ministry-related activities and office support will be centralised for the whole church, to make organisation – and multiplication – easier.. However, the ministries that directly serve the people in the local sites are led by local leaders. Each site has its own Site Pastor, staff and volunteers. The Site Pastors work closely together with the Lead Pastor to inspire each other, share encouragement, vision and ideas, and give direction to the church.
Some reasons why we’re embracing the multi-site approach:
1) The model allows us to be ‘missional’ as a local church. Being ‘missional’ means that we look beyond our walls, engaging ourselves in God’s greater mission of reaching out to the world.
2) Church planting is in our DNA! It’s the reason Thousand Hills Hilversum was first created, and we want to embrace our responsibility of planting other communities of faith.
3) A multi-site vision allows us to reach a broader geographical area
4) The multi-site vision doesn’t limit us to large expensive buildings. When a church becomes too large, it’s a perfect reason to start a new site!
5) We increase our visibility using a common name, enabling us to communicate more clearly with the outside world.
6) As a multi-site church, we can serve as a training centre for future local pastors, church planters and staff members, as well as volunteers who are eager to serve in a local church.
7) The multi-site vision helps us to increase the number of international churches in our country more rapidly, allowing us to better serve the needs of the growing international community that has found its home in the Netherlands.
Vision and Mission
The purpose of Thousand Hills is to bring culturally diverse people to Jesus and to create a place where everyone can belong, grow to be like Jesus, and be equipped for ministry in the church and their life mission in the world in order to magnify God’s name.