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The structure of our church is very different from the way most churches are organized. Here's what the value of it is. In some churches when you join the church, you become a member but you're still not part of the "in" crowd, a clique of power people who make all the decisions on where you get to serve. Maybe after you've been there five or six years they will elect you to serve in some position.

Not at OHCC. At OHCC you can join after attending “Discovering Church Membership” and signing the membership commitment. We don't have a bureaucracy, a hierarchy that you have to jump through a bunch of hoops to get involved.

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The church is a fellowship.

Acts 2:42 "They continued steadily learning the teaching of the apostles and joined in the fellowship."

What is fellowship? The best definition is "Two fellows on the same ship." Fellowship is when you get to know other people because you're headed in the same direction. As Christians, we're all headed to heaven. We're headed in the same direction. So the Bible says we're to have fellowship with each other. Because the Bible says the church is a fellowship, a top priority in fellowship is harmony and unity. When we talk about unity, we have unity because we're all saved by Jesus Christ, not because we all look alike, act alike, breathe alike, talk alike or even dress alike.

The Bible says "Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace." The next verse says, "Let us concentrate on the things that make for harmony and the growth of our fellowship together."

The church is a family.

Because the church is a family, that should effect how we're organized too. 1 Peter 3:8 "You should be like one big happy family full of sympathy toward each other, loving one another with tender hearts and humble minds." We fulfill that one good. So because we're a family, we operate on the basis of relationships not rules.

The church is a body.

There are many verses in Scripture that says the church is the body of Christ. We're a body, not a business. We are an organism, not an organization. Therefore at OHCC we function on the basis of spiritual gifts, not elected offices. We don't elect anybody in this church. We are a body. "Just as each of us have one body with many members and these members do not all have the same functions, so in Christ we who are many form one body and each member belongs to all the others."

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The church is a flock

This was Jesus' favorite description of the church. He called it "My little flock". Therefore the church is cared for and led by shepherds. Shepherds lead and feed.

John 21. "Jesus asked Simon Peter, `Do you really love me?' `Yes, Lord,' said Peter. `Then take care of My sheep.'" In our church we not only have the pastors on our staff but we have Pastoral Deacons. These men and woman assist us in ministering to the body. Each of them are given a group of people from the congregation to care for and pastor. Pastor Randy has been determined that since 1987 that we would not build the church on a single personality. So from the very beginning it has been his goal to give the ministry away. The church spreads all the ministry around. Pastor Randy also oversees the elders. These men and women manage the physical and spiritual health of OHCC and ministers to Pastor Randy.

Our Affiliation

We're a part of the Assembly of God because of the fundamentals of faith. This denomination is call a “voluntary, cooperative fellowship, in other words, we believe the same so therefore we unite together in strength and fellowship."