Church Relations
Mars Hill College has a history of connection with local congregations and the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina. MHC desires to maintain its ecclesial connections, and assist congregations in their work. In order to more effectively do this, MHC maintains a Church Relations Council comprised of clergy, trustees, denominational leaders, administrators and faculty. The purposes of the Council are:
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To help build bridges between Mars Hill College, a liberal arts college in the Christian tradition, and churches that would be receptive to and compatible with the College’s mission.
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To identify, and be identified to, churches that can help us clarify, elaborate, and publicize our mission.
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To assess to the best of our ability the perception of Mars Hill College within churches, both those receptive to the mission and identity of MHC and those not receptive.
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To develop a mission for doing church relations and to identify and begin primary strategies that would accompany the building of a viable network of churches receptive to Mars Hill College; that is, to ask the question: “How do we do the building of bridges and networks between and among the College and churches?”
