Holy City Church is a Reformed and Confessional Baptist Church
Along with the historic creeds and confessions of the early Church (Nicene, Chalcedonian, & Apostles’ creeds), Holy City Church also unreservedly affirms the 1644/46 1st London Baptist Confession, Southern Seminary’s Abstract of Principles, the Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy, the Danvers Statement, the Nashville Statement, and the Baptist Faith & Message (2000).
Holy City Church is in substantial agreement with numerous Reformation and post-Reformation Protestant confessions, including (but not limited to) the 1689 2nd London Baptist Confession and the Charleston Confession of Faith (1767).
See Holy City Church’s Beliefs page to read our local church’s confession and membership covenant.
Our Story
Holy City Church was a church planting effort aimed at Charleston, SC, and birthed out of Immanuel Baptist Church. Holy City Church Pastors Brian Powell and Drew McFarland were members of Immanuel Baptist and students of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY. The Holy City Church plant began as an idea in December 2014 and became a reality after Immanuel sent the Holy City Church plant team after many months of counsel and prayer from the Immanuel congregation and elders.
Harbor Light Baptist Church was a dying James Island congregation seeking greater health and gospel influence in the Charleston community. Harbor Light had a building and resources, but lacked pastoral leadership and church health. The lay leadership of Harbor Light Baptist recognized their need for a new vision and new direction, which caused them to reach out to the South Carolina Baptist Convention for help in accomplishing those needs.
In the summer of 2016, the South Carolina Baptist Convention asked the Holy City Church planters to “replant” into the Harbor Light Baptist congregation. In October 2016, Immanuel Baptist began sending elder-qualified men and their team to Charleston to plant Holy City Church on James Island.
Harbor Light Baptist and Holy City Church agreed to a rebirth covenant agreement and the corresponding replant merger was approved by both congregations in December 2016.
Holy City Church launched January 1, 2017 on James Island.
Our Sermons
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Holy City Church’s primary expression of worship is our Sunday corporate gathering. Members gather together to fellowship and encourage one another in the gospel, sing unto the Lord, pray, sit under the Word preached, and observe the Lord’s Supper and baptism.