About Us

Our Story

Transforming lives,
Transforming the world.

Harvest Mission Community Church began in 1996 with a group of eight people and a dream: to be a 1st-century church in the 21st century. As we looked into the book of Acts, God gave us the vision to be a community of faith that raises up bold disciples of Christ who will transform the world.

We planted our roots on the University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor with a focus of reaching college students, because we believe that college is a pivotal time for people to discover their God-given purpose. Over the years, our ministry has expanded to encompass people from different walks of life—from infants and youth, to single adults and married couples, to international students and families.

Although the composition of our church may continue to change, our mission will always remain the same. We desire to see people’s lives transformed, redirected to God's purposes, and set out to transform the world for the glory of God.

What we are called to do

Our mission

To transform lost people into Christ's disciples who will then transform the world.

Belong.

Belong in a biblical community of grace and truth. Our Life Groups exist to live out the gospel message together and help one another grow closer to Christ (see Matthew 9:9-13). Find out more about Life Group.

Believe.

Believe in the gospel and commit to the church. When we place our faith in Jesus, we become part of the spiritual family of the church that gathers to worship, pray, and pursue our calling together (see Acts 2:41-47). Find out more about Baptism, Membership, and our church gatherings.

Become.

Become a disciple who seeks Jesus, serves, and is sent to make disciples. Each of us is called to grow to maturity as a disciple of Jesus who lives in abiding relationship with him and joins in his ministry and mission to the world (see Acts 13:1-3). Find out more about Discipleship, Ministry, and Missions.

How we aspire to live

Our vision

Becoming a transcultural spiritual family reaching our neighbors, the nations, and the next generation.

Our Leadership

Meet Our Elders

Rev. Pete Dahlem

Lead Pastor

Joshua Yang

Associate Pastor

Dave Yon

Elder

Seong Park

Elder

More About Our Elders and Deacons

Our Beliefs

What We Believe

We believe in one God eternally existing in three divine persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. God is the Creator of all things, is perfect in love and holiness, and is worthy of all worship and devotion. He sovereignly rules over all things and brings about his eternal purposes to redeem his lost people and restore his fallen creation.

We believe that Jesus Christ, being fully God and fully human, was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. He was tempted as we are, but lived a holy life without sin. He died on the cross as an atoning sacrifice to pay for our sin and rebellion, making peace between lost humanity and our holy God through his shed blood. He rose again in victory over death, and ascended to the Father where he intercedes for us and waits to return and make all things new. Through faith in Jesus Christ alone, we are restored to relationship with God and given the gift of eternal life.

We believe in the person and power of the Holy Spirit, who inspired the holy scriptures, glorifies Jesus Christ, and convicts the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment. It is the work of the Spirit to indwell and regenerate believers, granting adoption and spiritual life. The Holy Spirit continues his work by granting spiritual gifts and sanctifying, instructing, guiding, and empowering believers.

We believe that God has revealed himself to the world through the Bible, both Old and New Testaments, which is the only written word of God. The Bible is divinely inspired, authoritative, and without error in all that it affirms, and is the supreme source of truth for faith and living. God also reveals himself through his creation and through the ministry of the Holy Spirit, in alignment with the scriptures.

We believe that God created human beings, male and female, in his own image. Humanity is called to multiply and fill the earth as God's image bearers and representatives, to steward the created world, and to live in loving fellowship with God.

We believe that our forebears, Adam and Eve, fell into Satan's temptation by disobeying God's command, and were thus separated from fellowship with God and rendered spiritually dead by their sin. As a result, all of humanity is in need of salvation from our sins that can only come by the grace and mercy of God through his Son Jesus Christ.

We believe that the Church is the bride of Christ who he shed his blood to save, and is made up of all people who through saving faith in Jesus have been regenerated by the Holy Spirit and are united together as Christ's body. Jesus is the head of his universal Church, which is manifested in local churches. The Church together lives out Christ's commands and pursues his mission in the world.

We believe in the visible, personal, glorious, imminent return of Jesus Christ, His bodily resurrection of the dead, the judgment of the just and the unjust, and the fulfillment of Christ's Kingdom in the new heavens and the new earth. Then shall the eager expectation of creation be fulfilled and the whole earth shall proclaim the glory of God who makes all things new.

THEOLOGICAL DISTINCTIVES

HMCC of Ann Arbor's Theological Distinctives are views that we firmly hold to as a church and that our elders are convinced of their truthfulness and biblical support, but we also do not expect that everyone will agree on all of these distinctives.

Harvest Mission International (HMI)

As Christ has called us to ’make disciples of all nations’ (Matthew 28:19), we value the importance of the local church making an impact in its surrounding community for the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Similar to the early church seen in the Book of Acts, we believe in doing missions through planting churches.

It is our desire to establish and raise up visible local bodies of Christ’s followers who are witnesses to their own communities. Specifically, we seek to target cities with viable college campuses as students are the future leaders of our world. As a church reaches a campus, we believe that it will begin to impact the community, the city, and ultimately, the nations.

Currently HMI is involved in short-term projects both locally and internationally.

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Our Global Mission

Multiplying churches in campuses and cities to transform the next generation among the nations.

Feedback Form for Pastors and Elders

This form is for people connected to Harvest Mission Community Church of Ann Arbor to be able to submit questions, concerns, issues, or suggestions to the pastors and elders.

Please note: the name and email questions are optional, but if forms are submitted anonymously, it may be more difficult to follow up on some types of concerns.