Who is Jesus?

Jesus was a man. A humble man. Full of kindness and grace. He captivated crowds with His authoritative teaching and healed the tormented and diseased with a touch of His hand.

With His boundless and irresistible love, He drew near those who had been cast outside of society and religion. But He wasn’t only a man. He was God. A crazy claim. So crazy, that religious people killed Him for claiming it by hanging Him on a cross. But He didn’t stay dead. Three days after He was buried, witnesses found the grave empty. He ate again with His friends. Doubters touched His nail scarred hands. And those witnesses proclaimed to others, who proclaimed to others, who proclaim today that Jesus is alive.

Jesus changes everything. Through His life and teaching, we see the heart and character of God. Through His death on the cross, our relationship with God is restored. Through His resurrection, we have hope beyond every grave. Through His empowering Spirit, we are invited to participate in his ongoing work of redeeming the world. Jesus told people who believed in Him to “follow him” by doing what He did, and loving like He loved. So the Church is simply a gathering of people asking Jesus to make us more and more like Him. This is why Hosanna Church’s vision is to multiply the hope and heartbeat of Jesus through irresistible love, generosity and unity.