Our Heart

Mission and Vision

Our mission at Highway is to help people find and follow Jesus. 

​Our vision is to see the greater Youngstown area forgiven, healed, and whole through the power of the Holy Spirit and the good news about Jesus Christ.

Our Values

Our values are what we want to motivate the services, events, and culture that we have at Highway. 

Every Life Is Redeemable                       We Love Beyond Our Walls
​No God, No Go                                        Generosity Is A Way of Life
We Grow, We Serve                                 The Bible is the Bottom Line
 Hope Dreams Forward

Our History

Highway's history is deeply rooted in the Valley. Pentecost came to Youngstown in 1907 through the Federal Street Mission. Out of that ministry, a group of believers came together and began forming a church. This church had its first official pastor in 1933, Pastor L.A. Hill. They had their first baptisms in service in May of 1933! On September 3, 1936, the church was recognized by the General Council as an official Assemblies of God church. 

The name Highway Tabernacle was selected by Pastor Hill from Isaiah 35:8, "And a highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called the way of holiness..." ​

Our Impact

Over $2,000,000

Invested in local and global critical needs, building projects, missionaries, wells, and Christian leadership training in just the last 10 years. With over 100 countries, territories, and provinces directly effected by Highway's giving.

20+ Churches and Ministries

Planted around the city of Youngstown. This includes Valley Christian School in the heart of the South Side of Youngstown, Heart Reach International, and the VCS Early Learning Center.

10 Years

In the last 10 years, Highway has seen nearly 140 baptisms and decisions to follow Christ, given hundreds of thanksgiving meals to families, met critical needs of families through Care Portal, seen healing through ministries like Grief Share, Sonshine Shut-In Ministry, Youth and Kids programs, Highway Unlimited and much more. 

Countless

Lives changed through the Gospel of Jesus and the power of the Holy Spirit. PRAISE be to God! 

What We Believe

The Bible

We believe the Bible is God's Word. It is accurate, authoritative and applicable to our everyday lives.

Sin

We are all created in the image of God. And the biblical word for sin means to "miss the mark." We all have "missed the mark" and failed to love God and others. And now sin has separated each of us from God.

Growing in Christ

​God wants to heal and transform us so that we can live healthy and powerful lives in order to help others more effectively. In order to live the holy, fruitful, and power-filled lives God intends for us, we need to be baptized in water, set our mind on Him and His purpose, and be filled with the power of the Holy Spirit.

The Future

We believe the Lord Jesus Christ is coming back again as He promised and will rule and reign on this earth. History will conclude as the wicked are judged and the righteous enter a new heaven and a new earth.

God

We believe in one eternal God who is the Creator of all things. He exists in three Persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. He is totally loving and completely holy. The Lord Jesus Christ is both God and man and is the only one who can reconcile us to God. ​

Salvation

The penalty for sin is death which God could have rightly enforced. But instead, He sent His Son Jesus to die in our place so that those who have faith in Jesus might have eternal life. In order to receive forgiveness we must repent of our sins, believe in Jesus Christ and submit to His will for our lives. ​

The Church

We believe God has individually equipped us and corporately gathered us as His living body so that we can successfully achieve His purpose for our lives, which is to worship God, strengthen the Church, and share the Gospel with the community in which we live. ​

If you have any questions about what we believe, we would love to connect and talk with you! Call (330) 792-3000 or click the link below to learn more.

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For a more detailed statement of our beliefs with Bible citations, click the link below. We are an Assemblies of God church and agree with their statement of the 16 Fundamental Truths. 

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