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The leadership of HICC places a high priority on the preached word. The fivefold imperative found in 2 Timothy 4:1-2 that states that the God's servant should "Preach the Word," "Be ready," "Reprove," Rebuke," and "Exhort." This is the underlying expositional objective of the senior pastor. The cutting-edge sermons have four main ingredients; they are doctrinal, expository, ethical and evangelistic. The whole thrust of HICC's ministry is for a person to be Christ-centred and to live a victorious lifestyle that reflects the nature of their Saviour. The exhortation is to "pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience and gentleness" (1 Timothy 6:11). How to live in the marketplace of life in the environment of sin is the main problem of modern Christians and at HICC you'll be given principles for overcoming on a daily basis.

The traditional type church, that has three sermons each week; Sunday morning, Sunday evening and midweek Bible Study, is fading fast in the Western hemisphere. The cutting-edge of prophetic teaching is also diminishing, as people clamour for personal prophetic words. These have, to a large extent, overtaken personal Bible study and individual revelation from the scriptures through the Holy Spirit. We try to redress this imbalance at HICC.

Those who regularly fail to read their Bible consistently, which is God's word to change lives, increases as time restraint pushes out private devotions. This, together with a diminished presentation of the preached word, results in weak spiritual lives, where Christians can sustain sermons that are no longer than a thirty minute TV soap opera. 		 
 

 
just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live in him,
Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to preaching and to teaching. 14Do not neglect your gift, which was given you through a prophetic message when the body of elders laid their hands on you.  


The Book of Ecclesiastes says, "The words of the wise are like goads, and the words of scholars are like well-driven nails, given by one Shepherd." (12:11). Sermons should be like nails driven securely home like clothes hooks so that the congregation can leave the church and hang their spiritual life on something positive and lasting. This is done by using modern technology for visual presentation of the main sermon structure. A person will remember approximately half what they see but only one tenth of what they hear.