About Us
Greg Alexander
Director of Missions
Greg Alexander is the Director of Missions for the Heartland Baptist Network. He has served previously in Illinois, Virginia, Toronto Canada and Bristol England working among university students mentoring and training them to be church leaders, planters, small group leaders and disciplers. His passion is to see churches thrive and plant other churches; especially churches that reach the next generation of leaders.
Our Mission
The mission of the Heartland Baptist Network (HBN) is to Strengthen churches to advance the Gospel together
We Value the following:
Seeing Gospel transform in peoples’ lives
Relationships through community
Focused and intentional prayer
Leadership creation and mentoring
Doing Missions together locally and globally
Our Beliefs
Baptists are a people of deep beliefs and cherished doctrines. Throughout our history we have adopted statements of faith and belief for things we hold dear to our faith. Click below to learn more.
Constitution
Heartland Baptist Network operates on a constitution and bylaws adopted by the organization to address our organization, members & churches.
Polity
Heartland Baptist Network’s authority is derived from the churches it serves. It is not legislative, but may discipline through withdrawal of fellowship. Its leaders are to be agents of reconciliation within and between cooperating churches where such efforts are needed and welcomed. The HBN Constitution and Bylaws can be found here.
The Network, in session, shall be composed of messengers who, as members of cooperating Baptist churches, are elected and certified by said churches that have voluntarily accepted the nature, purpose, and doctrinal affirmation of the Network.
Messengers are duly elected by the churches. A Church with 50 resident members or less can have 5 messengers. Churches may add 1 messenger for each additional 50 resident members or major fraction (26 or more). A Church is limited to 10 messengers. Any Network Officer is included in the Churches’ messengers. The HBN messengers assign tasks to be carried out by the Network Leadership Team (NLT) in the interim between annual meetings.
The Network Leadership Team (NLT)
The Network Leadership Team (NLT) is comprised of 13 members including the Director of Missions, Moderator, Assistant Moderator, Clerk, Assistant Clerk, Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer, Resource Team Leader, Advance Team Leader and 4 At-Large Members. The NLT meets monthly on the third Monday of each month at 7 PM. It does not meet in August. In August the church Network picnic takes the place of the Leadership Committee meeting. The HBN moderator chairs the meeting. Any cooperating church may send observers to the Network Leadership Team meetings. An observer may speak to any issue, but only Team members may vote.
Leadership Team Meetings are the third Monday night of each month at 7 PM.
Leadership Team Meetings will be at:
Riverton First Baptist Church
975 E Riverton Rd.
Riverton IL 62561
The Advance Team
The Advance Team (AT) is comprised of nine (9) individuals including both pastors and lay persons. This Teams is to assist churches in the areas of developing leaders, pastors, deacons, mission trips, disaster relief, church planting, Sunday School/small groups, evangelism, VBS, prayer-walking, Worship, conflict resolution and pastoral/staff searches. The RT administers all the resources and equipment like projectors, party, copier, folder, laminator, etc. available for use by member churches.
Advance Team meetings consult the calendar.
Advance Team Meetings will be at:
Western Oaks Baptist Church
5345 Old Jacksonville Rd
Springfield IL. 62711
The Resource Team (RT)
The Resource Team (RT) is comprised of nine (9) individuals including both pastors and lay persons. The RT nominates leaders in HBN, prepares a proposed budget, submits detailed quarterly financial reports, conducts the annual evaluation of the Director of Missions and recommend compensation packages for Network personnel. It also reviews the Constitution and By-laws of the Network annually. Check the HBN calendar for the meeting dates.
Resource Team meetings consult the calendar.