About Us
Who We Are
Once you’ve taken time to familiarize yourself with some of the opportunities available to you and your family through the ministry of Hillcrest Baptist Church, it may be that you will identify some areas of your life where we could assist in meeting specific needs.
At Hillcrest, we work hard to develop programs and opportunities that will help followers of Christ, regardless of age, to grow in their spiritual lives. However, our first concern is that you experience salvation through the saving power of Jesus Christ. You will make many decisions throughout your life, but there is no decision more important than inviting Jesus into your heart as Lord and Savior. This decision alone will determine your eternal destiny. Soon after becoming a Christian, the selection of a Bible teaching, Christ-centered church home is vital to spiritual growth.
If you have any needs in either of these areas, please allow us the honor of helping you satisfy those needs. Again, thank you for the privilege of allowing us to share Jesus and Hillcrest Baptist Church with you. We love you and invite you to come. We want you to see and discover both Jesus and Hillcrest Baptist Church!
Our Staff
Mike Simmons
Senior Pastor
JORDAN MCKINNEY
Senior Pastor Elect
Collin Perkins
Worship Minister
José Pacheco
Pastor de Ministerios Hispanos
(Pastor of Hispanic Ministries)
KERI MEEK
Director of Family Ministries
JAMES STOKER
Students Minister
Lawrence Cole
(Education & Discipleship)
Glen Jones
Missions Minister
Kori Smith
Associate Minister to Girls
Harry Gibson
Operations Manager
Marybeth Mccollum
Director of Communications
Nicole Karslake
& Office Manager
Cami Jerez
Preschool Ministry Associate
Anna Minor
Education Ministry Assistant
Brandi Dennis
Children’s Ministry Associate
Becca Stoker
Family Ministry Assistant
Our Story
In August of 1980, Woodcrest Church, formerly Cedar Crest, merged with Hillcrest. Their church property was to be used as a Family Life Center for community activities for Hillcrest. It was sold to the Antioch Missionary Baptist Church on December 10, 1987.
In the fall of 1996, the facility at 6808 Boulder Drive was sold to Concord Missionary Baptist Church of Dallas.
The church body of Hillcrest Baptist Church held worship services at an interim location at Wycliffe Bible Translators at 7500 W. Camp Wisdom Road in Dallas. We anticipated being in our new location at Straus Road/Pleasant Run/FM 1382 in Cedar Hill early in the year 2000.
Hillcrest Baptist Church was organized with 10 members on June 2, 1920. The Rev. Van Dyke Todd served as supply pastor until September 1920. Services were held in the Trinity Heights School until 1922, when the first church building at Idaho and Elmore streets was completed. Additional buildings were completed in 1926, 1938, 1946, 1953 and 1963. In 1963, the church owned more than a city block of property, five three-story educational buildings, and a 1,500 seat auditorium. The church reached its peak with 3,776 church members at this location.
In 1970, the church sold its property to the St. John Baptist Church. The church body purchased 24 acres in the 6800 block of Boulder Drive and for two years met for services on the campus of Dallas Baptist University.
In August 1972, the church entered its new church plant on Boulder Drive. The second building of the master plan was completed in February 1978. The church completed its new sanctuary in April 1986 and now had 110,000 square feet of floor space in its buildings, including a three story education wing.
On November 12, 2000, we had our dedication service for the new multi-purpose room, preschool and children’s wing and adult Sunday school wing at the new location, 265 West Pleasant Run Road in Cedar Hill. Almost immediately, we outgrew the Sunday school space. The worship service was held in the Multi-Purpose Room.
We had our Celebration Sunday for dedication of the new sanctuary on January 6, 2002. The auditorium had a seating capacity of 900 with a 200-seat choir loft. We had around 1,200 in attendance that day.
On April 18, 2004, we began a dual Sunday School/Worship schedule to accommodate the growing congregation and have now reached a consistent attendance of approximately 700 persons on campus each Sunday.
Our Beliefs
Inerrancy in Completeness of Scripture
“All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness;” – II Tim. 3:16 (NASB)
“I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues which are written in this book and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his part from the tree of life and from the holy city, which are written in this book.” – Revelation 22:18–19 (NASB)
The Virgin Birth
“Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: when His mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child by the Holy Spirit.” – Matthew 1:18 (NASB)
The Trinity
“The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you all.” – II Corinthians 13:14 (NASB)
The Deity of Jesus
“And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.”
– John 1:14 (NASB)
The Substitutional Death of Jesus
“…and He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness; for by His wounds you were healed.” – I Peter 2:24 (NASB)
The Power of Jesus’ Blood
“In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace.” – Ephesians 1:7 (NASB)
The Bodily Resurrection from the Grave
“For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,…” – I Corinthians 15:3–4 (NASB)
Jesus’ Work in Heaven: Intercession
“Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin. Therefore let us draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.” – Hebrews 4:14–16 (NASB)
The Bodily Return of Christ to the Earth
“They also said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into the sky? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come in just the same way as you have watched Him go into heaven.” – Acts 1:11 (NASB)
Man is Sinful
“…for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,…” – Romans 3:23 (NASB)
Salvation is by Faith Alone
“For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, so that no one may boast.” – Ephesians 2:8–9 (NASB)
Eternal Security of Believers
“And the testimony is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. He who has the Son has the life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have the life.” – 1 John 5:11-12
This Is Written That You May Know
These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life. – I John 5:13 (NASB)
Man Lives Once But is Judged
“And inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once and after this comes judgment,…” – Hebrews 9:27 (NASB)
Man that Rejects Jesus is Eternally Damned
“…dealing out retribution to those who do not know God and to those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.” – II Thessalonians 1:8