Welcome to Highland View Church
Our mission is to facilitate the encounter between you and Jesus. Located on the campus of Highland View Academy in Hagerstown, MD - we invite you to come grow and serve with us!
Meet our Leadership team
Kevin Walkowiak
Senior Pastor
Hi, I’m Pastor Kevin! I’m grateful to serve here and to walk alongside such a wonderful church family. I earned my Master of Divinity degree from Andrews University in Berrien Springs, Michigan, and I’ve had the privilege of pastoring for the past 16 years. I’m blessed with a beautiful wife and an amazing daughter who both share my excitement for the soon return of Jesus. Together, our greatest desire is to help as many people as possible get ready for His glorious appearing and to experience the joy of truly knowing Him.
Josue Orellana
Head Elder
Jim Herd
Treasurer
Elisha Bonilla
Church Secretary
Our Beliefs
We believe that God loves you, and that we are stronger when we work together!
Highland View Church is part of the sisterhood of churches in the worldwide Seventh-day Adventist Church, a mainstream Protestant church with approximately 22 million members worldwide, including more than one million members in North America. The Seventh-day Adventist Church seeks to enhance quality of life for people everywhere and to let people know that Jesus is coming again soon.
Adventists believe a Trinity of three persons—the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit—make up one God. They made salvation possible when Jesus, the Son, came to earth as a baby in Bethlehem and lived a sinless life in accordance with the Father's will. When Jesus was crucified for the sins of the people of the world and arose from the dead on the third day, victory was won for everyone.
When He returned to heaven following the resurrection, Jesus left the Holy Spirit to serve as our Comforter and Counselor. He promised to return to earth a second time to complete His plan of salvation and take His people to heaven. Adventists are among the believers who look forward to that day.
Adventists believe that God is concerned with the quality of human life, and that everything—the way we live, eat, speak, think, treat each other, and care for the world around us—is part of His plan. Our families, our children, our jobs, our talents, our money, and our time are all important to Him.
28 Fundamental Beliefs
Seventh-day Adventists accept the Bible as the only source of our beliefs. We consider our movement to be the result of the protestant conviction Sola Scriptura—the Bible as the only standard of faith and practice for Christians.
Currently, Adventists hold 28 fundamental beliefs that can be organized into six categories—the doctrines of God, man, salvation, the church, the Christian life and last day events. In each teaching, God is the architect, who in wisdom, grace and infinite love, is restoring a relationship with humanity that will last for eternity.
