Under the leadership of Pastor Dave Haney, the church draws from the Evangelical Free tradition, giving it a theological lineage that informs both its convictions and its congregational life. Its story is tied to an ongoing sense of beginnings and growth, with an identity shaped over time rather than reduced to a single moment or message. The church’s history appears less as institutional branding than as part of a continuing narrative about how a community takes root and matures.

Connection and care are chiefly carried through small groups and ministries, which function as the main settings for belonging. These are not peripheral add-ons to congregational life; they are central to how relationships are built and sustained. In that structure, spiritual formation and community support are closely linked, allowing members to know one another in more personal, consistent ways while sharing responsibility for the well-being of the wider church body.

The character of Hoboken Church is therefore defined by substance over spectacle. Scriptural engagement, intentional life together, and active service are treated as interdependent commitments, each reinforcing the others. The church presents Christian community as something practiced in ordinary, ongoing ways: learning together, caring for one another, and serving beyond itself with purpose.