About Us

Our Values

The Centrality of God's Word

Everything we believe, teach, and attempt to live by is based on the Bible as the inspired Word of God.

Relevant Worship

We believe worship style should reflect the culture, without sacrificing character. We try to maintain a balance between traditional hymns and modern choruses, in an atmosphere that avoids being overly sloppy on the one hand, and overly stuffy on the other.

Fervent Prayer

We believe in a living and active God who truly cares about the needs of His people. Prayer is the lifeline to our Heavenly Father, so we emphasize it in everything we do, whether the Sunday morning service, small groups, or personal decision making.

Intentional Disciple Making

The one "Great Commission" to the Church is to "Go. . .and make disciples of all the nations." We do this by maintaining a strong Bible-teaching ministry, small group gatherings, and a missional mindset to reach the lost in our community and around the world.

Ministry To Others

As a local church body, we want to show the love of God to a lost and dying world. We do this in the form of work projects, almsgiving, helping hands ministry, and generally being sensitive to any opportunities the Lord presents to us.

What is Evangelical Free?

The term "Evangelical Free" refers to our denomination, The Evangelical Free Church of America (EFCA). The EFCA was created in 1950 and consists today of about 1,500 churches.

Although politics has tarnished the term Evangelical, we embrace the term as a principle that defines us as believers of the good news of the gospel. In fact, the English word "evangelical" comes from the Greek word evangel, meaning "to announce the good news." At New Hope EFC, we are Evangelicals who define ourselves theologically, yet recognize our diversity politically, socially, and culturally.

The term Free refers to our form of church government. Although we are part of a denomination, we are independent in direction and free from a central controlling denominational body. Instead, we depend upon the active participation of pastors and members in the decisions and direction of our church.

For more information about the EFCA, please visit www.efca.org.