Christian Education
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Purpose: To empower disciples through biblical teaching, specialty courses, and doctrinal classes. Sunday School, Bible Studies, and all church ministry's teaching materials are under the auspices of the Christian Education Ministry.
Culinary
Servant Leader: Sister Doris Robinson
Purpose: To provide a ministry of helps through catering services for church events and functions to sustain the physical body.
Deacons/ Deaconesses
The purpose of the Deacons and Deaconess Ministries is to assist the the Pastor in the spiritual realm of the church, membership care, sick visitations, serve communion, assist in Baptism, and assist the Pastor in ministry.
Education
Servant Leader: Sister Rhonda Houston
Purpose: This ministry provides assistance to all members and the community in areas of education, from school curriculum, tutoring, summer programs, career development, specialty courses and training.
Elders/ Ministers
Servant Leader: Elder Anthony James
Purpose: The purpose of this ministry is to provide training, teaching, spiritual development, and preaching opportunities for ministers. The Elders and Ministers assist the Pastor whenever needed.
Evangelism/ Outreach
Servant Leader: Elder Jotella Ried
Purpose: The evangelism ministry's chief purpose is to win souls for Christ. This ministry provides teaching and training in the area of evangelism, discipleship, and outreach. The goal is that all persons in the ministry can effectively witness and share the gospel message.
Finance
Servant Leader: Deacon Chris Wright
Purpose: This ministry proposes budgets, manages, and distributes the financial resources of the congregation to support and strengthen the mission and ministry of the congregation.
Greeters/ Hospitality
Servant Leader: Sister Brenda Campbell
Purpose: This ministry's mission is to show the love of God through the gift of hospitality. To serve and welcome each person who enters, that they might experience the power of God through the worship experience.
Health and Wellness
Servant Leader: L'Tanya Henderson
Purpose: The purpose of this ministry is to promote preventive measures to help the congregation maintain good health by education them about the importance of regular screening, proper diet and exercise, health education and prayer.
Intercessory Prayer
Servant Leader: Elder Dora Houze/Elder Ovita Miller
Purpose: This ministry upholds the church by praying for the needs of others, and leading the congregation into corporate prayer. The mission of this ministry is to exalt God through prayer, train and instruct believers to pray and intercede, encourage and equip believers, and make prayer a lifestyle.
Marriage Ministry
Servant Leader:Myron and Schkeither Sidberry
Purpose: This ministry provides a safe haven that promotes biblically based healthy marriages by equipping couples with the Word of God, empowering them with resources and tools to strengthen marriages, and offer activities and events.
Media
Servant Leader: Elder Marchelle Cannady
Purpose: This ministry carries the gospel of Jesus Christ through the use of technology and media, and to equip other ministries of the church ti use digital and electronic media as a worship outreach tool. The ministry also provides technical support for audio, digital, and graphic needs.
Men's Ministry
Servant Leader: Minister Greg Stokes
Purpose: The purpose of the Men's Ministry is to develop biblically grounded men of faith, establish relationships, and spiritual empowerment, and cultural enrichment. This ministry provided an atmosphere for men to share their lives, confident that other men will support them.
Missionary Ministry
Servant Leader: Sister Betty Dean Baker
Purpose: The purpose of the missionary ministry is to continuously seek to aid and assist church members or community persons in need, and partner with local outreach agencies providing resources, prayer, and spiritual guidance to all.
Music Ministry/ Cultural Arts
Servant Leader: Brother Chris Witherspoon
Purpose: The music and cultural arts provides music and other forms of expressive worship for all worship services. This ministry fosters and nurtures participation within the worship community through proclaiming the Word in song, dance, pantomime, step, and poetry.
Parking Lot Ministry
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Purpose: To welcome all guest and congregants, and assist congregants in safely parking vehicles, and help guide congregants around the church campus.
Prison Ministry
Servant Leader: Sister Kay Whitley
Purpose: To evangelize to the incarcerated with a message of "HOPE" found in Jesus Christ. Teaching God's Word, sharing testimonies, music, and worship.
Security Ministry
Servant Leader: Sister Rhonda Houston
Purpose: To maintain a peaceful and safe environment which is conducive to teaching, learning, living and sharing in the Word of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. This ministry serves to solicit and encourage the cooperation of the church family to decrease the opportunity for crime and to facilitate maximum member participation in crime prevention by following basic rules and guidelines.
Singles Ministry
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Purpose: This ministry offers opportunity for singles to gather and grow in their personal walk with Jesus Christ. we are committed to providing Christian singles with biblical instruction regarding singleness and encouraging wholeness and completeness in Jesus Christ.
Social Justice Ministry
Servant Leader: Sister Terry Stokes
Purpose: Seeks to help congregants see the challenges of modern society, through the lens of the christian faith. Grounded in the Word of God, this ministry finds ways to combat the challenges of poverty, homelessness, immigration, racism, globalization, and other injustices.
The Friendship Connections (Seniors)
Servant Leader: Sister Del Hart
Purpose: To promote spiritual, physical, intellectual, and emotional growth through a variety of of wholesome activities that will stimulate seasoned adults and ensure no one is lost or forgotten. Some activities include traveling, crafts, workshops, and other fellowships.
Transportation Ministry
Servant Leader: Sister Nancy Green/Trustees
Purpose: To supply safe and reliable transportation to and from worship services and other church related functions as necessary.
Trustees
Servant Leader: Deaconess Dorothy Brown
Purpose: To give oversight to the maintenance and care of the church properties and facilities.
Usher's Ministry
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Purpose: This ministry serves through the spirit of helps to accommodate every worshipper who enters the church with a seat, program, or any particular needs of the guest.
Willing Workers
Servant Leader: Sister Barbara Queen
Purpose: To help, renew, and supply the necessary items to maintain the beauty and workmanship of New Hope. Through love for God, dedication, loyalty, and fellowship, this ministry provides the church with a special touch which adds character and class to our surrounding.
Women's Ministry
Servant Leader: Sister Helen Washington
Purpose: To minister to the needs of women and cultivate spiritual unity. To empower women to seek a higher level of spiritual maturity in Christ through biblical knowledge, study and fellowship. The Women's ministry creates an atmosphere that fosters love, "HOPE", support and encouragement among the women. This ministry supports the Pastor's vision and works with other ministries within the church and outreach ministries.
Young Adult Ministry
Servant Leader: L'Tanya Henderson
Purpose: This ministry seeks to equip young adults to be ambassadors for Christ and to be motivated and empowered to reach those that are lost, wining souls for Christ. The "HOPE" is to build a community, through fellowship to pursue a meaningful relationship with each other and with Jesus Christ.
Youth Ministry
Servant Leader: Sister Gwen McRae
Purpose: To establish a foundation for building christian character, morals, values and behaviors in young people. Using creative and innovative methods to excite, inspire, capture and ignite young people for Jesus, the goal is to help youth identify who Jesus is and birth a desire in them to live for Him. This ministry provides relative programs, activities, and events that will allow youth to build a strong foundation of faith that will enable them to express and share their faith through their own words, actions, and deeds.