New Hope Christian Fellowship
New Hope Christian Fellowship is a Pentecostal church based in Honolulu, Hawaii. It is affiliated with the Foursquare Church.
| New Hope Christian Fellowship | |
|---|---|
| Location | 290 Sand Island Access Rd., Honolulu, HI 96819 |
| Country | US |
| Denomination | Pentecostal |
| Associations | Foursquare Church |
| Website | www.enewhope.org |
| History | |
| Founded | 1995 |
| Founder(s) | Wayne Cordeiro |
| Clergy | |
| Senior pastor(s) | Wayne Cordeiro |
Overview
The church was started by Pastor Wayne Cordeiro in 1996. It has planted more than 120 churches. In 2023 it has approximately 20,000 attendees each week across all 50 US states.[1]
History
Pastor Wayne Cordeiro (born on October 20, 1952, in Fort Belvoir, Virginia) and his wife Anna moved from Oregon to Hilo, Hawaii in 1983 and started a church in the Waiakea Villas area. It moved to the Hilo Women's Club and then to the Hilo Boy's and Girl's Club. In 1990, the "Gathering Place" facility was built, and the church grew to 2000.
In September 1995, Cordeiro and Anna moved to Honolulu to start New Hope. For seventeen years the church met in the auditorium of Farrington High School.[2][3]
By 2005, the church had about 70 full and part-time staff and 1,500 volunteers.[2]
On Friday, November 23, 2012, Farrington's auditorium roof collapsed during a heavy rainstorm.[4] The incident caused New Hope to relocate its services. In 2013, the church moved to the New Hope Ministry Center.[3]
Partnership with Farrington High School
In August 2013, three New Hope churches and two others were sued by a group alleging that the churches underpaid for the use of school facilities. The suit claimed that the five churches collectively underpaid by $5.6 million, of which New Hope Oahu alone was responsible for $3.2 million over the course of six years.[5][6] The case was dismissed.
Views
In 2013 New Hope Christian Fellowship was one of several Hawaiian churches to oppose a state law legalizing same-sex marriage.[7]
Affiliations
New Hope Christian College, formerly Eugene Bible College, is affiliated with the church and is located in Eugene, Oregon.
Kūlia Christian Academy is a pre-school ministry of New Hope Oahu.[8]
New Hope Christian School is an elementary school at New Hope Leeward.[9]
New Hope International is the leadership training and church planting arm of the church.
New Hope in the 2020s
New Hope has more than 30 sites throughout Hawaii. The largest is New Hope Oahu.[10]
In 2023 John Tilton is the senior pastor.
External links
References
- New Hope official website, Retrieved 2023-05-04
- Adamski, Mary (2005-09-03). "Faithful expansion". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Retrieved 2013-09-02.
- Gutierrez, Ben (25 November 2012). "Church celebration moves out of auditorium it helped to fix". Hawaii News Now. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
- Gutierrez, Ben (24 November 2012). "No injuries as roof collapses at Farrington High". Hawaii News Now. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
- Sakahara, Tim (2013-08-16). "Lawsuit claims churches are stealing from public schools". Hawaii News Now. Retrieved 2013-09-02.
- McDonald, Sherri Buri (2013-08-31). "Eugene pastor embroiled in lawsuit". The Register Guard. Retrieved 2013-09-03.
- "Hawaii churches gather to oppose a gay marriage special session". Hawaii News Now. 27 August 2013. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
- Kulia Christian Academy
- New Hope Christian School website
- Honolulu Civil Beat website