New Hope Christian Fellowship is a

Pentecostal Pentecostalism or classical Pentecostalism is a Protestant Charismatic Christian movement

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. It is affiliated with the

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Overview

The church was started by Pastor

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in 1996. It has planted more than 120 churches. In 2023 it has approximately 20,000 attendees each week across all 50 US states.

History

Pastor

(born on October 20, 1952, in

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) and his wife Anna moved from

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, 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

to start New Hope. For seventeen years the church met in the auditorium of

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. By 2005, the church had about 70 full and part-time staff and 1,500 volunteers. On Friday, November 23, 2012, Farrington's auditorium roof collapsed during a heavy rainstorm. The incident caused New Hope to relocate its services. In 2013, the church moved to the New Hope Ministry Center.

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

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alone was responsible for $3.2 million over the course of six years. 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.

Affiliations

New Hope Christian College New Hope Christian College is a Private college, private Bible college in Eugene, Oregon. It has a curriculum that centers on the vocational application of Biblical training including pastoral studies, Christian counseling, Christian education, i ...

, 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. New Hope Christian School is an elementary school at New Hope Leeward. 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.Honolulu Civil Beat website
/ref> In 2023 John Tilton is the senior pastor.

External links

New Hope's website

References

{{Authority control Pentecostal churches in Hawaii Foursquare churches Churches in Honolulu Evangelical megachurches in the United States Christian organizations established in 1996 1996 establishments in Hawaii Megachurches in Hawaii