About | Hope Community Church, Wymondham

The people are not “Super Saints”, just ordinary people who have made the mistakes common to us all but have found out that Jesus loves them, wants to know them personally and transforms their lives.

Over 350 people engage each Sunday in our enthusiastic meetings which have a contemporary feel with modern worship, a focus on teaching God’s word and allowing the Holy Spirit to guide us. Our children and youth programme, ‘Uber’, seeks to give all an experience above and beyond the normal. If you are new to church, it may help to see some answers to some commonly asked questions.

Homebase 500

The call of God on the church is to go and make disciples. We believe God has given us a vision for a church of 500 disciples with a community focused building for 500. We believe God has called us to create an environment for significant growth by:

Being Engaged – where every member of the church according to their passions, temperament and gifting are fully engaged in the life of the church and its mission into the community.
Being Excellent – where we seek to pursue excellence in our delivery of all aspects of church life.
Being External – where our focus is to practically care and provide for the needs present in our community, build authentic relationships and give all the opportunity to experience the Kingdom of God and respond to it.

Statement of Faith

We believe in:

The one true God who lives eternally in three persons—the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.
The love, grace and sovereignty of God in creating, sustaining, ruling, redeeming and judging the world.
The divine inspiration and supreme authority of the Old and New Testament Scriptures, which are the written Word of God—fully trustworthy for faith and conduct.
The dignity of all people, made male and female in God's image to love, be holy and care for creation, yet corrupted by sin, which incurs divine wrath and judgement.
The incarnation of God’s eternal Son, the Lord Jesus Christ—born of the virgin Mary; truly divine and truly human, yet without sin.
The atoning sacrifice of Christ on the cross: dying in our place, paying the price of sin and defeating evil, so reconciling us with God.
The bodily resurrection of Christ, the first fruits of our resurrection; his ascension to the Father, and his reign and mediation as the only Saviour of the world.
The justification of sinners solely by the grace of God through faith in Christ.
The ministry of God the Holy Spirit, who leads us to repentance, unites us with Christ through new birth, empowers our discipleship and enables our witness.
The Church, the body of Christ both local and universal, the priesthood of all believers—given life by the Spirit and endowed with the Spirit's gifts to worship God and proclaim the gospel, promoting justice and love.
The personal and visible return of Jesus Christ to fulfil the purposes of God, who will raise all people to judgement, bring eternal life to the redeemed and eternal condemnation to the lost, and establish a new heaven and new earth.

Evangelical Alliance

We are a member of the Evangelical Alliance, the largest body serving evangelical Christians in the UK: working for a united Church, confident in voice and inspired for mission. We subscribe to the Evangelical Alliance basis of faith.

Relational Mission

Hope Community Church is part of a wider Apostolic family known as Relational Mission, an initiative of Newfrontiers. Relational Mission presently consists of around 50 Churches from the UK, Europe and Canada who look to Mike Betts for Apostolic oversight.

Mission is much more meaningful when shared with dear friends. Relationships prosper wonderfully when there is a shared sense of purpose. We have discovered over the years the fact that we can accomplish more together than we can apart.

We are committed to advancing the Kingdom through restoring the church, making disciples, training leaders, starting churches and reaching the nations.

With Relational Mission we are currently working with 26 church plants in the UK & Internationally.

Safeguarding

Hope Community Church is fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the safety and welfare of all its members and visitors, especially children and vulnerable adults, at all times. We expect the whole community to share this commitment, and training, monitoring and reporting procedures are in place to ensure this commitment is realised.

Hope Community Church is a vibrant and growing Christian community that is made up of local people of all ages and walks of life.

Vision and Values