New Hope Fellowship Church

About Us

Distinctives of New Hope Fellowship Church

  1. We strive for a highly visible First Nations body of believers through evangelism,
    discipleship, and empowerment for the next generation.
  2. We are a non-denominational church that upholds authentic Christian standards and that focuses on the transformative power of God’s Word while being led by the power and person of the Holy Spirit.
  3. We believe that God hears and answers honest prayers, and that He continues to provide hope and healing for hearts, bodies, and minds that hurt.

Core Bible Beliefs

1. THE WORD OF GOD

We believe that the Bible is the verbal, absolute Word of God; fully
inspired and without error, as to fact as well as purpose, in the original manuscripts;
written under inspiration of the Holy Spirit; and that it is the supreme authority in all
matters of faith and conduct. We believe that the Word of God has been preserved in its
message, and that most translations we have today communicate the message God
would have us receive and teach.

Proverbs 30:5; Mathhew 24:35; Romans 15:4; 2 Timothy 3:16; 2 Peter 1:21

2. TRINITY

We believe that there is one living and true God eternally existing in three
persons; that these are equal in every divine perfection; and that they execute distinct,
but harmonious, offices in the work of creation, providence and redemption.

Matthew 3:16-17; Matthew 28:19-20; John 10:30; Colossians 1:15-17; I John 5:7-8

3. GOD THE FATHER

We believe in God the Father, and that He is an infinite, personal Spirit
who is perfect in holiness, wisdom, power and love. We believe that He concerns Himself
mercifully in the affairs of men, that He hears and answers prayer, and that He saves
from sin and death all who come to Him through Jesus Christ.

Genesis 1:1-3; Isaiah 64:8; Matthew 23:9; Ephesians 4:6; James 1:17

4. JESUS CHRIST

We believe in Jesus Christ, God’s only begotten Son, conceived by the Holy
Spirit. We believe in His virgin birth, His sinless life, His miracles and His teachings. We
believe in His substitutionary, expiating death for the sins of all people; bodily
resurrection for empowering of the new life of all who believe; ascension into Heaven;
perpetual intercession for His people; and personal, visible return for His church. We
believe that He was truly God and perfectly human.

John 14:16-17; Acts 1:8; Acts 2: 1-3; I Corinthians 2: 12-13; I Corinthians 6:19-20; Ephesians 1:13-14; Ephesians 5:18

5. HOLY SPIRIT

We believe in the Holy Spirit who came from the Father and Son to convict
the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment; and to regenerate, sanctify, comfort,
teach, and empower all who believe in Jesus Christ as Saviour and Lord. We believe the
Holy Spirit indwells every believer in Christ. His fullness is known as we ask for the
continual filling of the Spirit, walk in obedience to, and fellowship closely with the Father.
We believe the Holy Spirit is God.

John 14:16-17; Acts 1:8; Acts 2: 1-3; I Corinthians 2: 12-13; I Corinthians 6:19-20; Ephesians 1:13-14; Ephesians 5:18

6. REGENERATION

We believe that all persons are sinners by nature and by choice, and
are therefore under condemnation. We believe that those who repent of their sins and
trust in Jesus Christ as Saviour are regenerated by the Holy Spirit. We believe that they
become a new creation in Christ Jesus, but that the old nature is not eradicated. We
must endure unto the end.

Ezekial 36:26; John 3:6; Romans 12:2; 2 Corinthians 5:7; 1Peter 1:23

7. THE CHURCH

We believe in the universal church, a living spiritual body, of which
Christ is the Head and all regenerated persons are members. We believe in the local
church consists of a company of born-again believers in Jesus Christ, baptized on a
credible profession of faith, and associated for worship, work, and fellowship. We
believe that God has laid upon the members of the local church the primary task of
giving the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the lost world. We believe that God has commanded
us to teach and disciple believers, and to gather them into local churches—within the
context of their own culture and environment—where they may be built up in the faith,
and made effective for service. We also believe that the scriptural method of raising
funds for the church is by means of the tithe and free-will offerings of His people.

Matthew 16:18; Matthew 18:20; 1 Corinthians 12:3; Ephesians 2:20-22; Hebrews 10:25

8. SATAN

We believe in the personality of Satan. We believe that Satan is a liar and a
destroyer, directly opposed to the work of Jesus Christ. We believe we have power over
Satan through prayer, by the word of our testimony, and by the blood of the Lamb. We
believe that God, in His infinite power, can bind the adversary, enabling us to do the
work we have been called to do.

Genesis 3:1-2; John 10:10; 2 Corinthians 11:3; Ephesians 6:12; James 4:7; Revelation 20:2

9. CHRISTIAN CONDUCT

We believe that Christians should live to the glory of God and the
well-being of their fellow men, and that they should be faithful stewards of their
possessions. Their conduct should be blameless before the world, and that they should
seek to realize, for themselves and others, the full stature of maturity in Christ.

Psalms 1:1-3; Romans 12:10; Philippians 1:27; Philippians 2:15; Colossians 4:5-6

10. THE LAST THINGS

We believe in the visible return of the Lord Jesus Christ with the
angels, the bodily resurrection of the just and the unjust, the everlasting blessedness of
the saved, and the everlasting, conscious punishment of the lost.

Matthew 24:42-44; 2 Corinthians 5:14-15; 2 Timothy 3:1-5; Revelation 1:7; Revelation 22:20

11. SPIRITUAL GIFTS

We believe that God has given spiritual gifts to all believers, and that
the gifts of the Spirit are available and operable during the age of grace. We believe we
are to use the gifts for the purposes of glorifying the Father, and for edifying and
unifying the church through the power of the Holy Spirit.

Romans 12:6; I Corinthians 14:1; 1 Timothy 4:14

The Nicene Creed

circa 325 A.D.

I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible
and invisible.
And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all
worlds; God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God; begotten, not made, being of one
substance with the Father, by whom all things were made.
Who, for us men and for our salvation, came down from heaven, and was incarnate by the Holy
Spirit of the virgin Mary, and was made man; and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate;
he suffered and was buried; and the third day he rose again, according to the Scriptures; and
ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of the Father; and he shall come again,
with glory, to judge the living and the dead; whose kingdom shall have no end.
And I believe in the Holy Ghost, the Lord and Giver of Life; who proceeds from the Father and
the Son; who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified; who spoke by
the prophets.
And I believe one holy catholic and apostolic Church.1
I acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins; and I look for the resurrection of the dead,
and the life of the world to come. Amen.

  1. The word “catholic” refers not to the Roman Catholic Church, but to the universal church of
    the Lord Jesus Christ. ↩︎