Our Core Beliefs | Our Focus | Future Plans | Our History
Our Leadership | Our Product | Our Purpose

 January 1991
New Hope Fellowship was founded by Larry and Maria Johnson.  The church, with a regular attendance of three families, met in the Johnson's home at 1101 N. Clinton Street in Bloomington, IL.

Lisa Carter and Brenda Robinson were the first members to join.

September 1991
Carnell Jones with his wife DeLaine and family joined the ministry eight months after its inception. Carnell, who was already an ordained Deacon,  continued in this role as New Hope's first Deacon.

January 1993
Pastor Johnson, who was bi-vocational, was transferred by his job back to his home state of California.

March 1993
Carnell Jones became the Pastor  and preached his first sermon on March 30, 1993.  After one transitional service at the Home of Owens and Lisa Carter, the church service was relocated to the Jones' residence at 1317 Chadwick Drive in Normal, IL.

January 1995
Deacon Carnell Jones was ordained as Pastor on January 29th. The membership consisted of nine households.

July 1995
The ministry relocated to renovated office space at
 816 Eldorado Road Suite 6A in Bloomington, IL.

April 1997
The ministry relocated to renovated office space at
902 IAA Drive Suite 2 in Bloomington, IL. Membership at this location grew to twenty-two households.

May 2002
The ministry purchases 4.8 acres of land at 1704
 Six Points Road in Bloomington.

December 2002
Vincent Allen, Gerald McGee, Otis Whyte III,  and Robert Wilburn were ordained as Deacons of the church.

September 2003
The ministry, in an effort to save more money to build,  relocated to 402 N. Hershey Road in Bloomington utilizing the Farm Bureau building for Sunday services.

December 2005
The Land on Six Points Road was paid off in full.

October 2006
Infrastructure work begins at the Six Points Road location.

By Faith 2007
Line upon line, precept upon precept, and step by step we move forward towards the Promised Land.

New Hope, I refer you to Zechariah 4:6 and you know it well, "...not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord of Hosts..."  Zechariah 4:10 in the Living Bible goes on to say, "...Do not despise this small beginning, for the eyes of the Lord rejoice to see the work begin...".

By faith we will possess and occupy the land on Six Points  Road!  We invite you to come join us and be a part of writing the next chapter of this history.