ABOUT OUR CHURCH
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PASTOR DAVID RAY KING
1st pastor of "THE HOPE"
1981 - 1992
PASTOR B. R. DANIELS, JR.
2nd pastor of "THE HOPE"
1993 - present
THE FIRST GREATER NEW HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH WAS ORGANIZED IN SEPTEMBER OF 1979, AFTER A CHURCH SPLIT WITH THE GREATER NEW HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH. THERE WERE 36 COMMITTED MEMBERS WHO HAD AN UNFAILING FAITH IN GOD. THESE FAITHFUL FEW WORSHIPPED IN THE HOMES OF ITS' MEMBERS UNTIL THE BUDGET AFFORDED THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORSHIP AT THE YMCA LOCATED ON BERRY STREET. IN 1980, A PERMANENT HOME WAS FOUND. FINANCING WAS SECURED AND THE CHURCH FAMILY MOVED IN WITH HIGH EXPECTATIONS. FINALLY ACCOMPLISHING THIS GOAL, THE CHURCH SET THEIR SIGHTS ON FINDING A GREAT LEADER TO LEAD THEM IN THE DIRECTION IN WHICH GOD WOULD HAVE THEM TO GO.
THE CHURCH WENT INTO PRAYER TO ASK GOD FOR ANOTHER PROGRESSIVE MINDED MAN OF GOD. AFTER MUCH PRAYER, THE CHURCH CALLED THE REVEREND B.R. DANIELS, JR. IN APRIL 1993. UPON PASTOR DANIELS' ARRIVAL, THE MISSION THAT PASTOR KING SET FORTH WAS CONTINUED AND RENEWED. UNDER PASTOR DANIELS' TENURE EVEN GREATER THINGS WERE ACCOMPLISHED. THE ENTIRE CHURCH DEBT WAS LIQUIDATED TO INCLUDE THE MORTGAGE BY HIS FIRST ANNIVERSARY. PASTOR DANIELS LED THE CHURCH INTO ANOTHER REMODELING PROJECT WHICH WAS PAID FOR IN CASH. ANOTHER 2 ACRES WERE PURCHASED FOR THE PURPOSE OF EXPANSION. IN MAY OF 2000, A NEW SANCTUARY WAS COMPLETED FOR THE FIRST GREATER NEW HOPE FAMILY. THE HOPE" HAS CONTINUED TO GROW OVER THESE 15 YEARS THAT PASTOR DANIELS HAS BEEN THERE. THE MEMBERSHIP GREW FROM 300 ROLLED MEMBERS TO APPROXIMATELY 600 AND FROM 199 PARTICIPATING TO OVER 400 UNDER PASTOR DANIELS' LEADERSHIP. MANY MINISTRIES HAVE BEEN STARTED AND MANY COMMUNITY PROJECTS HAVE BENEFITED THE GLEN GARDEN AREA OF FORT WORTH AS A RESULT OF PASTOR DANIELS' VISION AND LOVE FOR THE MINISTRY. GOD CONTINUES TO BLESS THE FIRST
GREATER NEW HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH AND HE IS STILL OPENING THE
WINDOWS OF HEAVEN AND POURING OUT BLESSINGS THAT WE HAVE NOT HAD
ROOM TO RECEIVE. THANK GOD FOR HIS GRACIOUSNESS SHOWN TOWARD US.
THE FIRST PASTOR OF THE FIRST GREATER NEW HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH WAS THE REVEREND DAVID RAY KING, WHO WAS CALLED IN FEBRUARY OF 1981. IMMEDIATELY PASTOR KING SET THE VISION FOR THE CHURCH. THE MEMBERSHIP GREW AT THE TIME OF HIS ARRIVAL FROM A MERE 51 TO 300 ROLLED MEMBERS AND 199 PARTICIPATING IN JUST A FEW SHORT YEARS. PASTOR KING LED MANY SUCCESSFUL EFFORTS. THE CHURCH WAS COMPLETELY REMODELED, ADDITIONAL LAND WAS PURCHASED AND NEW MINISTRIES WERE STARTED TO MINISTER TO THE COMMUNITY. PASTOR KING WAS INDEED AN ANOINTED MAN OF GOD. IT WAS DEVASTATING TO THE ENTIRE CHURCH WHEN IN OCTOBER OF 1992, PASTOR KING WAS CALLED FROM LABOR TO REWARD AT THE VERY YOUNG AGE OF 36.
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