Strategic Ministry Plan - SMP (How we accomplish the why)

Reach... (People with the love and grace of God in Jesus Christ)

1. Invest and Invite (PreChristian people to Christ or newhope)


2. Creative and Relevant Outreach Events (By all ministry areas and Small Groups)


3. Excellent Publicity and Mass Marketing

NOTE: All Reach events are designed to "Bridge" unbelieving, unchurched, and pre-Christian people to the Worship Environment/Experience of Sunday mornings!

Core Value: We believe lost people matter to God and therefore matter to us... (Mtt. 28 & Lk. 19:10)

Teach... (Believers the Word of God and how to become Self Feeders and Kingdom Builders)

1. Through Sunday, Adult-Oriented, Worship Celebrations


2. Through Sunday, Children/Student-Oriented Worship Celebrations (i.e. up-town, mid-town, down-town, hopekids pre-school, element, highlife, KidZone, the Well (College & 20 Somethings)


3. Through Small Groups


4. Through Seasonal/Short Term Needs Meeting Events/Studies. Those requesting building use for these short-term ministries are asked to fill out the Building Use and Ministry Application Form - those can be requested at fran@newhopenc.org.

NOTE: The final and desired destination of every newhoper is doing life with others through Small Groups meeting in homes. The only large group events held at the church are those that meet specific needs that accomplish Vision and have a clear start and stop date.

Core Value: We believe the Bible is the inspired Word of God... (Ps. 119:105 & He. 4:12)

Release... (Servants and Local Churches in Faithful Ministry)

1. newhopers to become all that God created them to be in Christine & Simpson EasonMembers to serve Christ through ministries/missions of the local church on Sundays and throughout the week as salt and light in the world.


2. Other local churches to thrive to the glory and honor of God

NOTE: As a church, God has called us to the mission field of central North Carolina. As such, the overwhelming majority of energy, resources, and time will be given to Reach, Teach, and Release people in Chapel Hill, Durham, Raleigh and surrounding areas.

Core Value: We believe abundant life is experienced when we serve God through His Church - the hope of the world... (Mtt. 16:18 & I Cor. 12)

The Dream of newhope

I dream of a church that shines brightly as a beacon of faith, hope, and love in Chapel Hill, Durham, Raleigh and surrounding areas - a church that is made up of real people who actively lead others to a real Savior and meet real needs as it is compelled by a real God to do so. I yearn for a church full of people who have hearts for God and are so contagious with authentic Christian life that non-believing, dechurched, and unchurched people are drawn to experience Jesus for themselves - many for the first time!

I dream of a church where people know they are loved because they know how to share their needs with each other, they know how to pray for each other, they know how to support and encourage each other, and they know how to spur each other on to be all that God intends them to be.

I dream of a church where discipleship is taken seriously - where people deeply desire to grow in their knowledge and experience of Jesus. I long for a church where people grow spiritually because they put their faith into action, using the gifts and talents God has given as they intentionally seek to fulfill His calling upon their lives.

I dream of a church where spiritual gifts are discovered and deployed for God's glory - a church where leaders lead, administrators administrate, teachers teach, and caregivers give care - a church where people with mercy gifts offer mercy, people with hospitality gifts make all feel welcomed - a church where all the other spiritual gifts found in the Bible are effectively utilized as God calls people to use them.

I dream of a church where people expect to encounter God in worship and wait with excited anticipation for the next opportunity to gather together.

I dream of a church where everything happens as a result of diligent prayer and the leadership of the Holy Spirit. Where people humbly go wherever God leads for his glory, and for the benefit of needy and unbelieving people.

I dream of a church where young children are raised in a relevant children's ministry so that the faith they come to know can enable them to grow to maturity in Christ - as their continued experience of Jesus Christ will carry them through the turmoil and challenges of adolescence and young adulthood because they have seen authentic Christianity lived out by the adults that surround them.

I dream of a church that refuses to be ingrown or self-focused. A church that is respected by all because it breathes hope and life into this world as it meets needs and transforms lives. A church that is so caught up in what God is doing that it generously shares its resources with those in need, and with other works of God around the world. I dream of newhope church.

At newhope, everything always comes down to vision. Everything from the budget, to programming, and staffing revolves around our passion to Reach people with love and grace, Teach them the Word, and Release them as devoted followers of Jesus Christ.