MAKING A PERMANENT IMPACT
Welcome to New Hope Baptist Church, a place where Heaven visits Earth. Whether through worship, spiritual development, fellowship, or community engagement, it is our goal to make a permanent impact.
We strive to be a worshipping community committed to educating, equipping, and empowering people for Christian living in the 21st century. Developing and caring for people are top priorities. We achieve this through our many opportunities to gather, grow, give, and go.
It is our prayer that every person who engages with our family feels the warmth and place of being that we’ve all grown to love.
The history of New Hope Baptist Church began August, 1934, when a group of Grand Rapidians formed a prayer band and met in each other’s homes and at a location on Market street. The prayer band was formerly organized into a congregation by the late Rev. William G. Dinkins, Moderator of the Western District Association and the late Rev. C. Crawford, District Missionary. Some of those charter members were Mr. and Mrs. George and Carrie Walker, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse and Audrey Babers, Mr. and Mrs. Frank and Mary Harris, Deacon Jesse Johnson and his wife Effie, Rev. William Robinson, and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur and Clara Cleveland.
Our Former Pastors
• Rev. Joshua Haynes
• Rev. William L. Hunt
• Rev. Benjamin D. Robinson
• Rev. R. C. Morris
• Rev. Allen D. Duncan
• Rev. John V. Williams
• Rev. Donnell Smith
• Rev. Derrick Lewis Noble
• Rev. Marvin Williams
• Rev. Roosevelt Hunter (interim)
• Rev. Dallas Lenear (interim)
Our Founders
• Jesse Babers
• Mrs. Audrey Babers
• Mr. Arthur and Clara Cleveland
• Rev. Henry and Mrs. Stevenson
• Rev. William and Effie Robinson
• Mrs. Bertha Mitchell
• Mother Willie Babers Riley
• George Barnwell
Former Locations
• 321 Grandville - August 1934
• 257 Finney Ave - December 1937-April 1964
• 882 Caufield - April 1964-June 1983
What Others Have Experienced...
New Hope is a place that feeds your spirit and nourishes the soul. I thank God everyday for the development and growth of my relationship with him.
Thanks Pastor Earle for preaching the gospel and teaching us to love everyone.
I LOVE MY NEW HOPE FAMILY!!! This has been my Church Home all of my life!!
One of the best places this side of Heaven to gather for worship of our Lord and Savior!
When I think of home, I think of New Hope Baptist Church Grand Rapids, MI!
AWESOME praise & worship and message.
Excellent ministry events
DIRECTIONS
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