About
Glorify God, love one another, serve others.
The mission of Hope Lutheran Church is to glorify God in every aspect of our ministry, to love one another just as Christ has loved us, and to share God's love as we serve others in our community and beyond.
At Hope, we strive to provide an environment that is simple, yet meaningful. This was one of the guiding thoughts behind choosing the name Hope. It’s a concept that is simple enough for anyone to understand, yet it is still meaningful. The same is true of our worship environment, the ministries we offer, and the atmosphere we strive to create. Our goal is to keep the focus on Jesus, not to wow you with production value or flashy ministries. Our goal as a church is to get out of the way and introduce you to Jesus.
One of the things you’ll notice right away at Hope is that there are people from every age and every stage of life here. We love having children as part of our worship, and we work hard to help people find someone they can connect with. While we do have age-specific ministries like our Hope Kids, Hope Teens, and Young Professionals Bible Study, we also encourage intergenerational connections. We believe the church is at its best when it connects people from different backgrounds and walks of life.
Hope is a place where curiosity is encouraged. We want to be the place where you bring your doubts and your questions about God, faith, and the Bible. One of our most important ministries is our Bible Basics class, which is an in-depth look at the basic teachings of the Christian faith. This class is free and offers you a chance to sit down over the course of several weeks and ask Pastor Andrew any questions you might have.
We are a church that serves selflessly - We strive to put the needs of others above our own. We do this by volunteering our time both inside and outside the church to show the selfless love that Jesus has shown us.
Hope Lutheran is a new church in the Houston Heights area. Our founding members and families came together to build a community to worship and serve alongside our neighbors.
We are a Christian church. We believe that every person was born into this world as a sinner, completely unable to save themselves. But God solved that problem of sin by sending his son Jesus into the world to live the perfect life that we could not, die on the cross to pay for our sins, and rise from the dead to give eternal life in heaven to all who believe.
We are a Lutheran Church. The Lutheran faith can be summed up in three words: grace, faith, and Scripture. We believe we are saved not by any good deeds we do or any pledge we make to God, but only by his grace shown to us in Jesus. We believe that through faith in Jesus, his perfect life is gifted to us, and our sins stand forgiven because of his death. We believe that Scripture is God’s pure, inspired word, which he gave to us so that we would believe in him and have eternal life with him in heaven.
We are a Biblical church. We believe that the Bible is God’s Word, which he gave us out of his goodness and love so that we could believe in the message of Jesus and be saved. Everything we believe and teach at Hope comes from the Bible, because it is the only place we hear the unique message of God’s unrelenting love for humankind.
We belong to the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod. Being a part of a synod (a large group of churches) allows us to be involved with more ministries than we possibly could on our own. Those ministries include an excellent pastor and teacher training system, humanitarian aid efforts both nationally and internationally, and global mission work. You can learn more about our church body here.
Since I was eleven years old, I knew I wanted to be a pastor. Since then, I’ve been through eight years of training between college, seminary, and an intern year in Thornton, Colorado. In July 2019, my wife Emilee and I arrived in Houston, and I could not be more excited to be the pastor here at Hope. There are so many things that excite me about Houston: the food, the thriving Inner Loop area, and being back in Texas (I grew up in Allen). But the thing I most enjoy is sharing the saving message of Jesus with the growing, diverse population of Houston.
If you would like more information about Hope, have a spiritual question, or just want to say hi, you can contact me at pastorandrew@hopeintheheights.com.
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