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Hope Fellowship - formerly known as First Evangelical Free Church of Lake Jackson began in
October 1984 when some dedicated people decided to form a new evangelical
church in the Lake Jackson area. The
first meeting of what would become the church took place on August 18,
1985 with nine adults and eight children.
The church was formally recognized by the South Central District of
the Evangelical Free Church on October 26, 1985 and called Lewis Wimberley
to be its first pastor.
The
church moved from meeting in homes, to meeting at the A.P. Beutal
Elementary School, to a rented facility in the Brazosport Village Shopping
Center, and then finally in October 1999 to its present facility at the
corner of Lake Road and This Way. At
the time of the move to the present facility the church also changed its
name to Hope Fellowship.
After
Pastor Wimberley resigned in April 1994, the church called Kent Krakowian
of Titus Task Force as its interim pastor.
Under his ministry the Interim leadership Team led the church to
define its present vision and values, as well as establishing a new
disciple-making structure and bylaws.
In
June 1996 Mark Swirsky came to the church as the new pastor.
After a year in the present facility the church finished out three
new Children’s Sunday School rooms and in 2001 the church added 65
additional parking spaces. A new education wing
was added in 2006. Clovis Barnett, Equipping Pastor, joined the staff in
2003. Johnathan Sublet recently joined the staff as Youth Pastor.
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