New Hope Church Snapshot
New Hope Church (https://www.newhopeadel.org) is an Evangelical Free church (www.efca.org) located in the growing community of Adel, Iowa. Our mission is clear: We exist to Help People Find and Follow Jesus. As we strive to live out this mission, we hold strongly to three key values: Love (for God and others), Grow (discipleship), and Go (living our faith out loud whether locally or to other parts of the world).
New Hope Church (NHC) launched on Easter Sunday in 1999 with a core group of local families with a passion to start an evangelical church in Adel. Over the following years the church grew under the leadership of its first pastor, Tom Hein (who continues to serve on the pastoral staff). Approximately 10 years after the launch NHC purchased land and built a church campus, which added a kids wing a few years later.
In the summer of 2018 Ryan Whitson and his family relocated from Denver, CO to serve as the next Lead Pastor of NHC. In the past six years the church has experienced strong growth and spiritual fruit. Recently NHC completed a new $3 million building expansion project. The Lord has been incredibly good and faithful to New Hope Church as we passionately pursue being a life-giving church that infuses gospel clarity, boldness, and a relentless pursuit to grow in outreach and discipleship in our mission to Help People Find and Follow Jesus.
Key Stats
Church Leadership
New Hope is an Elder-led church made up of six active leaders from the congregation. The Elders primary role is to reinforce our theological boundaries and provide vision, support and accountability to the Lead Pastor.
Our staff team is made up of 4 pastors and 6 other staff members ranging from part-time to full-time. Our staff culture emphasizes a “do what it takes” mentality. We work hard, strive for excellence, value humility, give support to one another, have fun and genuinely love serving together.
Adel, Iowa
Adel is a growing bedroom community located 30 minutes west of Des Moines, IA (the capital of Iowa). It is approximately 7,000 people in size and is experiencing significant growth. The New Hope Church congregation is made up of households from all over Dallas County (population 100,000+). Dallas County has been recently recognized as the fastest growing county in Iowa, and one of the fastest growing counties in the United States.
Adel has a top-ranked school system (admschools.org) and Dallas County is often recognized as one of the best places to live in the state. For more information about Adel visit: https://adeliowa.org/
To learn more about New Hope Church please visit our website (https://www.newhopeadel.org) and social media pages on Facebook and Instagram.
