Hello Neighbor!

May we introduce ourselves to you?

Hope Evangelical Lutheran Church, located right off Hwy 20 in Belvidere, Illinois is a warm and caring fellowship. We’re a small congregation, so no one gets lost or forgotten. “Offering REAL HOPE for Real Problems” sums up our reason for existence.

We’d really love to have you worship with us at Hope, but since there are so many different churches today, we know you’d like to know a little about us first.

Hope Evangelical Lutheran Church exists so that the Gospel of Jesus Christ might strengthen the faith of its members and to offer “REAL HOPE for Real Problems” by reaching out into the community with the life and love of Jesus. To carry out this purpose we believe and teach:

• that the Bible is the inerrant and infallible Word of God in all its parts and so is the only foundation for Christian faith and life;
• that the Triune God -- Father, Son, and Holy Spirit -- revealed in the Bible is the one and only, true and living God;
• that all have sinned against God’s holy will, continue to fall short of the perfection He demands of us, and therefore deserve to be condemned eternally;
• that to rescue fallen mankind Jesus Christ, true God from eternity, became true man. Through His holy perfect life and innocent death He acted as mankind’s Substitute, living the perfect life we were unable to live, and dying the death that we had deserved. All this He did in order to deliver all people from the guilt and power of sin;
• that Jesus Christ rose from the dead, as He had promised, assuring us that death will not be the last word for those whose trust is in Him;
• that through faith created by the Holy Spirit the benefits of Christ’s work are received personally;
• that on the last day Jesus will return to judge the living and the dead, and will give eternal life in heaven to all who trust in Him.
  

At Hope we emphasize the forgiving love of God and the demonstration of that love in the life and message, the death and resurrection of Jesus. Our worship and ministry are built on the Bible and the application of God’s truth and love to our attitudes, emotions, and life.

Our idea of “church” is a family of Christians growing together under grace in our understanding of life, meeting each other’s needs with God’s love, and celebrating God’s glory on the way to sharing it for eternity. We’d love to have you as part of our family!

If you’re looking for stability, and this sounds like the kind of Rock-solid foundation that you’ve been looking for, then come and grow with us. We don’t apologize for believing that God’s holy Word is the only ABSOLUTE TRUTH for this age of uncertainty.

Sunday Morning Family Worship ~ 9:00am
Sunday School & Adult Bible Class ~ 10:30am

Hope Ev. Lutheran Church
501 Bellwood Drive
Belvidere, Illinois 61008

815.544.6606 (church)

Pastor Carl R. Henkel

815.566.3090 (office)

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 612.598.1369 (cell)

We join in this confession with over 1,200 congregations of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS) and, with them, carry on a world-wide ministry.