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Gathering

  • Worship on Sunday
  • Hope Kids on Sunday
  • Teens on Wednesday
Growing

  • Adult LifeGroups
  • Kid Groups
  • ProTeens
Giving

  • Sunday Service Team
  • Church Service
  • Community Service
Going

  • Community Outreach
  • GROW Outreach

About Us

 



Pastor Dan Ruiz

Dan has been preaching since the age of sixteen.  He has had the honor of preaching across the United States, serving as an assistant pastor in Las Vegas, Nevada and traveling for a brief time in itinerant evangelism. Pastor Dan has a heart for genuine faith and for Christ to receive the glory at Hope.  He is committed to expository preaching and teaching sound doctrine and theology.


 Education:

B.A. Pensacola Christian College

M.Min., M.A.B.S., M.Div., Temple Baptist Seminary

N.A.N.C. Counseling Certification In-Progress


 Kassi Ruiz

Kassi grew up in Southern California and loves living in the Pass Community. She has served in Christian camp ministries, as a church secretary and as a sixth grade teacher.  She loves the Lord and has a heart to see others come to know Christ as their Savior.


  Education:

A.S. West Coast Baptist College

B.S. West Coast Baptist College



Our Persuasion  

Many people ask: What kind of church is Hope?  

  • We are an unaffiliated Baptist church.  This simply means that we do not belong to any conventions or denominations.
What does Hope teach and believe?

We strongly believe the following:

  • We strive for a literal, grammatical, historical and accurate interpretation and application of the Bible to our lives.  
  • We reject any extra-biblical standards or religious traditions that are not found in Scripture and/or promote a legalistic lifestyle.  
  • We are saved by God's grace and live the Christian life by His grace.
  • We live to glorify God in all that we do.
Our History  

Hope, a church glorifying, began far before it's launch date of May 28, 2008.  In 2005, I (Pastor Dan) was working on staff at a church in Las Vegas, Nevada.  One of the other associate pastors was called to plant a church in Fresno, California.  During times of outreach or ministry, the other staff member would talk nonstop about his vision for church planting in the central valley of California.  This lit a spark in my heart, and in 2005 I told God that I would surrender to church planting.  Just a few months after God began to speak to me about my call to church plant, Kassi Markley came into my life.  We were married and moved to Tennessee to finish my seminary education.  During that two-year period I prayed daily for the church and worked on preparing for  the church plant through demographic research and field study.  On our first survey trip we came across Faithway Fellowship Baptist Church. This small church had been started by Pastor Harold Biegel about a year earlier. I met Pastor Biegel and let him know that I had not seen Faithway in any of my research and was surprised that it was in town.  That night Pastor Biegel asked me to come and preach, and to my surprise the entire church (all eight people)  showed up to vote on giving a call to me and Kassi to come and lead the work.  Needless to say, our little survey trip had taken an unsuspected turn. After much counsel and prayer, we found ourselves coming to the Pass Community  a year earlier then we had planned.  With no deputation, we took what Faithway had and the small group of eight people and started on this adventure.  
Our Purpose  


 Purpose Statement

Hope Community Baptist Church exists to give the Gospel and grow in the knowledge of God so that He may receive the glory in all things.


 Glorifying

We exist to glorify God in private worship and corporate praise, but above all in the totality of life.


 Going

We exist to go forth with the Gospel into our Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria and into the entire world.


 Gathering

We exist to build a community of believers who have chosen this church and these principles as their agent to minister to others.


 Growing

We exist to grow believers in maturity in Christ through preaching, Bible study, discipleship and ministry.


 Giving

We exist to give to others in our church and outside our church through the ministry of the Gospel.

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