Welcome to hopenorthwest.
We are a group of believers that desire to bring glory to God in all aspects of life. Scroll down to learn more about our history and what we believe.
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Our
Story
Who We Are
In 2019, Nick and Jessica felt the call to plant a church. Around that same time, Nick’s dad, Dale, wanted to start a food bank once he retired as a church Administrator. The two visions came together. After much prayer and travel, they all settled on the Vancouver, WA and Portland, OR area with a vision to plant churches throughout the Pacific Northwest. Their hope is to see the Gospel transform lives through men and women who have a desire to make disciples of all nations.
What We Believe
The Bible
We believe the Bible is the 66 books (39 in the Old Testament, 27 in the New Testament) that are inspired by God, and the very words of God. The Word of God is complete and sufficient for the complete well-being a person’s life. It is also infallible, inerrant, and sufficient.
God
We believe in the one true God. He has created all things and upholds all things by His power alone. He is completely sovereign and has predetermined everything ultimately for His glory. He eternally exists in three persons: The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Each person of the trinity is fully God, worthy of the same glory and obedience.
Jesus
We believe Jesus is both fully God and fully man, born of a virgin. He is God in the flesh. Through His death, He was our propitiation. He was bodily resurrected on the third day for our justification. Following His resurrection, He ascended to the right hand of the Father and currently intercedes for His church.
The Holy Spirit
We believe the Holy Spirit is fully God. He applies salvation to the believer by indwelling in every Christian. He also instructs and empowers the believer for Godly living and sanctification.
Humankind
We believe humans beings are created in the image of God but all members of humankind became slaves to sin after Adam and Eve sinned in the Garden. Humankind is depraved and dead in their sins. Not a single person is able to please God on his own ability. Therefore, all humans enter the world into a sinful state, completely dead in their sins and trespasses. Pending a divine intervention, every man is destined to die in their sinful state.
Salvation
We believe that those whom God has called, elected and regenerated to have faith in Christ, God has justified. Justification is a free gift given by God through grace, in which He removes the condemnation that was brought about by our own judgment for our sins, and gives us the righteousness of Christ. No person is justified until the moment God opens their heart to receive repentance and faith unto life.
Spirit-Filled Life
We believe sanctification is a supernatural process that comes from God alone. A believer’s whole life and mind begins to become transformed from a life of sin, towards a holy life that is pleasing to God. This does not mean a believer is completely free from the desire or ability to sin, which will not take place until the death of the believer. However, the believer will continue to experience victory over sin in Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit.
Church Planting
We believe that the best way to advance the Gospel is through church planting. We want to raise up members of the church to plant out of this church and eventually plant churches throughout the Pacific Northwest
The Church
We believe the weekly gatherings of church should devote themselves to proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The more the church evangelizes and proclaims the Gospel in the power of the Holy Spirit, God will add to their number. In this weekly gathering, the church must be gathered together in person in fellowship. This means that church ultimately cannot take place over a livestream, but it must be gathered together in person.
Assurance of Believers
We believe a true believer cannot lose their salvation. They are not able to change their status before God, nor are they able to disrupt the ultimate plans of God. In the process of sanctification, the believer is called to pursue a holy lifestyle as laid out in God’s Word. Although there are many warnings against “falling away,” the warnings are included to ensure the believer does not stray from the Word of God, not as proof that a believer can lose his salvation.
Missions
We believe missions ultimately come from the Great Commission. However, the primary source of making disciples happens through the life of the local church. We believe the Holy Spirit is still calling people for mission work, so the church’s job is to pray and fast and to hear from the Spirit who He is sending. The work is not finished until every people group has access to the Gospel.
Life After Death
We believe that Hell is a real place that is the destination of all who sin and break the holy law of God. It is a place where some type of fiery agony and torment happen every single moment. There is absolutely no relief from the pain and anguish, and no hope of being set free from it. We also believe that Christians will spend an eternity with God in the New Heavens and the New Earth, a place of eternal joy and bliss. There will be no presence of sin as believers get to enjoy God fully forever and ever.
Our Leadership
Lead Pastor
Nick Turner
Nick Turner serves as Lead Pastor. He met his wife, Jessica, at their former church and were married in 2018. They welcomed their first child, Zion, in December 2021 and their second child, Olive, in June 2023. Nick has a passion for leading people to Christ, equipping them with the teachings from the Word of God, and raising them up to be leaders and disciple makers in their own community. He graduated from Biola University in 2013 with a degree in Journalism, and received his M.A. in Bible Exposition from Talbot Seminary in 2019. Nick finished his Doctor of Ministry through Talbot in November of 2023. He previously served as Youth Pastor at Hope Chapel, Hermosa Beach for nine wonderful years.
Administrator
Dale Turner
Dale walked through the doors of Hope Chapel in Hermosa Beach, CA in 1986 and begun his incredible spiritual journey. For over 30+ years, he served in numerous capacities in the church and joined the Hope Chapel Staff in 1996 after a 20-year career in marketing and advertising.
He and his wife, Stephanie, have been married since 1980. They have two married sons, four grandchildren and one more on the way. The whole family loves the Lord and are all serving Him in some capacity.
He enjoys all sports, loves to travel, and wishes he could spend the rest of his life hiking or bike-riding with a latte in one hand and a Bible in the other. He is also wise enough to know that at his age, he'd probably fall and break his neck riding with no hands.