{"id":2815,"date":"2025-01-05T03:15:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-05T03:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friscotimes.org\/?p=2815"},"modified":"2025-01-05T03:15:00","modified_gmt":"2025-01-05T03:15:00","slug":"hope_fellowship_church_celebrates_25_years_of_faith_growth_in_dallas-fort_worth-html","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friscotimes.org\/?p=2815","title":{"rendered":"Hope Fellowship Church celebrates 25 years of faith, growth in Dallas-Fort Worth"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\n\t\t\t\tAfter 25 years of serving the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, Hope Fellowship Church<\/a> leaders are looking forward to many more years of guiding people on their journey of faith.<\/p>\n

The church was originally started<\/a> by John and Melissa McKinzie in 2000, and was originally run out of a day care that could only accommodate around 100 people. Today, the church has four different locations and reaches thousands of people in person and online.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are many great churches, and I wanted to go to a place where there weren’t as many churches,\u201d Lead Pastor John McKinzie said. \u201cI didn’t know that the north Dallas area, specifically Collin County, was growing and had the potential and the plan for growth. We came in that window at the end of 1999, started the church in 2000, and there weren’t many churches in Frisco at that time.\u201d<\/p>\n

The idea behind it was John McKinzie wanting to have a church that he could invite his friends and neighbors to, free of judgement.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe genesis of our church is just really endeavoring to reach people who were potentially disconnected from God,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The majority of those that attend the church are either starting or restarting their faith journey, along with their families. Those who attend have four physical options to choose from, along with online livestreaming options.<\/p>\n

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