HOPE CHURCH:

In the years just before the new Canadian province of Alberta was established (1905), with Edmonton as its capital, immigrants from Europe had begun to settle into the prairie areas stretching west of Edmonton, in what is now the area of Stony Plain, Spruce Grove and Parkland County. In 1908, a group of 69 immigrants formed what they called “The Evangelical Reformed Hope Congregation of Glory Hills.” In 1912, they constructed the church building which still stands on the southeast corner of the property, closest to the interchange overpass. The cemetery behind this building is still administered today by a committee of Hope Church members. In 1985, Hope Church constructed the larger and more modern (it has plumbing!) church building they currently use for worship and other church activities.

CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH:

In 1968, Hope Church chose to join itself with the “Christian Reformed Church in North America.” This is a union of over 1,000 congregations (with over 250,000 members), in 9 Canadian provinces (including 49 congregations in Alberta) and 41 states in the USA. Western Canadian Christian Reformed Churches support The King’s University College in Edmonton.

We believe that the God who created the universe we see around us – that we can come to know this God more openly through the book that God has used to reveal what we need to know – the Bible.

We believe the teachings that have been passed down in the Christian Church since the days of the Apostles – teachings about God the Father Almighty, about Jesus Christ the Son of God, and about the Holy Spirit – as summarized in the Apostles’ Creed, teachings accepted by nearly all Christian Churches around the world.

A good summary of what these teachings mean for each believer is this one:

“I do not belong to myself. I belong -- body and soul, in life and in death – to my faithful Saviour Jesus Christ. Jesus has fully paid for all my sins with his precious blood, and has set me free from the tyranny of the devil. Jesus also watches over me in such a way that not a hair can fall from my head without the will of my Father in heaven; in fact, all things must work together for my salvation. Because I belong to Jesus, the Holy Spirit assures me of eternal life, and makes me willing and ready, with my whole heart, to live for Jesus from now on.” (From the beginning of a Reformed statement of faith, the Heidelberg Catechism.)