Our History

It all started . . .

. . . in the summer of 1980, five families with Covenant backgrounds began meeting in each other’s homes for Sunday evening Bible study; they felt the Lord calling them to begin public worship services as a Covenant church. The group formed a new church plant, with support from the leadership of the Evangelical Covenant Church. Our original vision included a passion to plant churches around the Indianapolis area. Hope was the first of those planted.

Public worship services began on in 1981. Office space was rented at the Indiana Interchurch Center during the time that Hope Covenant worshipped at Brebeuf High School until the construction of the Hope church building in 1988.

Through the 1990s and into the early 2000s, our focus was to reach those outside of the existing church. This was a time of significant growth in our history, as we were able to bring on on additional part-time paid staff in office and ministry roles.