New Hope Town believes spiritual growth flows out of a commitment to significant Christian relationships. To help develop these significant relationships, we have created “Growth Groups.”

New Hope Town Applicable Core Values are:

Core Value #4 – We Believe that every member is a “minister” who is to be equipped and released according to their God given gifts to meet the needs of the people of our community and New Hope Town Ohana.
Core Value #9 – We believe that emotional health is a vital and necessary pursuit in becoming free and fruitful followers of Christ.

It is our goal to have every member of New Hope Town involved in either a Growth Group or another similar small group experience. While most groups are sermon-based, some are special interest groups focusing on topics such as emotionally healthy spirituality, parenting, marriage recovery and Christian basics for new believers.

What is a Growth Group?
Growth Groups meet throughout the island the one night a week on the three weeks of the month. The 4th and 5th weeks are to be a time for family events, outreach or meeting with other growth groups.  Most groups meet on Sunday or Wednesday nights but each group may have a different meeting time.

A Growth Group is a home fellowship made up of 10-16 people who meet to share, study and support one another. A trained leader and host lead each group. An average meeting lasts for an hour and a half, followed by light refreshments.

What Will We Study?
Most of the studies are based on the previous weekend’s message. These “sermon-based” Growth Groups are built on what we call a “Lecture-Lab” model. Imagine the weekend message as a lecture on Christian living, and the Growth Group as a lab where you get to roll up your sleeves and discuss how the weekend’s message works in real life. Each week there will be a series of Bible passages and questions on the back of the sermon note sheet to study before the meeting . It will usually take 20 to 40 minutes per week to complete the homework.