Our Story

Hope Church is the daughter church of Grace Church in Middleburg Heights, Ohio and is part of the larger family of The Christian & Missionary Alliance (C&MA) which has 20,000 churches around the world.

Grace Church celebrated its 50^th Anniversary in 2008, and continues to grow and impact the greater Cleveland area.  In the fall of 2007, Grace Church had a vision to start a church plant in Brunswick, Ohio to reach people in northern Medina County.

In April 2008, Pastor Gordon Meier and Pastor Jim Garber were selected to be the pastoral team to provide leadership for Hope Church.  Pastor Gordon and Pastor Jim both moved to Brunswick and in March 2009 began holding weekly prayer meetings on Thursday nights at the Meier home and weekly classes on Sunday mornings at Grace Church.  A group of approximately 50 families began attending these meetings and sharing the vision for Hope Church.

In June 2009, Hope Church purchased a building at 1905 Pearl Road, Brunswick, Ohio as a ministry center.  The 13,150 square-foot building contains offices, a multi-purpose room for worship and fellowship, nurseries, classrooms, kitchen and cafe.

The official launch of Hope Church was on Sunday, September 20, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. in the Brunswick High School - James Hayas Performing Arts Center (PAC).   

On Palm Sunday, March 28, 2010, Hope Church celebrated the Grand Opening of our new building with services at 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.

We've only just begun.  We keep praying that God will continue to do miraculous things.