Annual Report 2022 - Hope City Church

MAKING A DIFFERENCE

2022 WORD FOR THE YEAR - FAITH

Years! Its kind of hard to believe that in September of 2015 Angela, our family and a group of friends responded in faith to what the Father had placed in our hearts for the Cedar Valley and beyond. A few years ago, in prayer I felt like I heard the Lord say to me, vision inspires but reflection teaches. As we reflect on all that God has done over the past 7 years we stand in awe with gratitude and are emboldened all the more for what He will do next.

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2022 was the year of faith for us as a church. We leaned in to the year with anticipation and optimism for all that God would do in and through us. Boy, He did not disappoint! You will see , as you read through the pages of this report, God did indeed go above and beyond all that we could ask or imagine. My one request of you, as you read this report, is that you pause throughout, praise God for what He has done, pray over what He is doing, and grow in excitement as we prepare for what is next. You will see all that we accomplished together for the Kingdom of God. However, we will never truly be able to put into words the real impact of just one life being changed because they met Jesus. Church, God has used you this year to do just that, bring His lost sons and daughters home.

Please hear me, none of this would have been possible without you living out your purpose to know and help others know God, find community, discover their purpose and live a life that makes an eternal difference. You are transforming the Valley and beyond and building a beautiful legacy as you do so. Thank you for investing your time, resources, energy and love to reach Everyone, Everywhere in Jesus’ name! If God has done this much over the past 7 years, we can only

Love, Pastor Quovadis and Angela Marshall

FAITH

NUMBERS

NUMBERS

EVERY NUMBER HAS A NAME, EVERY NAME HAS A STORY, AND EVERY STORY MATTERS TO GOD.

KNOW GOD THROUGH WEEKEND SERVICES

WEEKLY AVERAGE DIGITAL ATTENDANCE

28,797

13,179 YOUTUBE

3,286 FACEBOOK

1.47M HOPE CITY TV

9,619 CHURCH ONLINE

TOTAL VIEWS IN 2022

HOPE CITY APP

6,247 Media Plays

1,541 App Downloads

33,923 App Launches

339,121 App Impressions

MESSAGE SERIES

ADAM HENDERSON CEDAR RAPIDS, IA

“I started watching Hope City TV maybe a little over a year ago. I was just flipping through the channels one Sunday, and I found it on Channel 7. The message just hit. The words were powerful. I wrote in and got my Hope City shirt. The first time I wore it to work, my boss was like, “Oh! You watch it too?!” Yeah! I love PQ.”

GROW TEAMERS

People serving on Grow Teams

371

MISSIONAL COMMUNITIES

People in Mcs or small groups

473

GROWTH TRACK

People who participated in a class

166

TOTAL IN-PERSON ATTENDANCE

5,083 AVERAGE WEEKLY ATTENDANCE

97 CHILD DEDICATIONS

UNIQUE STUDENT

391 STUDENT WEEKLY AVERAGE ATTENDANCE

71

19 FIRST-TIME STUDENTS

56 YOUTH BAPTIZED

15 MEALS SERVED

1,500

BAPTISMS IN 2022 107

RAISED TO LIFE

Bye Bye, Old Life Hello, New Life!

CHRISTMAS EVE 2022 IN-PERSON ATTENDANCE 1,202

Waterloo Convention Center

EASTER ATTENDANCE

EASTER 2022 ATTENDANCE 382

EASTER EGG HUNT ATTENDANCE

LEGACY

BUILDING A LEGACY

LEGACY LEGACY THAT LASTS

OUR HEART IS LOCAL

These are some of the agencies and organizations we partnered with throughout the Cedar Valley.

Center of Attention

East High School

Salvation Army

Boys and Girls Club

One City

Cedar Valley Angels

Hospitality House

Royal Legacy Christian Academy

Love Inc

House of Hope Alternatives Pregnancy Center

SERVE THE CITY

PEOPLE WHO SERVED

400+

OUTREACHES IN 1 DAY

31 16,000

HOURS OF SERVICE IN 1 DAY

OUR REACH IS GLOBAL

Through your generosity, prayers, and time, we are reaching people across the world with the message, truth, and compassion of Jesus.

GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS

HaTivka Project (Israel), Jake and Vanessa Johnson Missionaries in Botswana, Ignite Europe, Making Jesus Known, Missionaries to Mexico, and Vapor Ministries.

Haiti

Mazatlan

Mexico

Switzerland

Botswana

Kenya

Israel

Ukraine

NATIONAL PARTNERS

Association of Related Churches, Highlands College,Trafficking Hope

We exist to see a thriving church in every community, reaching people with the message of Jesus.

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556

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14,330 231

Through your giving, more than $7 Million was invested into church planting in 2022.

We

ARC

Networks in Australasia, Brazil, Canada, Ireland, Southern Africa

7,700

3,200

1,057

5 One Thousand and Fifty-Seven

Churches launched through ARC since 2000.

4,500

600

Church planters and pastors were equipped through ARC Launch training events.

Democratic Republic of the Congo, Trinidad and Tobago, South Africa, England, Italy, Lesotho, Germany, Canada, and Ireland

RAISING UP LEADERS SUMMER INTERNS

Alonte Boone, Jackson Kyle, Alex Kimmins, Tammy

Vanderwerf, Meia Kearney Ledesma, Carrie Bender, Tami

Sheridan, Katrina Cox, Taylyn Heinzerling

ALIVIA LANGE’S STORY

Before Hope City, I attended church regularly at a Catholic Church. I grew up Catholic, but I never felt God. I didn’t know Him intimately at all. I sat through church services weekly, but I never understood the message. Catholics don’t focus on the Bible, so I had read very little of it growing up.

My sophomore year of high school, my volleyball team and I punched our ticket to state. One of our high school teachers, (also my youth group leader) Taunya Robertson, recommended we go as a team. A few of us went to service, and afterward I said, “Alright, who’s coming with me next weekend?” I was hooked. I had never felt His presence before, but I did by just stepping into the church. The people were all so welcoming and caring. Q knows how to PREACH, and I have been going ever since.

My faith life completely changed after attending Hope City. In the fall, I will be attending Highlands college in hopes to receive a degree in Ministry Leadership. From there, I hope to become a youth pastor and help other kids grow up knowing God. Hope City found me in a difficult spot, but the church helped me grow immensely in ways I could never have imagined. Hope City is my home, and I’m glad to be a part of such an amazing community.

FINANCIALS

FINANCIALS

It is more blessed to give than to receive and it is impossible to out-give God.

OPERATIONAL BUDGET

Ministry Operations

$864,114

Building Home, Savings, Administration, Accounting, Children’s Ministry, Student Ministry, Marketing & Communications, Events, Leadership Development, Growth Track, Missional Communities, Weekend Worship Experience (Print Materials), Worship & Production

Staffing

$664,830

PT/FT Salaries + Benefits for Pastoral and Non-Pastoral Staff

National Average of Staffing expenses is 40%-50%

Facilities

$87,325

Facilities Upkeep and Maintenance, Debt Payoff on Equipment, Mortgage, Utilities

Legacy

39% 30% 4% 27%

$614,247

Local, National & Global Outreach, Strategic Partnership, Benevolence & Care Ministry, Global Missions Team, Missionary Support, Leadership Training & Interns, Church Planting (ARC), Growth and Expansion Projects

Hope City Church operates with an open book policy of financial integrity.

TOTAL REVENUE BREAKDOWN 2022

LEGACY GIVING $ 616,970 GENERAL REVENUE $1,309,226 TOTAL $ 2,230,515 BUILDING HOME $ 304,319

Building Home finances included in Ministry Operations but reserved only for Building Home efforts.

BUILDING

Cedar Fall Campus 2023

We could not be more excited for our new campus launching in Cedar Falls in 2023. Our Cedar Heights location is positioned in the heart of the Cedarloo corridor! This new location will give us a strategic advantage to reach far and wide across the Cedar Valley. Through your generosity with the Building Home Campaign, we were able to pay 100% cash for the purchase of this new facility which is currently being renovated for our church family. The Cedar Heights location will do more than just house our weekend services and other activities, it will serve as the broadcast location for our Waterloo campus set to launch in 2024 and future campuses that are in the works.

BUILDING HOME

Our vision and mission to reach the Valley has not and will not change. The current ministry activities that we are doing that target the Waterloo community will continue and Expand through the launching of the Dream Center! The Cedar Valley is comprised of over 100,000 people and through Hope City TV we are reaching far beyond the confines of the Valley. We have thousands of faithful church members watching from Dubuque, Cedar Rapids, Iowa City Decorah and beyond. Our Cedar Heights location will position us with the much needed technology, internet and space to strategically reach those that call Hope City their church home both near and far.

Hope City is a family focused on loving God, loving people, and leaving a legacy of lives changed.