Women are created by God to be just as valuable, gifted, talented, and capable as men. We repudiate and rebuke the patriarchal system embraced by many church groups in order to help those in control to be able to continue to grip the reins, and state unequivocally that the idea that men must be in control in the church and in the home has been used for far too long to stomp women down and deny them a seat at the table. Women are valued and participate fully in Hope Collective Church leadership and ministry opportunities.

While walking this Earth, Jesus was Middle Eastern. He was NOT white, and He certainly wasn’t the blue-eyed blond depicted in so many paintings. We repudiate and rebuke the hatred, racial bigotry, and institutionalized attitude of racism that has pervaded church groups, and proclaim with joy that in Christ, ALL hold value, and as scripture says, there is neither Jew nor Greek. Bluntly, the level of melanin in someone’s skin, or any other ethnically driven differences in physical characteristics only serves to speak to God’s wondrous creativity. People of color are valued and participate fully in Hope Collective Church.

God’s wondrous creation includes people of vast variety. ALL people have equal value, and matter equally to God. So many LGBTQIA+ people have been wrongly targeted and marginalized by those who claim to love people in Jesus’ name. We repudiate and rebuke the hatred, fear, bigotry and campaign of misinformation that has been the primary guiding principles and/or building blocks of so many church groups, and proclaim with love that Jesus loves you JUST AS YOU ARE!. LGBTQIA+ people are valued and participate fully in Hope Collective Church.

Hope Collective Church meets in a public space that we neither own, nor make policy for. That space, conforming to building codes, has gendered restroom facilities. Thankfully, that space also shares our commitment to tearing down walls. Hope Collective Church strongly supports a person’s right to use the restroom that best fits their gender identity and comfort level. So, though we use restrooms with gender markings, please use the restroom that best fits who you are as a person.

Conversion Therapy is a horrible practice that has disrupted and destroyed countless lives in the name of the false god of heteronormativity. Gay, lesbian, transgender people and others do not need to be “converted to straight”, as they already are exactly who God made them to be! Countless lives have needlessly been lost to this church sponsored bigotry, and we repudiate and rebuke the pervasive, gatekeeping “holier than thou” attitude that lives at the heart of this evil practice.

Some people have piercings. Some people have tattoos. Some people wear jeans and t-shirts. Some people dress up. Some women have children, and some don’t. Some people have gender affirming surgeries, and some don’t. At Hope Collective Church, your body is your body, and you don’t have to explain anything you don’t wish to talk about. We believe God is much more interested in where your heart is.