At HOPE LA we understand the pain of unfulfilled "hope." We believe that in Jesus Christ, true hope is not “wishful waiting” but a living and active reality. It’s a shared experience rooted in the certainty that love rises in each one of us— in and through the Living God—as we receive the gift of being gathered and formed in a community in Jesus’ name. We’d love for you to join us.
Our Mission
Our mission is to embody the hope found in Christ Jesus to our neighbors and our city through prayer, worship, friendship, and service to our community. Although we are, technically, a church, we think of ourselves more as “an outpost for the Lord in the city of Angels.”
“You are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.”
We Believe and Confess...
In One God - Father, Son, and Holy Spirit; eternal and unchanging love, wisdom and guidance.
God the Father created all things, including human beings, in all our diversity; all humanity bears the image and likeness of our Creator.
God the Son, Jesus the Christ, redeemed all things in his death and resurrection. He will return again to fulfill this work forever.
The Holy Spirit remains here with us and resides in us by faith, guiding and leading us to lives that reflect God's love.
The great commandment for the people of God is given in Matthew 22:37-38:
“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself."
Every human being has equal value in the eyes of God, for each one Christ is given.
The Church is the living family of God, a people gathered around his Word and gifts.
We enter the Church through Baptism by water and God's Word, thus we are consecrated to be Kingdom of Priests.
Every baptized member of the Church is being equipped by the Holy Spirit to live as a follower of Jesus and to work together with others toward living by his commandment of love and fulfilling his mission for all people.
The great commission Jesus gives to the Church can be found in Matthew 28:18-20:
“All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
HOPE LA is a member congregation of The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod.