About Hope Church of the Nazarene

Thank you for taking the time to find out more about Hope Church of the Nazarene and our community. Hope Church of the Nazarene was established in Ankeny, IA in 1973. We hope that after you look through our website and attend a worship service, you will consider becoming a more active part of our growing community of faith.

Lead by Senior Pastor Joy Maberry, Hope Church of the Nazarene offers many ministries for people of all ages and walks of life who are looking to strengthen their relationship with Christ. We offer ministries in Bible & Prayer Connection, Get Connected, Hope Kidz, Missions, and Worship.

Mission Statement

To Love God, Love Each Other & Love Serving

We Are a Christian People

As members of the Church Universal, we join with all true believers in proclaiming the Lordship of Jesus Christ and in embracing the historic Trinitarian creedal statements of Christian faith. We value our Wesleyan–Holiness heritage and believe it to be a way of understanding the faith that is true to Scripture, reason, tradition, and experience.

We Are a Holiness People

God, who is holy, calls us to a life of holiness. We believe that the Holy Spirit seeks to do in us a second work of grace, called by various terms including "entire sanctification" and "baptism with the Holy Spirit" — cleansing us from all sin; renewing us in the image of God: empowering us to love God with our whole heart, soul, mind, and strength, and our neighbors as ourselves; and producing in us the character of Christ. Holiness in the life of believers is most clearly understood as Christlikeness.

We Are a Missional People

We are a sent people, responding to the call of Christ and empowered by the Holy Spirit to go into all the world, witnessing to the Lordship of Christ and participating with God in the building of the Church and the extension of His kingdom (2 Corinthians 6:1). Our mission begins in worship, ministers to the world in evangelism and compassion, encourages believers toward Christian maturity through discipleship, and prepares women and men for Christian service through Christian higher education.