Hope Community Church — Church Directory

Quick Facts

Pastor — the shepherd God holds accountable Steve Treichler (Founding Senior Pastor, since 1996)

Founded See website

Denomination Non-Denominational

Service Times Sunday morning (see website)

Men's Ministry No

Kids Ministry Yes

Website hopecc.com

Pastor Credentials See website

10-Point Theological Scorecard

Christology

Is Jesus the only way? (John 14:6)

Trinitarian — 'One God existing in three co-equal persons'; Christ as God's Son crucified and resurrected.

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Scripture

Inerrancy affirmed? Final authority?

Bible affirmed as inspired and authoritative (EFCA Statement of Faith holds Scripture 'inerrant in the original writings').

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Men's Discipleship

Intentional formation for men?

Not documented on scraped pages.

Caution

Soteriology

Faith alone? How is salvation presented?

Regeneration through repentance and faith; classic evangelical soteriology.

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Gender / Biblical Design

Biblical manhood and womanhood by God's design — patriarchal, complementarian, egalitarian, or affirming gender ideology?

EFCA allows both complementarian and egalitarian — local policy not specified on public page.

EFCA permits local determination; Hope's specific stance not publicly stated

Caution

Leadership Structure

Male elders/pastors? Accountability?

Not re-surfaced on homepage fetch; Treichler founding pastor finding retained.

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Preaching Style

Expository or topical/therapeutic?

EFCA expository/biblical tradition; 'Romans Untangled' podcast series evidences book-by-book teaching.

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Mission Clarity

Great Commission central?

Vision: 'Honor God by helping as many people as possible become fully-devoted followers of Jesus Christ' — clear Great Commission.

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Cultural Alignment

DEI/CRT language? Social justice crowding out gospel?

No DEI/CRT language observed.

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Accountability Structure

Denominational home, elder plurality, or external network — is the pastor answerable to anyone?

Homepage (2026-04-23) fetch did not surface EFCA affiliation text or leadership names; Beliefs and Leadership pages exist but not scraped. Prior EFCA finding retained.

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Assessment

National directory entry — web-verified pastor, website, and Facebook. Visit website for full theological details.

#non-denominational#minneapolis#minnesota

MOOP Engagement Tracker

How this church was personally verified by the MOOP directory team:

✓ Researched church website

Sources & Evidence

These are the URLs consulted to arrive at this church's scoring. Score-note claims are synthesized from homepage content, denominational directories, and public statements of faith at the time of review. Church websites change frequently; we're progressively adding Internet Archive snapshots to prevent link rot.

[1] Live source hopecc.com/beliefs
[2] Live source hopecc.com/leadership/steve-treichler/
[3] Live source twincities.thegospelcoalition.org/twin-cities-churches/ch…

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