TEACHINGS
God gives us vision or insight into His plans for our lives. We often watch that vision turn to dust, at which point we intensely engage God. After awhile the vision is fulfilled (often not quite as we saw it). Along the way, God has drawn us into deeper relationship with him.
About Us
HCKB Timeline - From Hau Tree to Hilltop
September 1971: Ralph and Ruby Moore start the first Hope Chapel in Manhattan Beach, California. The entire congregation numbers 12 people.
August 1978: Ralph Moore 'sees' a vision of a new congregation in Kaneohe, Oahu.
April 1983: First Kaneohe "MiniChurch" starts.
August 1983: Ralph Moore and Aaron Suzuki, along with their families, arrive in Hawaii from Hermosa Beach, CA.
September 1983: First service is held under a hau tree at Kailua Beach Park. Attendance: 71 people.
October 1983: Services move to a former restaurant site at Heeia State Park.
April 1984: Services move to Kapunahala Elementary School cafeteria. Attendance grows to 400.
February 1984: First "daughter" church is planted: Hope Chapel Kailua in Aikahi Park.
1985: Services move to Benjamin Parker Elementary School cafeteria, which provides bigger facilities and more parking spaces. Attendance grows from 800 to 1,500 people.
1987: First "overseas daughter" church planted: Hope Chapel Naha in Okinawa.
April 4, 1999: Easter sunrise service held outdoors at new property.
May 7 - 9, 1999: Grand Opening. First official services at new church campus.
November 1999: Paul Bryant and Salamat plant first daughter church in Pakistan. Churches now number more than 60 congregations in that Islamic country.
September 2002: Pastor Kaala Souza leaves to pastor our most recent church plant, "Mana'olana". They meet in a nightclub called the Pipeline Cafe.
Currently: The Hope Chapel network of churches numbers more than 700 congregations born from that initial gathering of 12 committed people in 1971.