April 22, 2018
SPOTLIGHT: New Hope Christian Church, Thornton, Colorado
“God had a plan” in helping this congregation find a new building in a high-crime hub of metro Denver. By Chris Moon When pastor Jeff Aenk talks about the way his church was able to find its new building, he often uses the word miracle. “It was a total God story,” said Aenk, who leads New Hope Christian Church in Thornton, Colorado. The story started in 2016 when New Hope learned its landlord was planning to double the church’s rent—from $7,550 a month to almost $15,000. The rent would continue to increase for the following five years, up to
