Our mission is being accomplished when we are:

	Growing in God's Word
	Proclaiming the love of Christ to all people
	Sharing the certainty of salvation

Our vision is to be an active church family that has a passion for sharing Jesus' love with more and more people in Spearfish, the surrounding towns, and throughout the world. All the while, we will pursue excellence in everything we do to God's glory.

Hope is a Christian church with roots in the Lutheran tradition. We hold the three ecumenical creeds and the Lutheran Confessions to be faithful expressions of God's truth revealed to us in the Bible. Hope is affiliated with the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod.

Our pastor is Mark Schutz. He has been married to Jill since 2004. They just had their first baby on July 21, 2008. Her name is Lydia Jane. In July of 2007, Mark became the Pastor of Hope. Mark is a graduate of Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary in Mequon, Wisconsin. As a part of his training, Mark served a mission congregation in Summerville, South Carolina, for one year. He has also had ministry experiences in St. Lucia, the Caribbean, St. Albert, Alberta, Canada, New York, New York, Holiday, Florida, and the inner cities of Milwaukee and Chicago.