Mission Hope is a Gospel-centered, Bible-saturated, God-glorifying, Jesus-worshiping, Spirit-led, Anglican church planting initiative of the Diocese of Christ Our Hope in West Virginia.
Our Story
In many ways, Mission Hope began a decade ago when Fr Jim Sallie moved back home to Parkersburg, WV to plant a new Anglican parish. Almost 6 years later, Fr Derek Roberts moved back home to Charleston, WV to do the same. Jim and Derek were the forerunners to Mission Hope, which formally began in 2018 as Mission Hope: Beckley, which is now Christ the King Anglican Church.
Our aim is start more Anglican parishes all over the State of West Virginia, just like we did in Beckley. To that end, in January 2022, Bp Steve Breedlove called Fr Ben Sharpe to be the Canon Missioner for West Virginia. (Our diocese has a Canon Missioner… but now we have one devoted to our State.) Fr Ben has been charged (that’s what it means to be a Canon–to fulfill a specific task for the Bishop) to lead the work of mission (discipling new pastors and literally starting new missions, which will, Lord willing, become healthy churches) in West Virginia.
Presently, we have 3 churches in West Virginia, and we hope to have (at least) 3 more missions begun in the next year (with many more to follow). We need laity and clergy alike, devoted to Jesus Christ and his gospel, willing to give up their lives and come to wild and wonderful West Virginia. Do you want to join our mission?