This is where we served and worshipped 2003-2021.
(Full New Hope timeline here)
2010
Evangelical Covenant denominational magazine profile of New Hope early history: “Under One Roof: How one community transformed their urban housing into new hope”
San Francisco Chronicle front page story on Joan Jeung and New Hope: “Christian activists show faith in East Oakland” Monday, September 20, 2010
2012
- Russell Yee’s exploration of cultural contextualization in worship: Worship on the Way: Exploring Asian North American Christian Experience
2013
- Josh Harper’s Sojourners essay: “How Do You Love Your Neighbors When They’re Bad People?”
- The death of New Hope youth minister Jose Duarte:
“Youth Director Killed While Helping Stranded Motorist”
“Slain Oakland Church Youth Director’s Final Good Deed”
2015
- Evangelical Covenant cover story on women physician members of New Hope: “Hearts of Mercy”
2016
- Russell Jeung’s spiritual autobiography: At Home in Exile: Finding Jesus among My Ancestors & Refugee Neighbors
2017
- Public Radio International story on Pastor Dan and neighborhood storeowner Abdul Taleb: “Muslim Immigrant and Christian Pastor Find Common Ground”
2020
- Washington Post’s mention of our nearby sister church, 23rd Ave. Church of God, as
Vice President Kamala Harris’ childhood congregation: “Harris brings Baptist, interafaith roots to Democratic Ticket” - Similarly in the New York Times, “For Harris’s Parents, a Bond in America Shape by ‘60s Activism” (Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020) [but note the error in describing 23rd Ave. Church of God as a “Black Baptist church”; its Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) tradition could be described as generally baptistic in theology and practice but there is no sense in which it is a “Baptist church”].
Some images of New Hope + 23rd Ave. COG together in 2019:
Russell Yee 