LEADERSHIP
The historic Lakewood Church of Hope building was originally the home of the Lakewood Heights United Method Church (LHUMC). After the LHUMC closed its doors in 2003, the building sat vacant for 10 years and the community around it declined. By faith and hard work, a decade later, Lakewood Church of Hope (LCH) opened its doors to a welcoming community in dire need of its arrival. LCH is a vibrant, non-denominational, urban church without walls embracing and loving people unconditionally.​
Gary R. Burke, M. Div
Lakewood church of hope is a non-denominational inner city-based church whose mission is to enhance the lives of others through excellence in preaching, teaching, and serving. We believe in the bible in its entirety and strive to live out Jesus’s teachings in word and deed by meeting not only the spiritual needs of others, but also physical needs of those in the Lakewood community, where we’ve been described as “the church that loves”. In addition to Sunday worship service, we offer mid-week bible studies, Men’s bible talks, Women’s prayer breakfasts, Sunday Breakfast and bible class, Children’s Summer Enrichment Program, Health and Wellness workshops, Addiction recovery ministry, Prison ministry, and youth mentoring programs with our partner Project Karma, a non-profit organization focused on youth grief counseling. Our major annual community events are our Back-to-School Health Fair and School Supply Give-away and our Community Thanksgiving Celebration and Dinner.
Cal Wimberly
Lakewood church of hope is a non-denominational inner city-based church whose mission is to enhance the lives of others through excellence in preaching, teaching, and serving. We believe in the bible in its entirety and strive to live out Jesus’s teachings in word and deed by meeting not only the spiritual needs of others, but also physical needs of those in the Lakewood community, where we’ve been described as “the church that loves”. In addition to Sunday worship service, we offer mid-week bible studies, Men’s bible talks, Women’s prayer breakfasts, Sunday Breakfast and bible class, Children’s Summer Enrichment Program, Health and Wellness workshops, Addiction recovery ministry, Prison ministry, and youth mentoring programs with our partner Project Karma, a non-profit organization focused on youth grief counseling. Our major annual community events are our Back-to-School Health Fair and School Supply Give-away and our Community Thanksgiving Celebration and Dinner.
Felisia Burke
Lakewood church of hope is a non-denominational inner city-based church whose mission is to enhance the lives of others through excellence in preaching, teaching, and serving. We believe in the bible in its entirety and strive to live out Jesus’s teachings in word and deed by meeting not only the spiritual needs of others, but also physical needs of those in the Lakewood community, where we’ve been described as “the church that loves”. In addition to Sunday worship service, we offer mid-week bible studies, Men’s bible talks, Women’s prayer breakfasts, Sunday Breakfast and bible class, Children’s Summer Enrichment Program, Health and Wellness workshops, Addiction recovery ministry, Prison ministry, and youth mentoring programs with our partner Project Karma, a non-profit organization focused on youth grief counseling. Our major annual community events are our Back-to-School Health Fair and School Supply Give-away and our Community Thanksgiving Celebration and Dinner.
Brittany Lewis
Lakewood church of hope is a non-denominational inner city-based church whose mission is to enhance the lives of others through excellence in preaching, teaching, and serving. We believe in the bible in its entirety and strive to live out Jesus’s teachings in word and deed by meeting not only the spiritual needs of others, but also physical needs of those in the Lakewood community, where we’ve been described as “the church that loves”. In addition to Sunday worship service, we offer mid-week bible studies, Men’s bible talks, Women’s prayer breakfasts, Sunday Breakfast and bible class, Children’s Summer Enrichment Program, Health and Wellness workshops, Addiction recovery ministry, Prison ministry, and youth mentoring programs with our partner Project Karma, a non-profit organization focused on youth grief counseling. Our major annual community events are our Back-to-School Health Fair and School Supply Give-away and our Community Thanksgiving Celebration and Dinner.
FIND YOUR FAITH
Lakewood church of hope is a non-denominational inner city-based church whose mission is to enhance the lives of others through excellence in preaching, teaching, and serving. We believe in the bible in its entirety and strive to live out Jesus’s teachings in word and deed by meeting not only the spiritual needs of others, but also physical needs of those in the Lakewood community, where we’ve been described as “the church that loves”. In addition to Sunday worship service, we offer mid-week bible studies, Men’s bible talks, Women’s prayer breakfasts, Sunday Breakfast and bible class, Children’s Summer Enrichment Program, Health and Wellness workshops, Addiction recovery ministry, Prison ministry, and youth mentoring programs with our partner Project Karma, a non-profit organization focused on youth grief counseling. Our major annual community events are our Back-to-School Health Fair and School Supply Give-away and our Community Thanksgiving Celebration and Dinner.
Angelyn Scott
Lakewood church of hope is a non-denominational inner city-based church whose mission is to enhance the lives of others through excellence in preaching, teaching, and serving. We believe in the bible in its entirety and strive to live out Jesus’s teachings in word and deed by meeting not only the spiritual needs of others, but also physical needs of those in the Lakewood community, where we’ve been described as “the church that loves”. In addition to Sunday worship service, we offer mid-week bible studies, Men’s bible talks, Women’s prayer breakfasts, Sunday Breakfast and bible class, Children’s Summer Enrichment Program, Health and Wellness workshops, Addiction recovery ministry, Prison ministry, and youth mentoring programs with our partner Project Karma, a non-profit organization focused on youth grief counseling. Our major annual community events are our Back-to-School Health Fair and School Supply Give-away and our Community Thanksgiving Celebration and Dinner.
Clarice Wimberly
Lakewood church of hope is a non-denominational inner city-based church whose mission is to enhance the lives of others through excellence in preaching, teaching, and serving. We believe in the bible in its entirety and strive to live out Jesus’s teachings in word and deed by meeting not only the spiritual needs of others, but also physical needs of those in the Lakewood community, where we’ve been described as “the church that loves”. In addition to Sunday worship service, we offer mid-week bible studies, Men’s bible talks, Women’s prayer breakfasts, Sunday Breakfast and bible class, Children’s Summer Enrichment Program, Health and Wellness workshops, Addiction recovery ministry, Prison ministry, and youth mentoring programs with our partner Project Karma, a non-profit organization focused on youth grief counseling. Our major annual community events are our Back-to-School Health Fair and School Supply Give-away and our Community Thanksgiving Celebration and Dinner.
FIND YOUR FAITH
Lakewood church of hope is a non-denominational inner city-based church whose mission is to enhance the lives of others through excellence in preaching, teaching, and serving. We believe in the bible in its entirety and strive to live out Jesus’s teachings in word and deed by meeting not only the spiritual needs of others, but also physical needs of those in the Lakewood community, where we’ve been described as “the church that loves”. In addition to Sunday worship service, we offer mid-week bible studies, Men’s bible talks, Women’s prayer breakfasts, Sunday Breakfast and bible class, Children’s Summer Enrichment Program, Health and Wellness workshops, Addiction recovery ministry, Prison ministry, and youth mentoring programs with our partner Project Karma, a non-profit organization focused on youth grief counseling. Our major annual community events are our Back-to-School Health Fair and School Supply Give-away and our Community Thanksgiving Celebration and Dinner.