Service times: Sun 10:00 AMWed 6:00 PM2065 AL Hwy 179, Altoona
(256) 960-7857About us
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Reaching people with the gospel.
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Helping them grow as followers of Jesus.
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Equipping them to carry His truth and love into their communities.
Vision wording is from Pastor Blake's bio.
Abundant Hope Church has been part of the Howelton community in Etowah County, just outside Altoona, since 1952. For most of its history we were known as Howelton Church of God, a Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) congregation. Around 2018, the church took the name Abundant Hope Church. In 2022, Pastor Blake Hughes became our pastor. Today we're still a Church of God family on Highway 179, teaching the Bible verse by verse and believing in the power of the Holy Spirit.
Abundant Hope Church is a Church of God (Cleveland, TN) congregation.
WE BELIEVE:
The Church of God believes the whole Bible to be completely and equally inspired and that it is the written Word of God. The Church of God has adopted the following Declaration of Faith as its standard and official expression of its doctrine.
- In the verbal inspiration of the Bible
- In one God eternally existing in three persons; namely, the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
- That Jesus Christ is the only begotten Son of the Father, conceived of the Holy Ghost, and born of the Virgin Mary. That Jesus was crucified, buried, and raised from the dead. That He ascended to heaven and is today at the right hand of the Father as the Intercessor.
- That all have sinned and come short of the glory of God and that repentance is commanded of God for all and necessary for forgiveness of sins.
- That justification, regeneration, and the new birth are wrought by faith in the blood of Jesus Christ.
- In sanctification subsequent to the new birth, through faith in the blood of Christ; through the Word, and by the Holy Ghost.
- Holiness to be God’s standard of living for His people.
- In the baptism with the Holy Ghost subsequent to a clean heart.
- In speaking with other tongues as the Spirit gives utterance and that it is the initial evidence of the baptism in the Holy Ghost.
- In water baptism by immersion, and all who repent should be baptized in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
- Divine healing is provided for all in the atonement.
- In the Lord’s Supper and washing of the saints’ feet.
- In the premillennial second coming of Jesus. First, to resurrect the righteous dead and to catch away the living saints to Him in the air. Second, to reign on the earth a thousand years.
- In the bodily resurrection; eternal life for the righteous, and eternal punishment for the wicked.
Source: https://churchofgod.org/beliefs/declaration-of-faith/
Senior Pastor
Pastor Blake Hughes serves as Senior Pastor of Abundant Hope Church in Altoona, Alabama. A graduate of Lee University with a bachelor's degree in Pastoral Ministry and a minor in Theology, Blake brings nearly 20 years of teaching experience and a passion for helping people understand God's Word and live it out.
His approach to ministry brings together verse-by-verse Bible teaching and a wholehearted dependence on the Holy Spirit. As a Pentecostal pastor, he desires to see believers grounded in Scripture, growing in prayer, and equipped to serve others. His teaching makes biblical truth accessible, welcomes honest questions, and helps people build a lasting foundation of faith in Jesus Christ.
Blake and his wife, Anastasia, have been married since 2006 and are the proud parents of three daughters.
At the heart of his ministry is Abundant Hope's vision: Win, Disciple, Send—reaching people with the gospel, helping them grow as followers of Jesus, and equipping them to carry His truth and love into their communities.
