Rev. Hope serves as the Associate Director of New Faith Communities and Clergy Life, where she walks alongside people discerning a call to ordained ministry and/or a call to co-create new faith communities. In this role, she supports, affirms, and equips diverse leaders and churches across the conference.
Hope studied Psychology and Environmental Studies with a concentration in Food Studies at UNC Chapel Hill before attending Duke Divinity School for her M.Div. She has experience working in various church plants and, most recently, served as Pastor of Community Life at Fuquay-Varina UMC before joining the conference team in 2024. She and her husband, Adam, an ordained deacon, live in Durham with their pup, Basil. She enjoys yoga, hiking, cooking, and hosting “Coffee House” gatherings.