Once upon a time, about a generation ago, God planted a church called Hope. There were only a dozen or so of us back then, but we had dreams and we had hope. A few months later, after some challenging and humbling experiences, we fully surrendered this church to God, and immediately Hope started to grow. A dozen people quickly multiplied into hundreds. Soon after, we drove by a cornfield (24 acres) at the corner of Ashworth Road & Jordan Creek Parkway. There was just something about this field (of dreams), and we felt compelled by the Holy Spirit to stop, and park, and walk, and pray, and imagine a new church building for Hope on that field. We knew our first church building on just four-plus acres of land down the road wasn’t going to be big enough for our growing congregation. So, we called the commercial real estate agent whose phone number was on the big wooden “For Sale” sign at the corner of Ashworth & Jordan Creek. He was patient and kind ... and honest enough to tell us that ...