“As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”
New Hope Baptist Church
New Hope is a family friendly, Independent Baptist Church
located on 460W between Lynchburg and Bedford.
8270 E Lynchburg Salem Tpke Goode, VA 24556
Contact us at:
newhopebaptistchurchgoodeva@gmail.com
Service Times
Sunday School - 10:00am
Family Worship - 11:00am & 6:00pm
Prayer Meeting/Bible Study - Wednesday 7:00pm
New Hope Baptist Church Mission Statement
At New Hope Baptist Church, we glorify God through mutual prayer, godly living, passionate Biblical preaching, and intentional discipleship.
We use our God-given gifts in service to one another and to our communities as we seek to win others to Christ through godly living and active evangelism.
We strengthen families by encouraging fathers and mothers, and we encourage children to worship with their parents in our services.
We fulfill the Great Commission by prayer and financial support of over thirty missionaries, and by surrendering ourselves to missionary work at home, praying that the Lord would be pleased to send some of us to such work abroad.
Pastor Diego Freitas
Pastor Diego Freitas lives in the Bedford area with his wife Tonya, and their five children. He graduated from Pensacola Christian College in 2006 with a degree in pastoral ministries. In 2007, Pastor Freitas and his wife moved to the Bedford area to join New Hope and assist the late Pastor Don Rice in the ministry. Pastor Freitas was ordained in 2016, became the assistant pastor in 2018, and served in that capacity until Pastor Rice’s homegoing in September 2025. On December 7th, 2025, Pastor Freitas became the senior pastor at New Hope Baptist Church.
In Memoriam
Pastor Don Rice served as the senior pastor at New Hope from 2000 to 2025. He and his wife Mary were church planting missionaries for the 25 years prior to that, in England and Hungary. Pastor and Mrs. Rice truly had a heart for people and served the Lord faithfully in ministry together for 50 years until God called them home in 2024 and 2025, respectively. They were beloved by all who knew them.