425135-Martin,Blake
Church Planting Team Member
Brooklyn New York
Hope Community Church NYC
September 25
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About My Family
In 2021, God unexpectedly began stirring our hearts for the 8.8 million people of New York City (NYC). By late 2025, that stirring became a clear call to leave the small Oklahoma town we’ve called home our entire lives and step into NYC as our new home and ministry hub.
After a decade of experience serving as a lead pastor in a church-planting context, God has prepared and equipped us for this next season. This is the most daunting calling we’ve ever received, but we move forward with deep confidence in God’s calling and faithful provision.
My wife, Bryse, and I have two children—Palmer (5) and Pace (2).
After a decade of experience serving as a lead pastor in a church-planting context, God has prepared and equipped us for this next season. This is the most daunting calling we’ve ever received, but we move forward with deep confidence in God’s calling and faithful provision.
My wife, Bryse, and I have two children—Palmer (5) and Pace (2).
About My Church Plant
Hope Community Church is a young and growing church in Brooklyn with around 40 members and a steady stream of visitors who consider it their church home. In the past few months, 10 people have been baptized—while five to eight people each week are actively exploring faith in Jesus for the first time. In the midst of this gospel momentum, I am joining the team as a pastor, primarily focusing on preaching, vision casting, and leadership development.
Since 2015, God has placed a clear call on my heart to see new churches planted. Over the past decade, I’ve had the privilege of training and developing dozens of church planters and leaders sent out across the world. These experiences have shaped a vision to continue this work in NYC, with the goal of helping to launch a new church every five years.
Since 2015, God has placed a clear call on my heart to see new churches planted. Over the past decade, I’ve had the privilege of training and developing dozens of church planters and leaders sent out across the world. These experiences have shaped a vision to continue this work in NYC, with the goal of helping to launch a new church every five years.
NAMB Church Planting
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