Only an ordained or licensed Baptist minister may perform the ceremony at New Hope Baptist Church. NHBC does not recognize or affirm female or transgender pastors. In addition the Church does not recognize or affirm pastors that support or endorse homosexual unions. We believe that marriage was created by God as one man married to one woman in the covenant of commitment to a lifetime of marriage. We, the church, have every right to refuse any union or affirmation that contradicts our beliefs in the Doctrine of the Bible.