In 1928 and again in 1929 Assoc. Supt. A. C. Schenck of the Board of Home Missions of the Ministerium of Pennsylvania held a religious canvass of Wissinoming with the aid of some Seminarians from our Mt. Airy Seminary.  The purpose of this survey was to discover if there was enough interest in the community for the formation of a Lutheran Church.  Sufficient interest in a new Lutheran Parish was uncovered so that a meeting of 12 disciples was eventually held on Monday, March 30, 1931 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Walter S. Pirmann, St. of 5919 Erdrick St.  As a result of this meeting, and subsequent ones, the group rented the building of the former Mt. Olive Missouri Synod Church at Benner and Ditman Streets.  The first service was held there on Sunday, April 26, 1931 with 69 in Church and 30 in Sunday School.  The congregation was officially organized as a mission on Sunday, June 14, 1931 under the supervision of Pr. Schenck with Seminarian Carlton Luther Heckman as student supply.   These significant organizations, the Ladies Auxiliary and the Brotherhood, were also begun in 1931.

A year later on June 1, 1932, upon his graduation from Philadelphia Seminary, the Rev. Heckman was called and began his ministry as the first pastor of Hope.  He was installed on Sunday, June 26, 1932.  Hope Lutheran Church was incorporated and received its Charter on November 4, 1935, and bought the present site and original building on May 25, 1936. After five years of faithful service to the young mission Pr. Heckman tendered his resignation on September 1, 1937.

On October 1, 1937, the Rev. Frederick Fairclough became Hope's second pastor.  During his pastorate the Women's Missionary Society was organized on March 9, 1939.  Pr. Fairclough resigned on May 4,1941 to become a Chaplain in the U.S. Army just prior to WWII.

Later that same year a remarkable pastorate began.  On August 10, 1941, The Rev. Mark E. Benethum was elected the third pastor of Hope Church and began work here on September 21, 1941.  This pastorate was to continue for over 37 years.  In October, 1941, 4602 Comly Street was purchased as the Parsonage of the Church.  Additional organizations were formed by the church such as the Luther League and Ushers, Boys and Girl Scouts, Cubs and Papooses.  In 1984 Scout Troop 372 celebrated their Fiftieth Anniversary.

All existing Church debts had been discharged by 1946.  In the Fall of 1948 a Building Fund was commenced to secure a new church building.  As part of this program the lot adjacent to the west end of our property was bought on Palm Sunday 1952.  On Sunday, November 9, 1952 at 3:00 P.M., the Ground Breaking Ceremony for our new church was held.  Mrs. Florence Pirmann, in whose home the initial meeting for the formation of the church had been held, was honored by turning the first spade of earth. The Dedicatory Service for the new church was held upon its completion on Sunday, October 25, 1953 at 11:00 A.M. with both Pastors Heckman and Fairclough speaking.

Paralleling the church's growth, our Sunday School also matured.  It was led by several Superintendents in this order - Mr. Walter Beaumont, Mr. Edward Veith, Mr. Albert Camburn, Mr. Harry Scheihing, Mrs. Phyllis Beeton and Mr. Tim Geiger.

On November 25, 1962 through the stewardship of her members the $50,000 church mortgage was satisfied and burned.  An Allen Organ, costing more than $10,000, was dedicated on May 5, 1964. The Wissinoming Senior Citizens was also organized at Hope.  A son of our congregation, Mr. James R. Egan, a graduate of Temple University, received his Master of Divinity degree from the Lutheran Seminary at Philadelphia in 1974, was ordained and became Pastor of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Hightstown. NJ, the church from which Pastor Benethum originally came to Hope.  On January 31, 1979, Pr. Benethum retired as Pastor of Hope Church after nearly four decades of ministry to our congregation and was named Pastor Emeritus.  Pr. Benethum died in 1985.  A Carillon in his memory was dedicated in 1989.