Our Story

A church in Fairfax City

New Hope is a congregation of the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA), a denomination that was founded in 1973. The PCA now includes over 1,700 churches throughout the US and Canada.

New Hope was founded in 1990 by a group of families belonging to McLean Presbyterian Church who wanted to start a PCA congregation in the City of Fairfax. Dave Coffin was called to serve as New Hope’s first Pastor, and Paul Wolfe joined him as an Associate Pastor in 2000. At the beginning of 2018 Paul became Senior Pastor and Dave assumed a new Assistant Pastor role, from which he retired in 2024. (You can learn more about Paul at our "Pastor" page.)

A place to meet

In 2020, our church began meeting at 11400 Shirley Gate Court in Fairfax, where we share a building with Fairfax Korean Church. We’re grateful to God for the lovely building that's now our church home!