Church Staff

Church Staff
Senior Pastor - Tim McLain Rolen -  Tim attended Hoover High School in Fresno, CA, and graduated from California Christian College in 1977 with a BS in Biblical Studies and in 1978 from Fresno Pacific University with a BS in Communications. Tim has been preaching since he was 15 years old and became Senior Pastor at NHCC in 1992, in addition, he is a member of the Clovis Ministerial Association, a Clovis Police Chaplain and Director of the Fresno/Clovis Men's Retreat. He and his wife Shelly were married on Dec. 27th, 2007. Tim has two sons, Brant and Chad & Shelly has one daughter, Ashlee.
Associate Pastor - Gene Sperling - Gene joined the staff of New Hope in March of 2001. He serves as assistant to Pastor Tim working with adults. Gene joins the staff at New Hope following a career as a Commercial Insurance Broker.  He and his wife Geri were married in 1965 and have two adult children.

Associate Pastor - Richard Smith - Rich and Tim have worked together since 1988. Rich directs our Small Group Ministries and our church's counseling program. He and his wife Regina have one son, Ethan.

Associate Pastor - Gil Hernandez - Gil served for 20 years as a missionary to Mexico and now maintains good communications between our missionaries and church family. Gil is retired from the Fresno Police Department as a Public Relations Officer.

Youth Pastor - Robert Hutchinson - Robert has been attending NHCC since 1988 and joined the staff as Youth Pastor in 2002. He attended Hoover High School in Fresno, CA, where he met his lovely wife Melissa, and he has completed some courses at California Christian College in Fresno. He and his wife Melissa were married in 1998 and have three children, Teresa, Matthew and Amelia.