Keith Becker, Executive Pastor

Keith is Hope's Executive Pastor, which includes coordinating Hope's finances and human resources. Additionally, Keith will be asked to help lead Hope's future growth of possible building expansion and coordinating College Life for UND and Northland students in addition to sharing a sermon periodically. Lastly, Keith will be working with launching a young adults ministry and a business person’s ministry.

Keith accepted the call to Hope in August of 2007 after graduating from Denver Seminary with a Masters of Divinity degree with a Leadership emphasis. From 1995-2007, Keith ministered with Youth For Christ (YFC) at their Denver Headquarters where he served in marketing, human resource and financial development positions, in addition to weekly outreach and small group activities for teenagers. Prior to YFC, Keith worked with a marketing firm in New Jersey and earned his MBA and BBA in marketing from the University of North Dakota where he was active with Campus Crusade, Kappa Sigma and Resident Assistant activities. Although Keith grew up most of his life in Minneapolis and Denver, most of his family is in Grand Forks including his parents, but he makes frequent trips to CO & NM where his sisters and nephews & nieces live. Keith felt led to Hope by God because of Hope’s awesome vision for community impact, Hope's great staff team and his love for the people of the Grand Cities!

Pastor Keith's Favorites:
Music: Most any contemporary worship and praise music, but really like David Crowder, Chris Tomlin and Michael W Smith
Sports: most any water or snow sports especially water and snow skiing (both downhill & x-country), tennis, volleyball, mountain biking, ultimate Frisbee and participating in ND’s first ever adventure race filled with canoeing, river riding and bushwacking.
Favorite TV Shows: ND Fighting Sioux Hockey!
Favorite Movies: Hoosiers, Remember the Titans, Facing the Giants, Mr. Holland’s Opus & Dead Poets Society – love redemptive stories.
Favorite Songs: "The Famous One" by Tomlin, the hymn “Can it Be” and Handel’s Messiah
Favorite Books: Waking the Dead & Wild at Heart by John Eldridge, Search for Significance by Robert McGee & The Bible Jesus Read by Phillip Yancy
Favorite Restaurant/Food: Love Pasta and grilled foods like Marconi Grill and love Mexican like Qdoba’s burritos and love good meals at Sanders 1907.
Favorite Sports Team: ND Fighting Sioux in all sports!