1.

Introduction 
1. State your central inquiry question 
What are the initiation rites of Hope church and how do they differ from 
general Christianity? 
2. Introduce the community and/or cultural phenomena that you 
researched 
The community that I researched was a campus ministry known as Hope 
church, which is involved in nondenominational Christianity.  
3. Why this community now 
This community has been shown to stray away from the original 
Christianity beliefs and participates in cult like activities. 
2. Methods 
1. Explain your research process 
1. Observation 
Attended multiple sunday sermons at the church on sundays at 7 
pm. Also involved in connect group meetings on tuesdays at 4;30 
pm which is college freshman girls meeting together. 
2. Interviewing 
Sent emails to the church members and handed out questionnaires 
to different church members.  
3. Secondary Research 
Researched through multiple articles to see how the initiation rites 
of Hope church differentiate from standard nondenominational 
Christianity, these articles identified the differences that Hope 
participates in that don’t align with standard Christianity, 
information regarding cult-like behavior from 2016 
3. Results 
1. Explain what you found during your research 
1. Artifacts/Objects 
The Bible is the basis of every part of their activities and is looked 
upon to identify beliefs or ideas 
2. Places/Locations 
The Found:re hotel, Hope church tempe office, Arizona State 
University 
 3. People/Behaviors 
Cult-like behavior, Pastor Brian as founder and lead 
4. Activities/Events 
Tuesday night volleyball, connect groups, end of the month 
baptisms, Sunday Sermons,  
4. Discussion (Conclusion) 
1. Discuss the significance of your “results” 
Results conclude that Hope church does not directly follow the rules of 
campus religion association, interactions with students relate to cult like 
behavior therefore diminishing relation to Christianity and creating 
differences, results state the process required in becoming a member and 
leading up to baptism 
2. Answer the question: Based on your research into your 
community’s cultural phenomena, what are their central values, 
interests, and obstacles?   
Central values based on Bible and ten commandments, interests in 
gaining new members for the church and spreading the word of God into 
different/multiple college campuses, the obstacles they face are based 
upon their conviction of being seen as a cult with extreme differences 
from general nondenominational Christianity 
3. Answer the question: So what?   
This church which serves specifically for Arizona State University college 
students has to surpass a devastating blow to their reputation based on 
2016 charges that stereotype them to being a cult. Their initiation rites 
that differentiate from general nondenominational Christianity are seen as 
cult-like behavior and therefore are misinterpreted. This community is 
stereotyped based on a report from a church that separated from.   
5. Closing