Pastor Phil Hopper is the senior Pastor of Abundant Life Baptist Church in the United States Of America Who became a born again and changed his life after he had a near death encounter. This happened after he spent years as a prodigal son and was coming home for Christmas break from the University of Kansas where he went on scholarship to play football.
8 Things You Don’t Know About Pastor Phil Hopper Are
- Phil Hopper went to his funeral in 1989 and that day he repented of his sins, died to himself, and resurrected as a new man.
- Pastor Phil got forced off the road by an 18 wheeler and crossed over the median into the oncoming lanes of traffic.
- He graduated from Kansas and started a career in law enforcement with the KCPD.
- Pastor Phil spent 8 years on the streets of Kansas City as a SWAT Team member and supervisor and earned the 1997 SWAT Officer of the Year Award, the Distinguished Service Award and the 1997 Channel 9 Gold Award for Valor.
- Phil authored a book entitled “Defeating the Enemy” which centers on the tactics and strategies of Satan as he wars against God’s people.
- Pastor Phil Hopper and his wife Christa have 3 children, Jake, Makay and Josh.
- The small church he joined with his family was without a pastor in the fall of 1999, and they asked Phil to preach one Sunday morning and four months later they called him to be their pastor.
- In March 2000, Phil left his career in law enforcement to begin pastoring a small Church in Lee’s Summit, Missouri.
- You can Contact Pastor Phil Hopper with this phone number +816.554.8181 or this email [email protected]. His website is philhopper.org.
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