Our Team

Peterson Family 

Jeff Peterson is the Lead Pastor of HopeSpring Baptist Church. Jeff and his wife, Jenny, are driven by a singular purpose in planting a new church in the Hugo/White Bear Lake area: to proclaim and treasure Jesus Christ as supreme in all things for the hope of all people. Jeff grew up in the Twin Cities area and has brought his family back home because he believes God wants to raise up a new church here for His glory.

Jeff graduated with a B.S. from Maranatha Baptist Bible College in 1994 and earned his M.Div. from Detroit Baptist Theological Seminary in 2005. For the previous six years, he and Jenny ministered at First Baptist Church of Sterling Heights, Michigan, where Jeff was on staff as an assistant pastor. Jeff and Jenny have three boys and currently live in Hugo.