About Us

Noah and Hope were both born in the same small town in Missouri, but they didn't grow up together. Noah's parents, founders of Connect NYC, moved to New York City in 2008 to plant churches. Noah grew up in NYC and calls Queens his home. Hope has lived in Missouri her whole life. She attended Westwood Baptist Academy K4-12. They met through mutual friends in 2018 and dated long distance all through high school and their first year of college. Noah moved to Springfield, Missouri, to attend Baptist Bible College (now Mission University), and they married in 2022 after he completed his freshman year and Hope graduated with her Associates Degree in Communication from Three Rivers College in Poplar Bluff. In 2023, their first child, Everleigh was born. Later that year, Noah became the student pastor (and later associate pastor) of Noble Hill Baptist Church. In October 2024, Emery was born. Noah graduated fom Mission University in May of 2025 with a Bachelor's Degree in Biblical Counseling. The Taylors have felt a burden for New York since early in their marriage, but they wanted to wait for God's timing to go, gaining experience in ministry as they waited.

Birthdays: Noah 8/27 | Hope 5/20 | Everleigh 3/3 | Emery 10/3

I was raised in a Christian home. We went to church every Sunday, and I even went to a Christian school, so I was very familiar with the gospel from a very young age. When I was five years old, I was sitting in Bible class at school, and I realized that I had never actually asked Jesus to forgive me of my sins and to save me. Right there in the middle of class, I prayed and asked Jesus into my heart. Not much really changed with my life until I was thirteen and at church camp. I realized I wasn't necessarily living for Christ, and from there I committed to living every day of my life for God and His glory alone. 

I met this guy (Noah) when I was fifteen, and we got very serious, very fast. When I was seventeen, though, I started feeling called to ministry, and the problem was that he said that he was absolutely not going to go into full-time ministry. We decided to hold off on breaking up just to see how things went, while I prayed and hoped the God would change his heart, and He eventually did. While our exact calling was unsure for awhile, we knew that we were called to do ministry together in whatever capacity God called us to. 

I've always felt drawn to NYC, even as a little girl, and coming from the country, where I grew up, that was considered REALLY weird. I can see now that God was working in my heart to prepare me for a whole different way of living than I'd ever experienced one day. The more times we've visited New York together, the more our calling has been confirmed. We went on a mission trip with Noble Hill in the summer of 2025, praying that on that trip God would confirm whether we should move forward with joining Connect NYC, and while we were there, the city just felt like home, and we were not ready to go back to Missouri when the trip was over. We started moving forward with joining the team, and God has opened one door after another to keep moving us along the path to get there.

I grew up in a ministry family, with my parents serving as church planters in New York City. From an early age, I saw both the joys and challenges of ministry lived out daily. Church was not just something we attended—it was the center of our lives. Yet even with that upbringing, I came to understand that being around ministry does not save a person. Only Christ can do that.

On May 10, 2010, as an eight-year-old sitting in my room, I was overwhelmed by the reality of my sin and my need for a Savior. Though I knew the right answers about Jesus, I realized I did not truly know Him personally. That afternoon, my mom walked me through the gospel, and I saw clearly from Scripture that I was a sinner in need of grace, and that Christ had died in my place. By faith, I trusted in Him alone for salvation, and my life was forever changed.

As I grew in my faith, I became increasingly involved in serving and teaching God’s Word, and I sensed the Lord leading me toward full-time ministry. However, as a teenager, I resisted that calling. I pursued my own plans—dreaming of a career in filmmaking and a comfortable life, while ignoring what I knew God was calling me to do. During that time, many areas of my life began to unravel, and I was continually confronted by people around me with the question of whether I was truly following God’s will.

The turning point came when Hope shared with me her decision to fully surrender her life to ministry. In that moment, the Lord used her obedience to confront my own resistance. By God’s grace, I surrendered my life fully to Him, trusting His plan over my own. Not long after, Hope and I committed together to pursue a lifetime of ministry, wherever the Lord would lead.

In the years since, God has confirmed that calling through ministry opportunities, wise counsel, and a growing burden for urban church planting. Through His clear leading, He has now directed us back to New York City, where we believe He is calling us to serve, plant churches, and proclaim the hope of the gospel to those in need of Christ.