About

Pete Hise is the Founding and Lead Pastor of Quest Community Church in Lexington, Kentucky. Growing up in New York, Pete gave his life to Christ on November 12, 1982, and was completely transformed by the love of Jesus. Since May 1999, Pete’s dynamic teaching, compelling leadership, and authentic relational evangelism have shaped the heartbeat and DNA of Quest – transforming unconvinced people into wholehearted followers of Jesus. As a featured speaker at the Ichthus Festival, Christian & Missionary Alliance General Council, Asbury Theological Seminary, and as the founder of The Uprisingchurch leadership conference, Pete most relishes speaking to and challenging the local church.Pete loves getting to hang out with his boys Corey and Carson – watching Corey play football and listening to Carson rap the latest Kirk Franklin and tobyMac tunes. He also enjoys watching the Dallas Cowboys play (read: “win”) and date nights with his wife, Jacki.

Pete’s History with Quest

In the early 1990s, Pete took a job at a local Applebee’s restaurant, with a desire to build relationships with unchurched people while completing studies at Asbury Seminary. A group of Applebee’s employees soon began meeting with Pete for a Bible study, and a number of them made life-changing decisions to follow Jesus. But even after becoming a staff member at a local church, Pete found it difficult to help people far from God connect with traditional worship services.

In 1996, Pete attended a conference at Willow Creek Community Church, where God ignited his heart with the vision of the Acts 2 church. Beginning in March 1997,  a Saturday night service called Quest began under Pete’s leadership and grew steadily over the next two years.

Then, on May 2, 1999, alongside 60 pioneers stepping out in faith, Pete launched Quest Community Church. Over the past 11 years, Quest has seen more 11,000 people come to faith in Christ and has been named the 44th Fastest-Growing Church in the U.S. with over 3,500 in attendance.