Discover Hope is the teaching and outreach ministry of Hope Bible Church of Columbia, MD where Tom Leake was the founding pastor.

Pastor Leake carefully and thoroughly exposited the Word of God verse-by-verse each week for over two decades, bringing challenging truths of the Bible to his listeners for the building up of the body of Christ in love.

Thomas F. Leake was called by God’s grace to be the church planter and then Senior Pastor of Hope Bible Church in Columbia, MD for over 24 years. He received his Master of Arts degree in Theology from Capital Bible Seminary, and in 1997 obtained his Master of Divinity degree from The Master’s Seminary in Los Angeles, CA.

He was the founder of The Master’s Fellowship – Mid-Atlantic (formerly Grace Advance Mid-Atlantic (GAMA)), a fellowship of like-minded expository churches in the region, and served on the Board of Directors. He also served as the founder and president of the TMF Bible Institute, which offers biblical and theological studies taught by pastors-teachers throughout the mid-Atlantic region. He was blessed with a godly wife, believing grown children, and a loving church congregation. In 2021, he lost his battle with pancreatic cancer and went home to be with his Savior.