Meet the Founder

Meet the Founder

Forged in the Furnace, Fortified by Faith.

Tia Kilpatrick is not just a name behind Hopeful Restoration—she is a living testimony. A woman forged in fire, refined in pain, and fortified through obedience. Since her first “yes” to the Lord in March 2005, her life has been a continual surrender to the will of God—no matter the cost.

Through seasons of deep suffering, personal loss, betrayal, and rejection from those closest to her. Through countless trials, and a battle-tested life of ministry, she has been refined by fire and raised by favor. She never asked for the mantle — but she honored it. She didn’t choose this calling. It chose her. She never sought the spotlight — but God’s glory chose to shine through her. —she kept saying yes. When others walked away, she stood. When life hit the hardest, she pressed in deeper. What qualifies her is not perfection—it’s endurance. Her journey has been marked by sacrifice, relentless trials, and an unwavering obedience to Christ.

Tia answered the call to ministry in 2010 and walked through each mantle with reverence and fire: each mantle came through tears, death to self, and the crushing that produces oil. She is not a title-chaser—she is a soul-pursuer, a vessel committed to Heaven’s agenda.

  Minister, Evangelist, Pastor, Prophet, and finally Apostle. Alongside her late husband, Pastor William Kilpatrick, she co-founded Church Unusual Ministries—a ministry birthed from an “unusual anointing.” Together, they served faithfully until his passing, after which she continued the work with even greater fire. 

Her late husband would often say, “If there’s anyone you want on your team, it’s my wife. She’ll fight hell and its army for God’s people.” That statement still rings true. 

Tia walks in love, authority, and truth — not from a place of perfection, but from a place of perseverance. What sets her apart is not what she has, but the decisions she made to keep saying yes even when it cost her everything. 

Today, Tia Kilpatrick is more than a title. Tia Kilpatrick is a mother, spiritual midwife, teacher, warrior, a fierce defender of God's people and a repairer of the breach. She is what her daughter calls “a bulldog for Jesus”—unyielding in her pursuit to see others healed, delivered, and restored. 

She knows the fire. She knows the crushing. And she knows the power of resurrection through Christ.

Hopeful Restoration was birthed not from convenience, but from consecration. This movement exists to offer others the same hope, healing, and breakthrough that God poured into her life. Tia doesn’t just coach—she carries the oil of experience, and she leads others not from a stage, but from the trenches. 

This ministry — Hopeful Restoration — is not about her. It’s about the One who restored her, so that she could help restore others. Her deepest desire is that every soul who encounters this space will experience the hope, healing, and revival power of Jesus Christ. 

Her mission is simple: to help you discover the God-ordained beauty within your ashes. Every part of her story—every scar, every silent night, every “yes” through tears—was for this moment… to help you rise.

Because this isn’t about titles or platforms. It’s about divine assignment, kingdom purpose, and radical obedience. It’s about showing others that the same God who lifted her from the pit, who walked her through grief, betrayal, loss, and spiritual fire, is the same God who is still restoring.

Tia Kilpatrick didn’t just survive—she was transformed. And she now stands, not as a woman seeking fame, but as a yielded vessel. A messenger of hope. A voice crying out for the broken, the overlooked, the wounded, and the weary.

She is not just the founder. She is the evidence!

So if you’re reading this and feel unseen… forgotten… too far gone… know this:

You are the reason Hopeful Restoration exists.

This is your invitation to begin again. To breathe again. To believe again. To hope again.

Because if God can raise her from the ashes—He can also do it for you!!