The church is not the end goal! The church is simply a platform to engage the nations with the gospel. We have developed strategic partners all over the to allow us to train Pastors, serve the needy, and share the message of Jesus. The following are the organizations & places we are currently working around the world.

Training Pastors International, Central and South America
Greg Moore
P.O. Box 2135 Grenada, MS 38902
662-809-1029
www.trainingpastors.org

Hope has developed a partnership with TPI (Training Pastors International). Hope’s mission with TPI is to support, encourage, and invest in the TPI Pastors and their families. The Lord has called TPI to provide Biblical ministry training for pastors and leaders who are, for either geographic or economic reasons, without access. Many of the village pastors are simply the pastor because they were the 1st to come to Christ in their village TPI provides them the training to equip their church and spread the gospel throughout their villages and surrounding areas.

Multi Ministries, South Africa, Harold Peasley
PO Box 2032 Florida Hills 1716 South Africa
harold.p@pixie.co.za

Our ministry partner, Multi Ministries, is based in South Africa. The country is primarily English speaking and is modern, accessible from the USA and surrounding countries in Africa. It is also a safe zone for pastors to come from countries where there is persecution to receive training and encouragement. Every year, Hope works with Multi Ministries to host the REAP (Revival, Evangelism and Prayer) Conference. Hope leaders spend four days with about 400 pastors from 17 African countries, preaching, teaching, leading worship and encouraging them in their ministry. Hope leads pastors and church leaders from other American churches on each trip, training them to duplicate the work with Multi Ministries in other countries. In the past eight years, Hope has been blessed to see REAP conferences expand into at least seven different cities/countries through this strategy. In addition, Hope and some of our American partners are in the beginning stages of developing a strategic plan with Multi Ministries to reach the country of Zimbabwe with the gospel and training of leaders.

Mekong Evangelical Mission, Thailand
PO Box 765, Antioch, TN 37011-765
prayers.mf.or.th

Hope works with Mekong Evangelical Mission (MEM) to invest in pastors and leaders who will in turn minister to people throughout Southeast Asia. This part of Thailand is a safe zone to reach into many parts Southeast Asia where Christianity is illegal. MEM was started by a Laotian refugee who received his seminary training in America before returning to share the Gospel with his people. Hope partners with this ministry to train pastors and leaders to reach the people of Thailand and other parts of Southeast Asia. Hope teams also provide essential resources like fresh water, supplies for the on-site children’s home, medical and dental care, as well as training in basic hygiene, nutrition, athletic coaching, and other life skills.

Operation Mobilization-Zambia

Hope has an ongoing partnership with a local organization that trains African Pastors and missionaries. Zambia is the “heart of Southern Africa, sharing a border with eight other countries. In addition to severe poverty, HIV/AIDS is widespread. Zambia is a Christian nation and in the past decade has become a sending center for evangelical missionaries from Africa to Africa. Pastors from all over Africa, including places where Christianity is illegal can be freely trained in Zambia, giving Hope a platform to expand God’s kingdom throughout Africa.

Hope partners with Operation Mobilization to facilitate an annual Mission Conference for more than 700 missionaries from about 20 countries. The conference is an investment in these leaders, who are working with unreached people groups. They receive Bible teaching and training in business and administration. Hope also partners with OM’s teacher’s college to conduct an annual teachers conference that has expanded to include conferences in Lusaka (Zambia’s capital) as well as OM’s base in Kabwe. These conferences are an opportunity for American Teachers to invest in the lives of Zambian teachers. Hope also supports Grant and Lynn Shaefer of the Talia Community Bible College in Mbala. Grant and Lynn are actively involved in training local pastors and conduct agricultural and HIV/AIDS outreaches.

Hope for Egypt, Magdi Shaker

We have a tight-knit partnership in Egypt through Magdi and Evon Shaker, an Egyptian National family who are on staff at Hope. Egypt is a door to the Middle East, and though it’s more than 90% Muslim, it’s not illegal to practice Christianity though believers may be persecuted directly or indirectly for following Jesus. Egypt is the safest location to serve as a gathering place for North Africa and Middle Eastern pastors to come for encouragement and training compared to other areas in this part of the world.

Hope and its strategic partner, Buckner International, along with other American churches are working together to bring about community transformation in Cairo by addressing the issues of Unemployment through a Vocational Training Program and ministering to orphans; with a special focus on the handicapped children. In addition, Hope has teamed up with the Protestant Churches of Egypt to sponsor a Ministerial Leadership Conference, which potentially could host pastors throughout the Middle East to receive training and support.

International Mission Board, SBC
www.imb.org
IMB exists to lead Southern Baptists in international mission efforts through mobilization, sending career missionaries, and channeling financial support. More than 5,000 missionaries supported in countries all over the world.