From now to the end of the year, we’re believing big to give an additional $517,000 toward local and global initiatives.
From now to the end of the year, we’re believing big to give an additional $517,000 toward local and global initiatives.
Our strategy is simple: “Plant the church where it currently isn’t, and empower the church where is currently is.” During this Miracle Offering, for every $1 given, $2 will be matched up to $1 million dollars—giving us the opportunity to give $1,517,000 toward local and global projects helping to spread the Good News of Jesus Christ! Let’s come together and give to see Heaven on Earth!
Our remaining projects for 2022 are
$260,000 toward Global Projects
With a population of 1.5 million people, Muscat is the capital of Oman. Here missionary teams plan to reach the beautiful Omani people through media and by equipping business leaders to extend the Kingdom right in their day-to-day operations. Funds will go to:
- Launching media ministry for the first time within Oman. This will include content, ads, and follow-up for those seeking Jesus.
- Funding Arab believers to join BAM (Business as Missions) to help follow up with those seeking the Gospel through media outreach and one-on-one discipleship.
- The Silver Chair Tourism BAM that is focused on bringing U.S. tourists for cultural and prayerful trips to Oman.
We see in Matthew 9:37-38, Jesus says to His disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. So pray to the Lord who is in charge of the harvest; ask Him to send more workers into His fields.”
People are reached by people‚ not programs! Because of you, lives are being impacted by over 350 missionaries in 122 countries, our “boots on the ground” missionaries.
Above and beyond the funding, Mount Hope has been called to be a place of genuine refreshing and love for our dear missionary heroes. The diversity of our amazing missionary families and the extreme contexts in which they minister compels us to think of creative and practical ways we can encourage them.
Becoming part of the practical solution to missionary burnout over the tough season of today, we will send prayer-soaked love and encouragement in the form of gift cards, care packages, date nights, professional counseling, airport pick- ups, babysitting, family days, and more.
Grants and Scholarships
In today’s low-income neighborhoods, gangs, cults, and drug dealers are all vying for the children’s attention. If we can reach them first with the gospel of Jesus Christ, we will help create a better tomorrow!
With the help of Strategic Global Mission, you are helping to provide grants for non-profit ministries that focus on at-risk children and inner-city ministries whose goal is to reach and minister to children.
Pastoral & Leader Education
Frisko May, a young ministry student in Capetown, South Africa, had escaped a communist army in Namibia and arrived in South Africa where he met the Lord and began attending Cape College of Theology. After graduation, Frisko became a prominent evangelist, preaching in churches, on the streets, and wherever the Lord opened a door. Over 500 people prayed to receive Christ through Frisko’s ministry in his first year. Since then, it has been thousands.
Because of your generosity, we are able to provide pastoral education, training, and resources throughout the USA and across the world—expanding the gospel to the four corners of the globe.
One of the largest areas of the mission field lies right inside our businesses and companies, whether in our backyard or across the globe. Through ministries like The King’s Group, Mount Hope Leadership School, and Third Wave Missions, we seek to obliterate the lie that secular and holy must remain separate, and subsequently, to bring a solution to the struggle of missionaries gaining access to nations and people groups that are currently closed to the Gospel.
We aim to accomplish this by training teams to own successful businesses, develop skills, and grow their abilities to do legitimate and professional services all over the world to be a light and witness in the global marketplace.
$257,000 toward Local Projects
There is an abundance of food in this nation, but plenty of people still go hungry. In this reality, the Church has a great opportunity to respond by faithfully following the biblical principle of being open handed to the poor and needy by maintaining well-stocked local food pantries and providing regular food distributions.
Sarah came through the food distribution line during the pandemic. She was homeless, hungry, and desperate. One year later, Sarah began attending Mount Hope Creyts Campus regularly, and is an active volunteer on our food distribution outreach squad.
Of course, full stomachs still can be connected to empty souls. This is why every food distribution we are part of has a strong focus on prayer, a presentation of the Gospel of Jesus, and paths to join the life and family of the church.
When mental illness, addiction, abuse, and home chaos drive souls to a life on the streets, hope can be hard to find. Mount Hope partners weekly with Mid-Michigan agencies to provide longterm rehabilitation for those caught in the hell of homelessness.
We’ve found that with the right volunteers and partnerships, the average cost to help someone off the streets and into a successful program of holistic rehabilitation is $500. Would you consider today helping us provide the immediate needs of healthcare, food, shelter, and safety for 100 currently homeless individuals? We will serve these beautiful people into full health and stable living by praying, volunteering, and giving.
Every child is a miracle made by God, and every child is a miracle in the making! We are being more intentional than ever to equip our team, innovate our approach to ministry, and upgrade the physical space where our children meet.
Your giving is directly tied to shaping and equipping children to be strong followers of Jesus. You are causing a ripple effect that will change the future. You are making miracles happen—thank you! Be part of upgrading our environment where kids are discipled and families are empowered to raise up future world-changers!
Our plan is to fully remodel the Elementary Room, children’s check-in areas, and preschool areas at the Creyts campus. We’ll also bring a new look to the Downtown campus with new classroom for age specific rooms for impactful ministry.
Thank you!
Because of your faithful giving, we are carrying the gospel into all the world. People are being transformed, disciples are being equipped, and lives are being added to the Kingdom. As of October 2022, we have given 1,554,878.40 to Missions. THANK YOU! Here are the projects you have helped in completing throughout this year.
Completed Global Projects
Our heart is to serve the people of Afghanistan by empowering and equipping those on the front lines and building a strong community worldwide.
Our prayer:
Lord, we lift up the people of Afghanistan to You right now. We pray that You would take hold of them and help them walk through this fearful time. We pray Psalm 91 and Psalm 23 over them. Protect them under Your wing and help them feel the comfort and peace that only comes from Your powerful presence.
We pray that truth and light would be revealed, and for the hearts of the Taliban to be changed. Just as You did with Saul, we pray for “Damascus” encounters that would lead to repentance.
Lord, protect the women and children. Hear their cries and keep them safe from wickedness and manipulation. Grant them Your peace, freedom, and comfort.
Several years ago, Alberto Sosa, a great missionary from Paraguay, ran a Crossfit Gym in Alexandria. That gym is doing better than ever and is now being run by a group of local believers.
Alberto and his family are now relocating to Sudan and have obtained official recognition for the Assemblies of God in Sudan where he and his wife have been issued “missionary visas.” This is a first for this country! A partner church has invested in helping Alberto ramp up an online church presence, which is going strong. This investment will help in some of the practicalities of a physical church plant in Khartoum, Sudan.
With 1.6 million very ethnically diverse residents, Auckland is the largest city on the secularized island-nation of New Zealand and home to thirty-three percent of the country’s total population. This new international, multicultural church will be a giant beacon of light to the city.
Funds for this project will go to assist with the church plant’s first year’s facility rental, furnishings and chairs, and audiovisual/sound equipment.
Through Global University, we have previously helped fund Ross Byers and his Summer Camp program in the West Bank. These programs reach tens of thousands of homes in the West Bank, and have been proven to be a gateway into homes to extend hope and the Gospel with these families.
Funds for this project will be used to produce several literature pieces and packets, with the goal of 200,000 pieces, that will go home with the kids from the Summer Camps, while impacting their families. In addition, snacks, games, and other standard materials will be purchased for the Summer Camp programs.
The goal of the Bishkek House Project in Kyrgyzstan is to provide a better suited, private space for team activities, rather than in team member apartments.
The uses of this house would include:
- Space for biblical, theological, and missional training,
- housing for long-term team members like
- interns and study abroad students, and
- community space for fellowship, hangouts, and meetings.
Given the right property, the Bishkek House could also provide space for some rural ministry and life-and-work development activities, such as gardening, bee-keeping, and raising chickens.
As the capital and largest city in Algeria, and with a population of 3 million, Algiers city population consists of nearly 97% people practicing Islam today.
Funds for the project would be used to extend the Gospel through media outreach and follow-up. Teams will take time to produce evangelistic materials that reach the people in Algerian dialect.Currently, teams are engaged with an Unreached People Groups Oral Bible Project that has no documented resources in their language. Funds will also go to hire a translator with the purpose of developing an oral Bible story set in their local language, Taznatit.
Lastly, funds will go to Step Global BAM (Business as Missions), focusing on internship programs that allow more Christian witness and boots on the ground in Algeria.
Let’s believe for all souls for Jesus in Egypt! Through resources, Bibles, and intentional training, we are believing for a great sweep of revival in Cairo.
Funds will go to resource development, which includes hard-copy and electronic resources (video teachings, e-curriculum) for Indigenous churches and discipleship. Also, funds will help with electronic resources for leadership development of Indigenous church-planters, and a website hub for leaders to access these resources securely. Additionally, the current resource library will be translated to Arabic for use.
Funds will also provide a ministry training center location in an unengaged area of Egypt. This training center is already legally approved but we need the finances to purchase or rent. This center will provide a secure space for emerging Indigenous ministry leaders to receive training and discipleship. In addition, this space will house spiritual fellowships for ministry and outreach in the community.In additions, funds will provide a ministry training center location in an unengaged area of Egypt. This training center is already legally approved but we need the finances to purchase or rent. This center will provide a secure space for emerging indigenous ministry leaders to receive training and discipleship. In addition this space will house spiritual fellowships for ministry and outreach in the community.
The word “Anapto” means “to kindle” or “to ignite” in Greek. This is exactly what this program will do. In partnership with the Egyptian Assemblies of God, we are creating the first sending agency for long-term Egyptian global workers. The program will launch in January 2022 with the intention of commissioning global workers to establish church planting teams throughout the region as well as starting teams to work with unreached peoples in Egypt upon completing the program. Anapto is holistic, combining weekend classroom times with daily field assignments in their home area under the guide of a coach.
Funds will go to translation of lessons and materials into Arabic for use in the classroom, development of the online system and purchase of licenses, development of materials to help local churches begin praying for unreached people groups, translation of articles into Arabic for educating local pastors on missions and the mission of God, and development and translation of coaching materials.
This community center provides a safe, welcoming place for those who are refugees to find healing from trauma through community. They run English and Turkish conversation clubs, art therapy for women, small group therapy for men, and community building events like movie and game nights, family meal nights, and picnics. They also meet physical needs through clothing giveaways, furniture distribution, and grocery store gift cards during house visits.
Everyone who comes to the center knows that it is connected to a church which gives us a natural bridge to share the Gospel and pray with people for their needs. For those who express an interest in learning more, they meet with them to study the Bible, which has led to a group of new believers and seekers. We are praying that this group would be the start of a church planting movement among
Syrians and Iraqis in this city of Turkey.
The team is actively pursuing entering Syria and the funds would be used for registering and establishing a Non-governmental Organization (NGO) in Damascus that would give access to move our church planting team into Syria.
Starting July 2022, Jonathan and Bethany are pioneering a church planting team in Benghazi, Libya! A city known for civil war will come face-to-face with a hope-bringing church. This new team would use the funds for:
- Establishing a food and hospitality business that aims to bring young Libyan families into relationship with believers,
- mobilizing and partnering with global workers to reach the Eastern parts of Libya, and
- launching a media ministry to evangelize seeking Libyans and to gather hidden believers in the East.
Years of conflict in Yemen have left their infrastructure shattered, thousands dead, millions internally displaced, and food insecure. The people desperately need hope.
The team in Yemen would use the funds to help set up and run relief and development projects, specifically in the sectors of special education, water, and sanitation. Funds would also help partially support Egyptian and Jordanian believers that are working in a professional capacity on the relief and development projects and who are part of the team.
Driving a taxi cab, making bread, or owning a mobile coffee shop are examples of small businesses that could offer local pastors the flexibility to meet the demands of ministry while also providing for the financial needs of their families.
Many pastors are having a difficult time finding work due to the economic situation in Morocco, demands of ministry, and even social ostracism because of their faith in Christ. Funds will aid a small business program that will begin with a grant to start a small business, then continue with ongoing training and follow-up so that the business remains viable. Aiding these pastors to achieve a more sustainable life and ministry would be a catalyst for increased church planting.
Completed Local Projects
- Youth advocates and mentors to be present four hours per day
- Weekly sessions on mental strength and personal development
- Certified Life Coach, certified Innermetrix DISC Consultant and current Varsity Assistant Boys Basketball Coach at Everett High school
- Featured sessions, field trips, and mentor moments for excelling students
- Monthly rewards for transformation students making progress on personal community impact goals
- Management of point system for students and parents who make contact with mentors and advocates for positive reinforcement or guidance on conflict resolution
- Kickoff school assemblies
Imagine watching your city fall to extremist violence—seeing loved ones run for their lives—having no place to find safety or medical care. Imagine wondering if the rumors of the American dream are true or just another fairytale that will end in more heartbreak. The United States has a long tradition of offering refuge to those fleeing persecution and war. This is in many ways because the U.S. has a long history of the Church owning her call to serve the least of these at a global scale.
Mount Hope Outreach Squads help with resettlement, a coordinated activity undertaken in partnership with U.S. government agencies, area NGOs and local Lansing churches. Resettlement to us is much more than six months and a food voucher. Where governments fall short, Mount Hope aims to pick up. After-school programs, Life Groups, job training, and societal integration are among the ways we serve.
Many researchers have spoken about the age 4-14 window—the years that have the biggest impact on the trajectory of the rest of a person’s life. Help us serve the K-12 educational institutions with such excellence and availability that the result is Jesus lifted high in Mid-Michigan.
Gatorade drops at games, volunteers in lunch rooms, councils willing to serve—these are just a few examples of the readiness we aim to provide to local schools. Consider today how you can be part of the Mount Hope team and help with material costs, professional expenses, and volunteer hours.
The prison system grows by society’s failure. Data shows prison populations grow more and more, year after year. Often, people who come out of prison are worse than when they went in. Many commit more crimes, return to prison, and get stuck in the cycle of recidivism, the “revolving door” of crime, prison, and release. The answer to this is not locking people up and “throwing away the key.” The answer is the Gospel of Jesus Christ in a demonstration of power and the accountability that comes from real biblical community!
Those in prison need regeneration, not just 12 steps to rehabilitation—and Jesus has commissioned His followers to reach beyond the barbed wire fences and steel bars to touch the lives of men and women bound by the shackles of sin. Jesus Christ Himself is our example for prison ministry: “To open blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house” (Isaiah 42:7).
The lives of many children are often turned upside down due to situations that make parents or guardians incapable of providing a safe and caring environment, putting their children at risk of abuse and neglect. Most of us might have family to help in times of hardship, however some families are socially isolated, or their extended family is nonexistent, unavailable, or unable to help. These families have no other choice but to have their children removed from their homes and put into foster care.
But what if there was a better way to keep the children safe and restore the parents’ ability to provide and care for their children? This is in part what God created the Church for, and we are taking action and taking the lead in our community! With the help of Christine Lau, we are hosting vulnerable children and creating extended family with a community of godly people who are motivated by compassion to keep children safe and families intact.
- Prayer: Communication with God
- Worship: Expressions of thanks through word, music, and service
- Fellowship: Community of students developing quality relationships
- Discipleship: Learning about Jesus and following His example
- Mission: Living a life that reflects our relationship with God in what we say and do
Along with the normal rigors of life, missionaries often face physical, emotional, and spiritual traumas that those of us on the outside would never imagine. They face obstacles while living under hostile, spiritual oppression and often with fewer resources. Poor medical care, little to no mental health resources, and constant exposure to poverty, violence, and persecution lead to a growing crisis among our field workers. It is our objective to respond to these needs, however possible, to ensure our missionaries don’t have to leave the field for any reason that could have been prevented.
If one day, you or your child decides to say “yes“ to the call to be a missionary, Mount Hope is passionate about ensuring you are well equipped to finish the race strong and to not prematurely burn out as a result of isolation and trauma exposure. Gift cards, vacations, professional counseling, emergency evacuation, and hostage response are all things we have helped with in the past and are preparing to be excellent in as we move forward with a global presentation of the Gospel.
Mount Hope believes in transformational teaching, healing, and delivering people from the bondage of the enemy. This starts by an encounter with God’s love and then an awareness that He has already been pursuing them.
We endevour to find creative ways to bring the Gospel to the lost and broken through multiple streams. We aim to create spaces for open discussion, open mic nights, creative expressions, and more to extend love to those who are lost in their purpose and identity.
We are not satisfied in watching other spiritual powers drive and architect our culture. Christians will take our rightful place as the most innovative, most creative, most passionate, and holy expressive people on earth. The nations will ask themselves where this creativity is coming from, and we will loudly proclaim the name of JESUS!
Mount Hope Church unapologetically is building strategy towards the vision of an entirely discipled region, The Soul Zone, a 50-mile radius around the campus on Creyts Road. We understand this is a whole Kingdom project, not just a one local church endeavor. Part of this includes a desperate need for strong, passionate, bold, and wise pastoral leadership across the region.
Help us send non-Mount Hope area pastors on retreats for spiritual revitalization. When Jesus and His disciples were so busy they didn’t even have time to eat, He said, “Come away by yourselves to a desolate place and rest a while” (Mark 6:31). However, this can be a challenge for pastors who are living on a tight budget. Mount Hope aims to provide practical rest for Mid-Michigan pastors who are leading legitimate disciple-making ministries. Help us provide refreshment to the refreshers!