October 16, 2015.Reading time 2 minutes.
Did you know that World Food Day has been celebrated globally for 36 years? Hunger is still a daily challenge for many. But today we are celebrating by sharing one of our programs that takes action against hunger. We partnered with Foundations for Farming to design a program to combat hunger—both physical and spiritual—starting […]
Read MoreSeptember 7, 2015.Reading time 3 minutes.
Previous: Connection in ministry In order to prevent losing an entire generation, the Church needs to assert itself and strategize how to be effective in reaching its youth. In our Egypt scenario, there was a dire need to develop a national plan to reach and disciple youth, conduct youth leadership training programs, and ensure collaboration […]
Read MoreJanuary 26, 2015.Reading time 7 minutes.
I’ve been actively engaging people in missions since boyhood. As a youngster, my parents dressed my brother and me in flowy, traditional Arabic outfits as we traveled to the local churches raising support for our middle-eastern missions. In the 70’s & 80’s, my teenage brother and I cold-called churches from a closet “call center” to see if […]
Read MoreAugust 4, 2014.Reading time 3 minutes.
OneHope has been around for nearly three decades. It’s not by accident, and we didn’t just get lucky; we realize that we have absolutely been granted God’s favor to continue doing Kingdom work. Part of that, I believe, is because we have not only chosen for our ministry to be Spirit-led, but also because we […]
Read MoreJanuary 20, 2014.Reading time 4 minutes.
“A market-driven organization is driven by what the market wants, regardless of what the marketing department feels like doing.” – Seth Godin This Godin quote caught my attention. Reading through a ministry lens, I tried to translate the concept to fit a missions organization, or any charitable organization or NPO. Here’s what I came up with: […]
Read MoreOctober 24, 2013.Reading time 4 minutes.
As Millennials and successive generations grow up using technology, it comes as no surprise that they are more comfortable with and actually prefer online giving. Not only do they want giving websites and platforms to look sleek and up-to-date, more importantly they want them to be quick and easy to use. Barna Group studied how technology is […]
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