HOPE worldwide is committed to strengthening our partnership with the churches to glorify God and strengthen our shared mission of serving the poor and needy. Many thanks to church leaders from around the world who in a spirit of love and cooperation contributed ideas to enhance this relationship. You are encouraged to send comments or … [Read more...]
Shepherding Service Team Update
The newly formed Shepherding Service Team targets needs to develop more relationships, more elders and help with conflict resolution. At the 2007 International Leadership Conference in Los Angeles the Shepherding Service Team was one of ten service teams to be formed at the request to the delegates. Sam Powell (New York) was asked to be chairman … [Read more...]
Update from HOPE worldwide and Benevolence Service Team
Robert Gempel noted in one discussion, "HOPE worldwide desperately needs the input of the churches as we move forward." This is a little update on what we have been doing so far, as well as results of our survey. HOPE worldwide and Benevolence Committee Update As a result of the ILC meeting in Los Angeles a number of committees were created … [Read more...]
Cooperation Service Team Report
This is the first quarterly report from the Cooperation Service Team that was appointed at the Delegates meeting at the recent International Leadership Conference in Anaheim, California . I am finding the learning curve is steep in our first months of the Cooperation Service Team but at the same time, it is encouraging to see that our new simple … [Read more...]
Ministry Education and Teaching Service Team
The first phase is to develop more ministry education among our churches. Six of the eight members of our team will focus on comparing notes from our main education efforts around the churches. We hope to eventually develop a plan that will benefit a larger audience as well as examine the benefits of onsite teaching: both seminar and extended, … [Read more...]