I grew up in a poor village with no electricity. We scrounged for whatever food we could find. We had no bathrooms and showered behind bushes. My parents couldn’t afford school fees so at the beginning of each term, they…
Evangelism and the Extreme Poor Seven hundred thirty-four million people around the world live in an amplified state of poverty, their unmet needs as vast as the stars in the sky. The extreme poor live life on less than $2.15…
I started writing something for a new page we’re adding to our website (I’m pretty excited—I think it’s going to be great!) but as I started typing a little explanation about what “Hope for Eternity” is, the words kept flowing,…
It may sound strange, but our goal here at Bright Hope is to work ourselves out of jobs! Our mission is to bring Hope to those living on less than $2 a day. And we do that by coming alongside…
This story is the continuation of “A Grandmother’s Love.” If you haven’t read it yet, you can read it here on our website. Elina raised her four daughters alone after she separated from her abusive, alcoholic husband. Every night, he…
One of the lessons I learned early in my ministry life was that whenever I had a prompting from the Holy Spirit, I would follow it right away. Many people I’ve counseled over the years struggle with knowing what the…
I met my wife on a holiday after final university exams. A year later we got married and had our first daughter Chloe. I had decided to do my photography on a personal basis by then, and to also develop…
People, especially the poor, want healing and to be released from physical suffering from hunger or disease, but they also want to know about how to have a relationship with God.
When you visit a country for the first time, there are always a lot of “firsts”—like your first time eating llama meat on pizza, or your first time seeing the Andes Mountains
Who would have imagined that a man born on a humble dairy farm in North Carolina would have grown up to preach the Gospel to nearly 215 million people in more than 185 countries and territories.