H.O.P.E. Bible Mission
3775 EP True Pkwy #103
West Des Moines, Iowa 50265
 717-827-1037
 hope@h-b-m.org
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
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Our Mission
To build partnerships to open paths to the least reached.
 
Our Purpose and Vision
The acronym H.O.P.E. stands for Help Open Paths to Evangelize. This short phrase contains the guiding principles for our ministry.
  • HOPE endeavors to HELP by building partnerships with National Ministries. We seek to partner with doctrinally sound ministries by developing National leadership Biblically and organizationally. HOPE assists the National leadership in fulfilling the ministry that God has given to the National leadership.
  • HOPE seeks to OPEN ministry opportunities by serving only in areas of new ministry because we do not want to duplicate the work of other valid ministries.
  • HOPE works with National ministries to create PATHS that are culturally sensitive and effective. The ministries that are developed will seek to meet the needs of the total community based on a saving knowledge of Christ
  • HOPE works to EVANGELIZE the world, which is the foundation for all ministry activity.

What We Believe
  • The Bible is inspired by the Holy Spirit, and is the infallible, inerrant, and authoritative Word of God.
  • That there is one God, eternally existent in three persons, The Father; the Son and the Holy Ghost.
  • In the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His incarnation by the virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death on the cross through His shed blood, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His personal return in power and Glory as taught in the New Testament.
  • That for the salvation of the lost and sinful man, regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential.
  • In the present ministry of the Holy Spirit by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a godly life.
  • In the resurrection of the saved unto the resurrection of eternal life.
  • In the spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ.
  • In the obligation of believers to be witnesses of our Lord Jesus Christ to seek the salvation of the world through faith in Him.
Our History
The Heart of Hope Beats for Evangelism

 Founded in 1950, H.O.P.E Bible Mission was born in the hearts of founders Denise Farquhar, Georgina Gudladt, and Ivy Hone to
"Help Open Paths to Evangelize."
Originally, scripture distribution and evangelistic missionary outreach work on the continent of Europe was their hearts desire. Incorporated in New Jersey, God used the founders hearts and hands to literally build a house and office on several acres of beautiful property in Brookside, New Jersey.
The early days were filled with hard physical labor, office work, packing and shipping Bibles and raising support for national missionaries in Holland, France, Germany and Spain.
Camp Berea, a thriving Christian camp and retreat center in Font Rubi, Spain, remains today as testimony to the hard work and support raised by the founders. Nearby New York City also beckoned and the ladies began a ministry to children and adults in lower Manhattan and hosted camp retreats for needy kids from New York City in New Jersey for many years.
As the years went by H.O.P.E.'s ministry paths changed as God close some doors and opened others. All three founders, Denise Farquhar, Georgian Gudladt, and Ivy Hone have gone home to be with the Lord.
 
In 1995, Rick and Deb Carey came to direct the work.
The late 90s were years of transition and refocusing as H.O.P.E. had the opportunity to embark in pioneer missionary work in the remote Quiche department of Guatemala and to revitalize mission efforts in Spain with church planting in the Catalunya region.
 
Our mission is to build partnerships to open paths to the least reached.
Our current ministry path is two-fold (1) equipping the church in the Quiche department of Guatemala, an area of difficult land access, poverty and spiritual need, and (2) church planting in the Catalunya Region of Spain, where less than .01% evangelical churches exist.
Our work is to strengthen national missionaries in opening new paths of ministry. Developing resources, building supporting church and individual partners, providing short-term mission teams, and facilitating national organizational structure are all part of our work to strengthen our national missionaries.
 
From its founding until today, H.O.P.E. remains a faith mission.
H.O.P.E. remains a small, evangelical, faith ministry. We are a mission that relies on the prayers and financial partnerships of individuals and churches. We are accountable to our supporters and churches for careful stewardship of all resources God provides and we base all faith and practice on the principles in God's Word.



The Heartbeat of our Mission Strategy
HOPE Bible Mission is an evangelical, evangelistic, and nondenominational mission. HOPE's missionaries fellowship and work in partnership with believers, churches, and organizations of like faith and practice. We are a faith mission that relies upon the prayer and financial partnership of churches and individuals. We are accountable to the local church for careful stewardship of the resources that the Lord provides and we base all faith and practice on the principles of God's Word.