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Tips For Holding New Hope Sessions Online
Online New Hope sessions are a new challenge to multiplying healing in our world. Yet, with a little bit of effort and a whole bunch of prayer, God is using these online sessions to transform hearts and minds. Here are some of our top tips for facilitators who find themselves leading online sessions: ...
Tips for Zoom Calls From Susan Gavin
Burt and Susan Gavin had just settled on a time to meet with a group of young people for the New Hope training when their city shut down. As everyone stayed at home due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Gavins considered their options. “To be honest,” Susan said, “I was not very enthusiastic about...
God is still working!
Despite what looks like an abrupt stop to everyday ministry, God is still working through New Hope trainings. The training in Burkina Faso in January 2020is producing fruit even now! Mid-January 2020 Anna Farmer* trained a co-ed group of 30 church leaders of multiple denominations from across Burkina Faso. Burkina’s motto, “the land of...
Just Listening…
In the past week I’ve had several conversations in which I’ve naturally used the listening questions we use in New Hope. One of those times was on a beach talking to the woman sitting next to me watching her grandson play in the rock pools. What happened? How did you feel? What was the...
New Hope in Europe
A church in England is made up of members from a North African country. They have struggled for years to know how to reach out to the refugees constantly coming to England from their country. These refugees speak their language, but come from a different religious background. Now the church is planning to start...
Helen Finds Her Purpose
“Sandra” and her husband continue to work with refugees in refugee camps in her country. Thank you for praying for her and her husband! To date, she, her husband, and those they have trained have done New Hope groups with 1,244 people, starting 207 New Hope groups, and have seen 221 people accept Jesus...
Recently Published Articles
Here are a couple of recent articles featuring New Hope in Africa. ‘Trauma Healing’ Brings New Life for the Traumatized in Africa ‘Trauma Healing:’ Incorporating Counseling, Storying, and Church Planting for Trauma Groups ...
Hope
“She has only daughters – seven daughters. Because of this, her husband’s family ridicules her and treats her badly. In their culture, a woman who gives birth to a son is respected as if she created him by herself, but a woman who gives birth to a daughter is not respected because only a male...
North Africa…
From North Africa: “Just these past two weeks we gained 8 new members to the family through sharing these stories! Today one of the ladies in the group shared that for 20 years she had held a hurt in her heart, and that through this training, the Father has healed that hurt, and today...