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For the Grace Community Church in Goshen, Indiana, a partnership with Asia’s Hope in Cambodia and Thailand has meant a new sense of unity and purpose, and a dynamic, long-term global missions project that touches every person in the congregation. For the kids at the Battambang 2 and Doi Saket 2 children’s homes, it’s meant the difference between a life of exploitation, abuse and despair and a life of blessing, love and hope.

ONE PASTOR’S STORY:

Everything changed for Grace Community Church on a cold winter Sunday morning three years ago. We were in the midst of series called “Raise the Bar” and I had a message prepared called “Get Global.” 

 

During that week God had been working on my heart in a strong way to challenge our people to see the world like he sees it. Our church has always been known for reaching others yet God wanted us to do even more. I had been in contact with the directors of Asia’s Hope a few months prior to this and God planted a seed in my heart about this incredible grassroots ministry.

Grace Community Church in Goshen, Indiana provides 100% of the funding for food, clothing, shelter, staffing, education, medical care and spiritual formation for the Battambang 2 children’s home in Cambodia and the Doi Saket 2 home in Northern Thailand.That morning I came ready to ask our people to consider giving enough money to support an orphanage in Cambodia and to help feed starving people in our world. I really sensed that God was going to work. So I gave the call to give and God just blew us away. I had people writing checks before I even finished preaching and laying them on the stage. By the time the service was over, Grace Community people gave enough to support two orphanages and enough to feed a village with 100,000 meals. It was a Sunday that I will never forget.

It was the best decision that Grace Community has ever made. Now we get a chance to invest in over 40 children in two countries, Thailand and Cambodia. This relationship has changed the hearts of our people in an incredible way and God has blessed us over and above anything we could have ever imagined. May I encourage you today to do the same; your church will never be the same again. Besides this is pure and faultless religion that God the Father loves! 

Asia’s Hope is making a profound difference in our world in their efforts to rescue orphans. You will be tremendously blessed to link arms with them!

If you’re a pastor, and would like to contact Jim and ask him about his partnership with Asia’s Hope, send him an email at jbrown@gracecommunity-church.com and he’ll answer any questions you have.