Hope Fund

Our goal as a church is to be generous. To use what God has given us and to sow back into the great ministries we value and believe in.

The Hope Fund is a way where we go over and above our regular support to catalyze ministry by financially supporting projects of our local and global partners. 

Our current and past Hope Fund projects are listed below!

Hope Fund

Current Projects

Kids on Track Bus and Trailer Wrap

The Kids On Track bus and trailer are essential tools for reaching families across Edmonton. The bus provides transportation for kids, youth, and parents to weekly programs and overnight trips like the Ski Trip, Leader-in-Training Summer Camp, and the Jasper Overnight—removing transportation barriers for many. The trailer supports our program execution by hauling supplies and equipment across the city. Kids On Track is planning to re-wrap both so they continue to represent the vibrant and welcoming community they serve. The total cost of this project is $8,000.

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Mwanza Christian College

Mwanza Christian College, opened in Tanzania in 1967, specializes in training evangelists for their calling. The college’s goal is to expand its impact to train 240 pastors and Christian leaders per year. However, in order to accomplish this, they must advance to university status which necessitates costly updates.

Hope City Church has been part of supporting the college since our church was started in 1976, and is committing $28,000 towards the cost of needed updates to train the next generation of pastors in East Africa.


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North Africa Missions Training

PROJECT COST: $375,000
Hope City is Committing $25,000 per year in 2023, 2024 and 2025

North Africa is home to more than 400 unreached people groups with an overwhelming Islamic culture. There are small but growing church movements, primarily small house churches, that are operating within both formal legal and informal cultural restriction on the practice of the Christian faith. We are partnering with our denominational global workers in launching a missions department in North Africa to train and equip national believers to go into unreached areas of their own country as well as neighboring countries.

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Recent Projects

Youth Rise Edmonton exists to empower young people from vulnerable communities to rise to their God-given potential. 

Youth Rise is entering into a renovation project to truly make their gymnasium in Millbourne into a high caliber space for basketball and other sports.

Hope City gave $20,000 towards the cost of new basketball nets and crash pads for the Youth Rise gymnasium.

Vehicle for Global Worker in Guatemala

Hope City Committed $25,000

Margaret Pheiffer is a newly appointed global worker heading to Guatemala to help support Hector and Ruth Aragon as they oversee the growing Child Care Plus program that reaches 500 children in 17 locations throughout the country.  Key to her ministry is a vehicle, so we are committing the funds needed for her to purchase one soon after she arrives in Guatemala.  

Hope City Committed $15,000

Chiquinquira, Colombia

Our church previously helped purchase land for Father’s House church in Columbia. Father's House church partners with one of our global workers, Darren McCrea, for multiple seminars, youth events, and other programs to strengthen the church and reach the community. Construction is moving towards completion for the church and the school, and our funds will help then get to that finish line!

Guatemala

Project Cost: $10,000

The William Cornelius Vocational Training Centre (WCVTC) is a 50,000-square-foot secondary and technical school in Guatemala, which is bringing a generation of young Guatemalans a first-class vocational training experience. Hope City Church has been involved from the school’s beginnings and remains a strong partner with them. We provided $10,000 towards the purchase of laptop computers to update their computer lab.

Adeara Recovery

One of our local partners, the Adeara Recovery Centre, recently discovered moisture leaking into one of their client suites, which revealed a lack of waterproofing along the side of the building and a risk of further damage and suites becoming unavailable for their client's use.

Hope City is committing $20,000 towards the estimated $30,000 repair bill.

PROJECT COST: $10,000

Innocent and Immaculee Sezibera recently moved to Guinea to serve as global workers where 87% of the population is unreached with the Gospel. Their focus is training pastors and supporting new churches, which involves a lot of travel. 

Hope City Church contributed $10,000 towards the purchase cost of a reliable vehicle to allow them to travel around the country to train pastors and support local churches.

PROJECT COST: $10,000

The Schools of Hope Ministry, led by Kathy Mizen in Honduras, exists to support families and children in to Tegucigalpa, Honduras in their education, food security and discipleship. Led by Kathy Mizen, a global worker who has been serving in Honduras for over 10 years and this space, they are opening a renovated spaces appropriately called the Hope Centre, which allow them to expand their reach in Tegucigalpa. 

PROJECT COST: $15,000

A couple from our church, Paul and Judith Roque, have for 10 years been establishing livelihood and livestock projects in the Philippines. They have a proven track record of partnering with local churches to establish self-sustaining economic communities centered around the church.

Hope City Church is committing to help them by providing the funds to purchase 80 pigs ($10,000) and a range of chickens and nesting boxes ($5,000) that will support 60 families on three different islands, all connected and accountable to a local church partner.


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PROJECT COST: $20,000

The Domari are one of the least reached people groups in the world. Located predominantly in the Middle East, they are not officially recognized by governments and are institutionally and socially ignored. They live in closed communities in conditions that are often poor, with little or no access to health care, education or housing.

One of our global workers is actively working to practically share God’s love with this isolated people group by bringing water filtration units to their communities. We want to partner with them and provide the $20,000 necessary to supply the units.


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PROJECT COST: $25,000

Partnering with ERDO, providing financial support to existing church workers in Afghanistan and the surrounding countries to provide practical assistance to refugees and support Pastors working in country after the troop withdrawal.

LAND PURCHASE FOR FATHER’S HOUSE CHURCH IN CHIQUINQUIRA, COLOMBIA.
TOTAL COST: $300,000, HOPE CITY IS COMMITTING $25,000

Father’s House church is a church of 300 that is desperately in love with Jesus & Kingdom growth, and has partnered with our global worker, Darren McCrea, in Colombia for multiple seminars, youth events, events in schools and parks and other programs to strengthen the church and reach the community.

A key limitation is their lack of a permanent home. Like most Colombian churches, FHC and its Christian School are in a rented facilities. During Covid, that meant the closure of the school and almost the same for the church. The cost of purchasing land in an urban setting for their church is approximately $300,000 and is a struggle for a church whose average member only makes $350 a month.


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PROJECT COST: $280,000 (HOPE CITY IS GAVE $50,000)

We partnered with a PAOC global worker, David Wood, on the construction of a new church building that was needed because they outgrew their current rental facility. We contributed $50,000 of the total $280,000 cost.

NEW VEHICLE FOR GLOBAL WORKER IN RESTRICTED ACCESS AREA
TOTAL COST: $52,000, HOPE CITY IS COMMITTING $25,000

One of our global workers in the region have been in the area so long (over 20 years), they have worn out their current vehicle. Cars in the region are very expensive as they are subject to over 100% import duty along with sales taxes and fees that add even more to the cost. A decent roadworthy vehicle will cost them approximately $52,000.

PROJECT COST: $66,000 

Every Day Ministries is constructing a Ministry Development Centre in the Dominican Republic to be a place where local pastors, church leaders, seminary groups, short term teams and others can come to experience the presence of God, be trained and be refreshed.

This facility will be used for biblical training, conferences, seminars and retreats for evangelical denominations across the island of Hispaniola.

PROJECT COST: $12,000

In early 2021 we partnered with For Her Dignity to provide dignity kits to girls and women in various setting in North Africa and the Middle East.


PROJECT COST: $3,500

In December, 2020 we partnered with the Tanzania Assemblies of God to cover the cost of shipping a container to Tanzania with computers, furniture and supplies to equip local churches and eight Bible colleges. The cost to ship the container is $10,000 and we are committed $3,500.


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PROJECT COST: $100,000

Home of the Good Shepherd is building a multi-use building to serve as a church as well as provide recreational and meeting space throughout the week. The total project cost is approximately $900,000 and they are still looking to raise another $460,000. 



PROJECT COST: $4,000

Shiloh Youth Ranch provides summer camp experiences for at-risk children and youth and year-round programming in the Edmonton area. They are currently expanding their camp facilities and are wanting to establish an archery course. Hope City Church is committing $4,000 for the course and equipment.



PROJECT COST: $30,000

Christian Life Ministries was started as a church in Bujumbura, Burundi by Elmer and Sherry Komant and has grown to include a second site in Gitega. They are planting a third site in Bujumbura and we want to help them launch strong through a commitment of $30,000 towards the needed sound system.



PROJECT COST: $110,000

Adeara is passionate about helping vulnerable women who are struggling with addiction and other mental health concerns, providing hope, healing and restoration for them and their children.

Adeara’s current facility is urgent need of a new roof, at a cost of approximately $110,000. Hope City Church is committing to covering the cost of the new roof.