LANCASTER, PA HOPE International, a
Lancaster-based nonprofit, is excited to join nine other leading
poverty-fighting organizations for an innovative online experience
called the
58: Global Impact Tour (http://www.live58.org/tour).
The initiative, which has just launched, invites Christians to live and
think differently to eradicate extreme global poverty.
58: is
a global alliance of Christians, churches and 10 of the world’s leading
poverty-fighting organizations working together with one goal—to end
extreme poverty
by 2035. 58: takes its name from the biblical mandate of Isaiah 58 to care for the poor and oppressed. HOPE is part of the
58: Alliance, which also consists of Compassion International,
The Christian Reformed World Relief Committee (CRWRC), ECHO, Food for
the Hungry, International Justice Mission, Living Water International,
Micah Challenge, Plant with Purpose, and World
Relief.
Over the next 12 months, the
58: Global Impact Tour will deliver an interactive online experience
featuring 12 countries, 12 issues, and 12 poverty-fighting projects. It
invites Christians to live out Isaiah 58, where the prophet Isaiah
chastises God’s people for empty displays of
religion and calls for a “true fast” that will remove the chains of
injustice, set the oppressed free, feed the hungry, shelter the homeless
and clothe the naked.
HOPE will be featured
on the tour in May, addressing physical and spiritual poverty through
microenterprise development, which includes loans as small as $100,
biblically based business training and access to
savings services.
The online tour
invites Christians to fast, pray and give together to fight extreme
poverty and provides a variety of ways to get involved, such as learning
about poverty-related issues, praying for specific
needs, giving sacrificially and inviting others to donate to Alliance
organizations.
Peter Greer, HOPE president and CEO explains why HOPE has joined the
58: Global Impact Tour, “At this key moment in history, the
global Church is awakening to the plight of the poor, the oppressed, and
the orphan. I’m excited to witness how the Global Impact Tour—by
partnering with the global Church—is helping to unleash
Jesus Christ’s call to uplift the poor and the needy to bring about
reconciliation with God and restoration on earth.”
To join the 58: Global Impact Tour, go to
www.live58.org/tour.
About HOPE International
HOPE International
believes that when it comes to fighting poverty, charity isn’t enough.
We empower families to provide for themselves, investing in the dreams
of the poor through biblically based business
training, business loans as small as $100 and savings services. HOPE
unites the Great Commandment and Great Commission to address both
physical and spiritual poverty and help clients identify the potential
and skills God has given them to break the chains
of poverty. To learn more, please visit
www.hopeinternational.org.
About 58:
58:is
a Christ-centered global initiative to end extreme poverty based on
Isaiah 58’s challenge to “shout it aloud and do not hold back”. And
58:honors the True Fast of Isaiah by engagement in poverty-eradicating action.
58:is built for you to create, shape and join communities of
passionate, like-minded Christians who will work together to end extreme
poverty in our lifetime. Other partners with
58:include: Compassion International, The Christian Reformed
World Relief Committee (CRWRC), ECHO, Food for the Hungry, International
Justice Mission, Living Water International, Micah Challenge, Plant
with Purpose, and World Relief. Learn more about
58:at www.live58.org.
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