1. The one true God who lives eternally in three persons—the
Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.
2. The love, grace and sovereignty of God in creating,
sustaining, ruling, redeeming and judging the world.
3. The divine inspiration and supreme authority of the Old and
New Testament Scriptures, which are the written Word of
God—fully trustworthy for faith and conduct.
4. The dignity of all people,
made male and female in God's image to love, be holy and care
for creation, yet corrupted by sin, which incurs divine wrath
and judgement.
5. The incarnation of God’s eternal Son, the Lord Jesus
Christ—born of the virgin Mary, truly divine and truly human,
yet without sin.
6. The atoning sacrifice of Christ on the cross: dying in our
place, paying the price of sin and defeating evil, so
reconciling us with God.
7. The bodily resurrection of Christ, the first fruit of our
resurrection; his ascension to the Father, and his reign and
mediation as the only Saviour of the world.
8. The justification of sinners solely by the grace of God
through faith in Christ.
9. The ministry of God the Holy Spirit, who leads us to
repentance, unites us with Christ through new birth, empowers
our discipleship and enables our witness.
10. The Church, the body of Christ both local and universal, the
priesthood of all believers—given life by the Spirit and endowed
with the Spirit's gifts to worship God and proclaim the gospel,
promoting justice and love.
11. The personal and visible return of Jesus Christ to fulfil
the purposes of God, who will raise all people to judgement,
bring eternal life to the redeemed and eternal condemnation to
the lost, and establish a new heaven and new earth.
Living Hope Ministries exists to build the church through
teaching and informed advice, training and evangelism within a
network of churches and leaders in the UK, Africa, Europe, Asia
and other regions as called.
How do we do the work?
Preaching the Word of God
Speaking to groups both large and small, in churches, mission
halls, seminars and evangelistic crusades.
Pastors Seminars
Gathering pastors, providing lunches and teaching them a deeper
understanding of the word of God.
Monthly Email Bible Study
Sending Teams
The needs are too many for one man to cover, so people from many
churches and countries volunteer to support the work by going on
Mission with LHM.
Making Radio Programmes
These go into Africa and Asia and also the UK via satellite
radio channels.
Making TV Programmes
These programmes are seen in Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria and India.
The India station also reaches into other parts of Asia.
Prayer Network
The LHM International Leaders Fellowship works by email. We
share prayer requests and agree to pray for one another on the
first Friday of each month.
Working with Churches in the UK
Regular visits to 30+ churches, to update people and to
encourage prayer and giving. Some churches also send their own
people on Mission with LHM.
The word of God The Bible is the final authority concerning doctrine
and behaviour. Everything taught must be in line with
God’s Word. Salvation and heaven are available through
our Lord Jesus, who is the living word. Sin, judgement
and hell are realities to be dealt with.
The Cross
Always we preach Christ – and him crucified! All of our
messages should contain the good news of salvation
through Jesus, who died for our sins and rose again.
The Church
Jesus never promised to build LHM but he did promise to
build his church. The purpose of LHM is to build up the
church of Jesus Christ through the power of the Holy
Spirit. Therefore, our teaching and input should always
seek to build up the local church, not the ministry of
LHM. The biblical ministries of apostles, prophets,
teachers and evangelists are actively encouraged and the
groups we work with should aim to have this balance. We
want local churches to be free from false teaching, so
that they can serve their communities effectively.
The Nations
God’s heart is for the nations and all nations are open
to the ministry of LHM as the Lord leads.
The Holy Spirit
His empowering gifting and anointing is essential to see
signs, wonders and lasting fruit in the ministry.
Please see the LHM Statement of Faith for a fuller
insight into what we believe.
LHM is committed to encouraging those who are taught and touched by the
ministry, to build strong and deep personal relationships with the Lord Jesus
Christ. All the people we work with are friends, not contacts, and our service
for Jesus is greatly enhanced by our being in good relationship with one
another. We honour marriage as taught in Scripture. Marriage is to be
safeguarded in every way and is a powerful picture of the relationship between
Christ and his church. Holiness and purity are hallmarks of that relationship.
Service
We believe valid Christian ministry comes out of a serving heart. People
working with us must not be empire builders in any sense but servants of the
Lord Jesus.
Leadership Training
Local churches need to be led by godly leaders,
whose vision is clear to build God’s church not
theirs! Seminars, TV, Radio, Bible Studies,
Prayer and Fellowship are all provided to
achieve that goal.
Humility
LHM serves very poor people in other countries but in no sense do we want to
adopt a colonial style. Rather, we count it always a privilege to work with
God’s people in whatever economic state they find themselves.
Focus LHM was called by God to train and equip leaders – teaching them to build
churches that reflect the New Testament model. We recognise the many practical
and material needs that are faced by these leaders and we help where we can.
However, this can never be at the expense of our goal to train and equip God’s
servants, to establish churches that honour Jesus.
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