Partner Churches
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Are you interested in partnering or finding out more? Are you wondering how your church can be involved? Do you want to become an HIV-Competent Church? Contact us about having a Journey at your church!
Official Church Partners
These churches have gone through the church partnership process with HopeSprings. Churches having earned this designation have done so through an active commitment of their church leadership to lead congregational efforts of awareness and education. Church leadership and many of their congregants have taken part in the Journey training courses and are actively engaged in HopeSprings ministry efforts to equip the church so that it may effectively engage in the HIV pandemic, restoring hope and healing to those impacted by it. These are churches committed to being “safe” places for those infected and affected by HIV.
Central Presbyterian Church (Founding Body) www.centralpc.org
Christway Christian Baptist Church www.christwaycbc.org
Gallery Church www.gallerychurchbaltimore.com
Grace City www.gfc.org
Grace Community Church www.gcconline.org
Grace Fellowship Church (Founding Body) www.gfc.org
Horizon Church www.soulhorizon.com/towson
Looking for a Speaker at Your Church?
If you church is interested in having a service or portion of a service dedicated to HIV/AIDS awareness, education, and a scriptural mandate to get involved, we can help! If you are looking for sermons related to HIV, we can provide those too. Contact us for more information.
Church Partnership Process. Churches wanting to join this movement, should contact us at info@hopesprings.org to learn more. The typical pathway to church engagement is:
1. Pastoral Leadership Commitment demonstrated by discussions with HopeSprings leadership and participation in the Journey course
2. Raising of church awareness/sensitivity through an educational event facilitated by HopeSprings, but promoted by the senior pastor; or a sermon series taught by the senior pastor
3. Identification of a church liaison(s) who will serve as the primary contact between HopeSprings and your church
4. Identification of a church focus area within the ministry; such as sponsorship of testing at a local agency once/month, mentoring of teen mothers in one of our programs, facilitation of a Bible Study on site at one of our partner agencies, delivering meals to those infected by HIV, etc.
5. Hosting of Journey courses on site for interested members of your congregation
6. Serving together to transform your hearts and the hearts of those you touch through your efforts.
Biblical Mandate
Micah 6:8
Matthew 25:31-46
James 1:27
James 3:17
Journey at My Church
The Journey prepares individuals and congregants to engage in volunteer opportunities both in their communities and through HopeSprings’ existing partnerships with local HIV/AIDS Service Organizations. A list of training dates and registration can be found here. Contact us about having a Journey at your church.
Are you an HIV-Competent Church?
Click above to find out how to become an HIV competent church.
Why should my church partner with HopeSprings?
Churches partnering with HopeSprings benefit from 4 years of foundational ground work. Since January, 2007 we’ve been working to build a strong infrastructure that will sustain this ministry for years to come. Benefits include:
• An existing infrastructure with website, database, communications plan, 501c3 status, and more already in place
• Dedicated staff support
• Strong community partnerships in Baltimore
• MD State recognition and support
• Clear pathways of volunteer engagement
• Effective educational training modules to equip members of the church to engage in this pandemic
• Effective partnership models guiding this delicate process
• Multiplication of ministry impact through partnership and unity of the Body
• Access to our network of church partners working in this field