Heart to Honduras tries to direct all of the social work it does through the local church. We do not believe that one should exist without the other. The church is to be the hands and feet of Jesus Christ in this world. For us to simply preach the Gospel of Jesus and ignore the physical needs would not follow what Jesus modeled when He walked on the earth.

At the same time if all we do is take care of physical needs, we are missing the point of Jesus’ crucifixion and resurrection. The church is called to bring both physical bread and the spiritual Bread of Life. Jesus gave hope to the hopeless because He cared for the whole person. Everything we do is an effort to give new Hope to the Hopeless.

There are many ways in which we bring hope.  One is by North American teams visiting the local churches and making friends with the people, partnering with them as Sister Churches, and helping them have facilities and materials for their outreach and discipleship in their communities – enabling them to bring the hope of Christ to their neighbors.

We believe that placing great importance on children is another way to bring hope.  We have staff assigned to coordinate North American team visits to orphanages and also to coordinate Honduran Christian volunteers.  Please contact us if your church is interested in an orphanage focused trip. Some of our local congregations (which have formed an association called Brazos Abiertos or “Open Arms”) have child centers in partnership with Compassion International.  Individual congregations have pledged to place great emphasis on valuing children and teaching them the Christian way of life.

Another very important ministry of hope is done through our School of Discipleship.  In the two year discipleship program, young people with a call to ministry are trained to be pastors, evangelists, missionaries and church leaders.  Upon graduation they spread out and bring the hope of the Gospel – perhaps back to their home church and community or perhaps by planting a new church in another country.

One of the commitments of the ministry has always been to empower and enable people to improve their own lives. We try not to just give things away and thus create a dependency mentality among the people to whom we minister. Instead we work to find creative ways that help people have a part in earning or creating their future. You will hear us say, “It’s a hand up, not a hand out.”

In these specific ways, and in other, more intangible ways, we purpose to bring the hope of Christ to our brothers and sisters in Central America.