HOPE /hōp/
a feeling of confident expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen.
HCJA is a multi-faceted kingdom outreach ministry focused on reaching the whole man, spirit, soul and body with the Gospel and charity of Jesus Christ.
Helping Other People Evolve is the heartbeat of what we do. Jesus came to seek and save the lost. In the footsteps of our Lord, we seek to meet people in a practical way as Jesus did. H.O.P.E. Center is more than a building, it is the place where real life and Jesus converge.
We are often asked "Where is H.O.P.E. Center located"? and our response is "Wherever we go, we bring the HOPE of God, ‘center’”.
Helping Other People Evolve
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit, you may abound in hope.
Romans 15:13
Spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ by practical means of outreach, discipleship, worship, and education to the people of Jamaica.
“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, and He has anointed me to be hope for the poor, healing for the brokenhearted, and new eyes for the blind, and to preach to prisoners, ‘You are set free!’ I have come to share the message of Jubilee, for the time of God’s great acceptance has begun.”
Luke 4:18-19TPT
Statement of Faith
The Statement of Faith reflects Hope Center Jamaica’s belief as it relates to faith, doctrine, practice, and policy. Our Founders have drafted and approved this statement in its entirety and have resolved that this is our firm position on how the Scripture is interpreted and applies. The Bible itself, as the inspired and infallible Word of God, speaks with final authority concerning truth, morality, and the proper conduct of mankind and as such is the sole and final source of all that we believe.
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WE believe there is one God, eternally existing in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Each Person is distinct in their role yet sharing the exact same divine nature. God is the Creator, Sustainer, and Ruler of all that exists. We believe God is personal and relational and has chosen to reveal Himself through His creation, the Bible, and most clearly in the person of Jesus Christ.
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WE believe that Jesus Christ is the only begotten Son of the Father, conceived of the Holy Ghost, and born of the Virgin Mary. That Jesus was crucified, buried, and raised from the dead. His resurrection from the dead is the only hope for humanity’s reconciliation with God. He has ascended into heaven, is the King of Kings and our Intercessor, and we await His bodily return in power and glory.
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WE believe that Holy Spirit eternally co-exists with Jesus and God, has the divine nature of God, and is the very Spirit of God. He pours out the love of God into our hearts and brings us into intimate relationship with God. Holy Spirit has been sent by the Father, through Jesus, to convict the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment. As the Spirit of Truth, He guides us into all truth. Through the Holy Spirit we receive the power to follow Christ, to desire to do His will, and to preach the gospel to the nations. The Holy Spirit produces in our lives evidence of new life and works through us to accomplish the work that Christ began during His ministry.
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WE believe the Bible tells the story of God’s glory and His plan of salvation for humanity. As God’s revelation of Himself, we believe the Bible is inspired by God. The Holy Spirit worked through human authors to record God’s work of redemption. This record is found in the 66 books that comprise the Old and New Testaments. We believe the Bible is accurate, authoritative, true, and is sufficient to teach us how to live in relation to God.
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WE believe that all people are created in God’s image, male and female, to have fellowship with God and with each other. Each person has inherent value and dignity from conception. Man was created good and upright, for God said, “Let us make man in Our image, after Our likeness.” But man, by voluntary sin, fell. Sin has corrupted human nature, resulting in a separation from God. Man’s only hope of redemption is in Jesus Christ the Son of God.
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WE believe that sinful humanity is reconciled to God by grace through faith alone in Jesus Christ. God, in His love and mercy, has provided the means of covering sin and renewing fellowship with Himself, by the blood of Jesus Christ and His death on the cross. There, Jesus took the place of sinners and provided the righteousness they needed to find acceptance with God through repentance. Repentance is a Godly sorrow for sin, with a rejection of and turning from sin. God has commanded repentance for everyone and is necessary for the forgiveness of sins.
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WE believe all new believers should follow the instructions of the Lord Jesus Christ, who commanded us to be baptized because it is an act of righteousness. Baptism is water immersion, that is symbolizes our death and resurrection in Christ and it is a declaration of our allegiance to Christ.
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WE believe that the baptism of the Holy Spirit is the empowering of the believer to do the works of God.
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WE believe in the office and the authority of the five-fold ministry as Jesus instituted. He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God.
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WE believe and anticipate the physical return of our Lord Jesus Christ as King, to establish His eternal kingdom on the earth. He will reward His followers and judge the ones who reject Him.
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WE believe marriage is only the uniting of one man and one woman in covenant commitment for a lifetime. It is God’s unique gift to reveal the union between Christ and His church, the framework for intimate companionship, the expression of sexuality according to biblical standards, and the means for procreation of the human race. All forms of sexual activity outside of biblical marriage is sin.
The Statement of Faith does not exhaust the extent of our beliefs. The Bible itself, as the inspired and infallible Word of God that speaks with final authority concerning truth, morality, and the proper conduct of mankind, is the sole and final source of all that we believe. For the purposes of Hope Center Jamaica’s faith, doctrine, practice and policy, our Founders provide the final interpretive authority on the Bible’s meaning and application for Hope Center Jamaica.
HOPE Center Jamaica
Hope Pastures, Kingston
St. Andrew Jamaica
Call: 876-843-4232