Frontiers: how HOPE serves overlooked communities.
Serving those at the very margins of society has always been one of our core motivations. We believe no one should have to make the impossible decisions that come with poverty—or live without the hope of Christ’s love.
Roughly 41% of people worldwide have not heard the Gospel. At the same time, almost 700 million people—nearly 1 in 10 globally—live on less than $2.15 a day. Even more people—1.7 billion worldwide—lack access to financial services.
At HOPE International, we believe God is calling us to move faster toward families on the margins. But over 27 years of operation, we’ve learned that reaching marginalized groups requires an intentional focus on those who have been socially, systemically, or spiritually overlooked.
That’s why we set a goal to reach 20 new frontier communities with Christ-centered financial services by the end of 2025. (And we’re ahead of schedule!)
What is a frontier community?
“Who are the groups of people in this context that feel excluded, marginalized, or on the fringe? Which groups feel systematically excluded from access to financial services? Or maybe these groups experience stigma from the broader society.”
Jesse Casler, chief operations officer
We define a frontier as a group of people experiencing one or more of these three broad criteria:
Socially excluded due to stigma, ethnic tensions, marginalization, or social isolation, including the Doma population in Zimbabwe who have faced discrimination for years.
Systemically disenfranchised due to historical policy or legal restrictions, military conflicts, or geographic isolation, including refugees in Burundi, Malawi, and Uganda.
Spiritually neglected through limited exposure to the Gospel, including unreached people groups and Christian minority contexts.
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