One Hope Canada Annual Impact Report 2022

our core values

DEPENDENT ON GOD

We are desperately dependent on God. We accomplish nothing of eternal worth apart from God’s Spirit empowering us, and we practice this dependence upon God by being Christ-centered and Gospel - focused

COMMITTED TO FAMILYBEING

We are continually committed to being family. The Holy Spirit, through the Gospel, creates a new community where we intentionally love and serve one another.

CONFIDENT IN THE BIBLE

We are completely confident in the Bible. The Bible is our final authority in all matters of faith and practice.

Photo credit: Ranger Lake Bible Camp

Children need Jesus.

The spiritual life does not have a certain age when the “switch is flipped.”

Being created in the image of God means that we are not only born with physical bodies, but are also created as mental, emotional, and spiritual beings.

The hungry child needs to be fed. The unlearned child needs to be taught. The bullied child needs to be safe. The spiritually impoverished child needs to know there is a God in whose image he or she is created. They need to know there is a Savior who loves them and died for them.

This is the heart of One Hope Canada and has been since 1927. Your partnership with us shows that it is your heart as well. Because of you, thousands of boys and girls in your community, and across Canada, have heard about Jesus—many of them for the first time. Thank you!

By God’s grace may we move forward together in 2023 to see even more children and youth come to know and love Jesus.

Bill McCaskell National Director

The spiritually impoverished child needs to know there is a God.

Traveling from town to town, His goal was to share the Gospel with many (Luke 4:42-44). He adamantly preached everywhere, be it in synagogues or on the streets.

We do well to follow Jesus’ example, to take every opportunity to preach the Gospel. We must not be passive, content with our circumstances. We should expand our reach, even outside familiar circles.

This belief drives One Hope Canada. Everything we do, directly or indirectly, reflects our desire for many people —children, youth, and families—to hear Jesus’ good news.

Deception, misinformation, and confusion play a role in the lives of the youngest generation. The urgency to reach children and youth is perhaps greater now than ever before. We remain vigorously committed to camp ministry and community outreach in the year ahead.

Your partnership makes this possible. The Lord bless you.

Ferdi van Dongen National Board Chair

Jesus wasn’t one to stand around.

particularly to those with the least opportunity to hear of Christ and especially to children and youth . 20,000 15,000 10,000 5,000 0

for living and serving through His Church. Summer Overnight Camp 62% NUMBER OF CHILDREN & YOUTH PARTICIPATING IN SUMMER MINISTRY 2019 2020 2021 2022

Photo credit: Kenosee Lake Bible Camp

CAMPS &

The passion that inspired One Hope Canada founder J. Lloyd Hunter still drives One Hope Canada today— to share the good news of Jesus with children and youth.

They come from areas rural and urban. Some have church backgrounds; many come from homes with no faith connections. Some have never even seen a Bible.

Thanks to your generosity, these boys and girls learn who Jesus is, and what He has done for us!

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BIBLE CAMPS & COMMUNITY MINISTRIES

PARTNERING WITH 390 LOCAL CHURCHES

Photo credit: Lake of the Trees Bible Camp

COMMUNITYMINISTRIES

20,000 CHILDREN & YOUTH attended a One Hope Canada program in 2022

6,100 FROM UNCHURCHED HOMES

145 YEAR-ROUND MISSIONARIES

740 SUMMER MISSIONARIES

2,285 VOLUNTEERS

1,280 FIRST-TIME DECISIONS TO FOLLOW CHRIST

“Last summer, we saw God do amazing things.

Campers asked deep questions about faith, sharing how God met them in their hurts and loneliness.

Thirty-four of our campers gave their lives to Christ.”

Teresa Ward Monarch Bible Camp

GROWINGDISCIPLES

Creativity and innovation define year-round ministry opportunities for One Hope Canada teams across the country.

Kids’ clubs, winter tubing hills, day camps, podcasts and YouTube channels, discipleship weekends, special needs outreach, French resources, online training opportunities, our Faith Spark app…the list is long and varied. God is at work in amazing ways!

3,161

YOUTH & YOUNG ADULTS ENGAGED IN DISCIPLESHIP PROGRAMMING

Photo credit: Torch Trail Bible Camp

DISCIPLESHIP APP

85K VIEWS

ROSA-LEIGH AND FRIENDS YOUTUBE CHANNEL

(New Found Life Bible Camp)

63 MINISTRIES USING FAITH SPARK

UP 350%

2,000 ACTIVE KIDS AND LEADERS

8,600 MESSAGES SENT

8,051 FRENCH PODCAST DOWNLOADS

188 ADULTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS

ATTENDED DEDICATED PROGRAMMING AT JOY CHAPEL (AB) AND AMASA (BC)

4,560 BIBLES

GIVEN TO CAMPERS THANKS TO A PARTNERSHIP WITH BIBLE LEAGUE CANADA & CANADIAN BIBLE SOCIETY

A one-of-a-kind French video series that provides Gospel-based answers to kids’ big faith questions—in their own heart-language. Filming is underway in Quebec for this multipart series for pre-teens and teens.

25% morethan the before!year

672 LEADERS & VOLUNTEERS TRAINED THROUGH ONE HOPE CANADA ONLINE COURSES

YOUR GIFTS MATTER

When you entrust your gifts to One Hope Canada more boys and girls hear the Gospel. We take great care to steward your donations wisely. We are accredited with the Canadian Centre for Christian Charities ; consistently meeting their high standards for financial transparency, accountability, and integrity.

$340 WHAT FAMILIES PAY 42%

$806 WHAT CAMP COSTS *

$466 WHAT YOU GIVE 58%

GIFTS GIVEN

LAST YEAR, WE SPENT JUST 2.7 CENTS OF EVERY DOLLAR GIVEN ON FUNDRAISING. Includes wages, print & radio advertising, printing & distribution costs for our mailings, fundraising events, and online activities.

89.9% GROWING FRONT-LINE MINISTRY PROGRAMS

7.4% ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

2.7% FUNDRAISING

"As a National Board member, I've seen firsthand how the support of God's people is changing the lives of children, youth, and families across Canada. What a blessing!"

Lloyd Thiessen National Board Treasurer

Photo credit: Miramichi Bible Camp

Together we are sharing Jesus with those having the “least opportunity to hear of Christ” and to “disciple believers for living and serving through His Church.”

BECAUSEYOU PRAY...

BECAUSEYOU GIVE ...

BECAUSEYOU SERVE ...

442 NATIONAL PRAYER TEAM MEMBERS

NATIONAL BOARD

Ferdi van Dongen (chair), Portage la Prairie, MB

Ron Forsythe (vice-chair), Fredericton, NB

Lloyd Thiessen (treasurer), Winkler, MB

Cheryl Walsh (secretary), Toronto, ON

Warren Charlton, Saskatoon, SK

Patricia Fleming, Richmond, BC

Alice Fortin-Hamm, Kinburn, ON

Thomas Mathew, Winnipeg, MB

Lorenda Selinger, Regina, SK

Nicolas Poisson, Sherbrooke, QC

Abraham Simon , Winnipeg, MB

11 NATIONAL BOARD MEMBERS

289 LOCAL BOARD MEMBERS

"I joined the prayer team because we are desperately dependent on God and the prayer support of others."

Cherie-Ann Milroy Echo Lake Bible Camp

...HEARTS AND LIVES ARE BEING TRANSFORMED FOR ETERNITY.