About Us
“And this Gospel of the Kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to ALL nations…Matthew 24:14
Welcome! While we wish we could get to know you over a cup of hot tea or fresh brewed coffee and share our story with you in person, we hope that the following information will help bridge the distance until that time. It is our desire that you feel warmly welcomed and deeply appreciated for stopping by!
Heralds of Hope invites you to join our passion and mission for spreading the Gospel of the Kingdom throughout the entire world.
We invite you to take a seat and enjoy the delightful adventure of getting to know…
- Who We Are
- What We Offer
- What We Believe
- Meet Our Partner Ministries
- Meet Our Staff
- Meet Our Founder
Values
As board members, employees, partners, and volunteers, we are committed to
- Our triune God and His unchanging, inspired, inerrant Word: The Bible.
- Developing our listeners and readers into passionate followers of Jesus Christ with visible fruit of holy living.
- Focusing on expository teaching of the Scriptures.
- Our Anabaptist hermeneutic of literal Biblical interpretation and application.
- Placing priority on the «unreached» and “unengaged” people around the world.
- A Biblical standard of ethics in all business, ministry, and relationship matters; we will choose integrity above appearance (2 Corinthians 8:21).
- Growth in our spiritual, emotional, relational, and vocational spheres.
What we offer
Christian Radio Broadcasts
The Voice of Hope, our thirty-minute weekly program began June 2, 1968, is broadcast in the U.S. twenty-one times each weekend on stations in seven states. The format is a unique blend of acapella music and expository Bible teaching, with commentary on current issues.
Hope for Today, developed in 1975, is a fifteen-minute program of Bible exposition designed for an international audience. The English program is aired weekly in Canada, Asia, Africa, and Europe. It is translated into Albanian, Arabic, Amharic, French, Guarani, Hausa, Hindi, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Nepali, Oromo, Pashto, Spanish, Swahili, and Turkish. Listen to several languages here.
Bible Distribution
Since HERALDS OF HOPE, INC. believes the Bible is the revelation of God to man and the source of truth and salvation, a free English Bible has been offered on the English “Hope for Today” program to listeners who do not have a Bible. Since 1975, more than 230,000 Bibles have been mailed to individuals.
Literature Distribution
To complement the radio ministry, we operate an in-house print shop. Our monthly newsletter and prayer guide, sermon booklets, paperback books, the “Hope Herald” Bible study magazine, two tracts and a yearly calendar are all produced in our facility.
Mail response to the English outreach has come from 180+ countries. Response to the fourteen other language broadcasts is processed by program producers.
Audio CDs
Our collections of CDs offer a wide range of subjects from in-depth Bible exposition and uplifting acapella music to “Uncle J” classic children’s stories.
What We Believe
We Have A Word from God!
Carl F. H. Henry, our senior theologian, statesman repeatedly warned us that modern man denies the existence of absolute truth. Liberals delight in that denial for if there is no “true-truth” then each one may pursue his or her own interpretation of truth without accountability to anyone else.
This concept is almost as old as humanity. The serpent in the Garden raised the question with mother Eve, “Did God Say?” He maligned God’s word by casting up doubt in Eve’s mind. Such doubt has flourished all through the centuries. Prophets, priests, preachers, and professors have questioned the truth of God’s word again and again until the people in the pews and the students in the classrooms are left, as it were, hiding in the garden, afraid to face the God who speaks only truth.
Our generation needs to reaffirm an unqualified commitment to the Holy Bible as the Word from God. Indeed, if we have no true word from God, then we are in a terribly oppressive silence. But we have the word from God in the sixty-six books of our Holy Bible!
This Statement of Faith is the basis on which Heralds of Hope, Inc. has been ministering from the beginning in 1967. Everyone serving with Heralds of Hope, Inc. subscribes to the Statement of Faith. Board members renew their commitment at every annual meeting. We send it forth so all will know the foundation on which we serve as we reach out to the world with messages of HOPE AND TRUTH.
Philosophy and Objectives
Meet Our Partner Ministries
At Heralds of Hope, we partner with indigenous ministries to help them spread the Good News and the love of our Father to their own people. We believe in equipping our fellow saints in building up the body of Christ.
Meet Our Staff
J. Mark Horst
Bible Teacher
My primary responsibility is to prepare, record, and produce all radio programing. In addition, I assist in administrative work such as Newsletter prep, writing for the Prayer Guide, and purchasing supplies.
Arlin Horst
Director of Development
I work remotely, developing areas of support and ministry with international partners. I am also creating a support network with area churches and training individuals to do localized PR programs.
Jeremy Sensenig
Donor Development
I work remotely assisting the CFO with planning PR events and making contacts with attendees and hosts for these functions. I also work with the donor office in identifying regular donors and working with grants.
Tony High
Executive Director
My role is to assist the administrative team with finances, public relations events, and office management. Previously I worked with information technology, so I also aid with in-house IT and web development.
Rachel Horst
Reception & Publications Office
I answer all phone calls and emails directed generally to the ministry. I also manage the design for the print materials and advertising. Along with this, I prepare board reports, agendas, and minutes.
Austin Musser
Information Systems
My job is keeping our IT Systems running and looking for ways to use technology to further our mission here at HOH.
Crystal Martin
Accounting Office
I take care of processing donations and making sure donor information is up-to-date. I also assist with accounting and bookkeeping. I manage the email Bible and Literature requests from internationals and assist in shipping as needed.
Meet Our Founder
Dr. J. Otis Yoder
Dr. J Otis & Isabelle Yoder
Otis Yoder was born the seventh child of Levi and Mary Ellen Yoder, homesteaders in southeast Colorado in 1914. In his second year, he became very ill; his godly parents dedicated him to the Lord in prayer, and the Lord healed him. The following year, the Yoder family moved to Midland, Michigan, where Otis grew up in a growing church community. Here he was baptized and later ordained into the ministry at twenty-three years old. He did not take this call of the Lord lightly. In his high school years at Eastern Mennonite School, he developed an evangelical witness. There he met another diligent Bible student committed to serving the Lord. This friendship, by the will of God, lasted sixty-five years. In 1939, J. Otis and Isabelle King, daughter of Abe and Alice King, were married. The Lord blessed them with a son and a daughter: John Otis II and Constance. Five grandchildren and fourteen great-grandchildren came as blessings from the Lord. J. Otis, in his careful Bible study, pursued the Bible languages, Hebrew and Greek. He studied at Eastern Mennonite College (now University), Goshen College, Faith Theological Seminary, and Northern Baptist Seminary, where he earned his Doctor of Theology degree in 1954. The synonyms of the New Testament compared to their use in the Septuagint was his thesis study. This greatly enriched his ministry. He taught at Eastern Mennonite for fifteen years with Greek as his priority. His first sabbatical year was spent studying and teaching in Jerusalem, along with travel in Bible lands. In 1967, the Lord called J. Otis to leave the classroom for a wider ministry. In answer to this call, he founded HERALDS OF HOPE, INC., an organization committed to taking all the WORD to all the WORLD. The next year, HERALDS OF HOPE, INC. launched the 30-minute radio program, THE VOICE OF HOPE. Five years later, in answer to an invitation from Trans World Radio to begin international broadcasting, a second program, HOPE FOR TODAY, began. Arabic was the first translation and has expanded to 16+ other major languages. J. Otis answered God’s final call in July 2003. For the glory of Jesus, the ministry continues under the leadership of J. Mark Horst, who is likewise committed to the Word and the mission. The message of HOPE circles the globe, reaching much of North America, and, in cooperation with TWR, the nations of the world.
Stay Connected to Us!
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