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G o d ’ s W o r d .E v e r y C h i l d .

OneHope 2009 Progress Report | The Book of Hope and The GodMan film worldwide

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Dear Friend,It just doesn’t make sense for the apostles to wait tables.God has something so much more critical for them to do.This was the message in Acts 6.The new church had been growing

like wildfire, and then a dispute arose: the Greek widows thought

the Palestinian widows were getting more food aid than they were.

They demanded the apostles do something about it.

Clearly, the fair distribution of food to the needy was an important problem ... yet after much prayer, the Apostles responded:

“The twelve apostles called the whole group of followers together and said, ‘We should not give up preaching God’s message in order to serve at tables’” (Acts 6:2, CEV).

It wasn’t reasonable to suspend the spiritual growth of the church and sharing the Gospel to oversee the feeding of the hungry ...

It wasn’t reasonable then, and it isn’t reasonable now.Strong factions in the modern Church advocate the social dimension

of the Gospel — feeding the hungry and healing the sick (and of course, we believe in and do that personally). But such ministries have begun to crowd out the true primary role of Christ-followers: the proclamation of the good news.

OneHope remains 100% committed to the mission to which God has called us — to affect destiny by providing God’s eternal Word to all the children and youth of the world — proclaiming the Good News of Christ.

In 2009, you’ll help to present His Word to over 70 million children and youth, all across the globe. Your partnership is critical, and we thank God for you!

This update shows just how you are sharing the love, and the Word, of the Lord with the next generation. Thank you for your faithfulness and prayers.

Thanks for understanding what is really critical in this world — and for the world to come.

G o d ’ s W o r d .E v e r y C h i l d .

a personal word from Founder Bob Hoskins and President Rob Hoskins

OneHope remains 100% committed to the mission to which God has called us…”

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our mission To affect destiny by providing God’s eternal Word to all the children and youth of the world.

our core values

Primary print resource:• the Book of Hope, a selection from the gospels that tells the life story of Jesus (with complementary and biblically based material built around the specific heart-felt needs of children in each country) that leads the reader to make a decision for Christ.

Primary audio-visual resource:• The GodMan film, a computer animation presentation of the Life of Christ tailored to specific nations and cultures, designed to reach today’s generation, whether they can read or not.

OneHope is or has been active in over •125 nations around the world — including many in Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia, Africa, Europe, the former Soviet Union, and beyond.

How it works:• local churches and other ministries partner with us to take responsibility for distributing the Book of Hope and showing The GodMan film to neighborhood children and youth, in their schools, through a multiplicity of creative means, and also through HopeFest Celebrations. Local churches reach the children and their families and conduct strategic follow-up, or plant new churches where needed.

How many reached:• as of April 2009, over 575 million children and youth have received the Book of Hope and more than 19 million have attended a showing of The GodMan film. The film has also been broadcast on national TV in India, with over 400 million viewers.

Today, OneHope works in •collaboration and partnership with dozens of ministries and thousands of churches worldwide, making our Scripture engagement tools integral parts of many indigenous outreaches.

We’re conducting extensive research •projects on an ongoing basis in many nations to gauge how best to meet the heart-felt needs of the next generation and engage them in the Scriptures. Already we’ve done important research in Colombia, India, Kenya, Mexico, the Philippines, Romania, Russia, South Africa, Spain and dozens of other countries. This work is giving us a true look at the “spiritual state” of the next generation. The findings of these studies are then open-sourced to the global ministry community.

fast facts about onehope

factsWe believe our mission is a God- •given vision.

God has called us to work for Him• in reaching the children and youth of the world with His Word.

We believe• that we can save no one and that God can save anyone.

•We are messengers, our product is the tool, but salvation comes from God through the convincing and convicting power of the Holy Spirit.

We believe• that God’s Word is inspired, infallible, inerrant and all powerful.

The Word is the firm foundation• that God has given to this world, its message is the only hope for mankind. When understood and adhered to, the Word answers all of life’s questions and provides a perfect solution to every situation.

We believe• that God, through the obedience of His people, provides the resources for ministry.

We are committed• to being as creative, resourceful and energetic as possible to share the vision and raise funds for the ministry, while at the same time realizing that God is our source.

We believe• we are accountable to God and man.

Because we are merely channels• for God’s resources and the sacrificial gifts

of His people, we pledge to be efficient, effective and careful stewards of our time, energy and resources.

We believe that our purity of motive,• heart and purpose will determine the future of this ministry.

Our corporate and individual integrity• and morality will determine how God can ultimately use us. We expect all missionaries, employees and volunteers to be followers of Christ, to daily examine their lives and be committed to the ministry of OneHope.

We believe that the donor• is our partner in world missions.

The individuals, foundations and •churches that financially support the ministry are our associates. We will endeavor to build a personal relationship with all partners by seeking their advice and involvement, while reporting to them on a regular basis.

We believe• we are a facilitating and empowering ministry.

We are committed to providing the Word of God, our time and experience to assist churches, individuals and other ministries in every country of the world — in the fulfillment of the Great Commission.

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Kids’ Evangelism Explosion. • Evangelism Explosion has long provided training for believers to share their faith, peer-to-peer. Kids’ EE trains young people with tremendous success. This year, we’re partnering with them to sponsor 2,000 separate trainings in several nations. These will equip pastors and children’s workers to train the young people in their churches in how to use the Book of Hope as their evangelism tool. This could touch as many as 20 million children and youth over the next five years!

Paul Wiig, missionary to India.• Paul represents a network of pastors partnering with us in one predominantly Muslim region of India. Last year this federation of pastors and churches sponsored Vacation Bible Schools which presented the Book of Hope to 930,000 children and youth! “We had the Storying Edition Book of Hope and The GodMan film,” Paul says. “The film was a big hit, and it is opening doors in wonderful ways where there was hostility before.”

Scripture Union.• This ministry has been presenting Christ to students in Africa for more than a century and still enjoys access to most schools in areas first colonized by Great Britain. In Ghana alone, Scripture Union is in 95% of the high schools and has 882 Scripture Clubs in schools. Chairman Jude Hama has embraced the Book of Hope as a tremendous tool for engaging students with God’s Word.

Rumi.• In the Quechua language of Peru, Rumi means “The Rock.” This ministry to the children of Peru is now presenting God’s Word to the Quechua indigenous Indians of the

Andes Mountains. The Quechua-language Book of Hope has already touched the lives of thousands of young people.

United Christian Broadcasting. • In the United Kingdom, this partnership has been responsible for reaching 1.1 million children and youth! One UCB volunteer in Northern Ireland was so impressed with the Book of Hope, she shared the vision with another Christian lady: her close friend who is the wife of the Prime Minister. We’re praying for a national endorsement for the book in the schools of Ireland!

Woodpecker Life Development. • The whimsical name is just an attention-getter, according to Founder Bethany Peng. Her ministry provides help, hope and God’s love to the little-known and often-forgotten children and youth among the tribal people of Taiwan. The 14 indigenous tribes are backward compared to the rest of Taiwan: poor and provincial in the extreme. Yet Bethany is actively ministering in five of the 14 tribes and using innovative ways to share God’s Word. She’s excited about delivering the Book of Hope to the children she serves through weekly Bible Clubs and other avenues.

As you can see from this diverse list, our partners are serious about placing God’s Word into the hands and heart of every child — whether it’s a few thousand tribal children in a forgotten area, or 20 million children around the world!

Thank God for these partners, and dozens of others actively sharing the Book of Hope and The GodMan film. We believe partnership and collaboration is the key to our vision of “God’s Word. Every Child.”

partners in mission The power of partnership — that’s what drove distribution of about 20% of the copies of the Book of Hope worldwide last year. As we continually develop these partnerships and add new ones, we expect this number to rise.We’re grateful for all of our sister ministries. We have highlighted a few of them below:

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keys research

key to the future effectiveness

Vision 2030 is our operational strategy to guide OneHope to mission fulfillment by the year 2030 — it will provide the groundwork to continually reach every new generation with the gospel.

In order for OneHope to become the catalyst for this movement to present Christ to every child and youth in a meaningful way, we’re concentrating upon the following critical keys.

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We must engage today’s believers to be interested in sharing the gospel again!Too much time and energy is being devoted to social justice missions which once would have

been poured into Scripture translation, Bible production, evangelism and discipleship.According to Dr. Len Bartlotti, Associate Professor of Intercultural Studies at Biola University, in

one recent year, 89% of all missions giving went toward humanitarian and social justice missions. Just 3% was slated for evangelism.

It’s time to call the Church back to her first love. Why?Christ commanded it. His final words before the Ascension were the Great Commission, calling

upon His disciples to share His gospel with all the world.It is the only answer to the fundamental need of mankind. The physical and material cannot

be the primary concern of the church. The sin problem has only one solution. All the money and material aid in the world cannot resolve it. Only transformed lives coming from saved lives can.

Our vision is, “God’s Word. Every Child.” For this to be a reality, the Church must become convinced again of the critical nature of sharing the life-transforming Word of God.

transformative WordStrangers at the door from a Muslim village.Our OneHope Director had been there only days

before — but all he could do was distribute the books and leave. The Islamic leadership made it too dangerous for him to stay.

Had they come after him, anyway?He opened the door to find two young men

from the village who said:“We believe this message, and we want you to

come start a church in our village.”They’d already built a grass hut for the new

church. Our director returned with The GodMan film, and nearly the whole village turned out to watch! The village head-man himself came to the showing, and today the new church is flourishing.

Advocacy of the Word | Advocacy of the Children | Globalization | New Literacy Collaboration | Outcome-Based Evaluation | Material Development

Program Design | Unreached People Groups

keys for mission fulfillmentGiving God’s Word to the next generation is awesome. But it’s even better to know we are truly engaging children and youth with the Word. Targeted research tells us the most foundational needs of each nation and culture, and spotlights the best ways to involve the young people in the Scriptures for application to their lives.

A brief look at what we learned about the children and youth from some of the research in 2008:

Kenya ... the next generation has a high level of •dissatisfaction with life, based upon a lack of support from family, school, even the Church. Our partners are looking for ways to bring hope to the children and youth.

Spain ... there’s a huge disconnect between the Church and the next •generation. This research is being used for strategic planning on more focused outreach.

South Africa ... 18% of the young people said they had tried to •commit suicide in the past three months. “This research definitely impacts the ministry design,” says Southern Africa Regional Director Jacques van Bommel. “We’re planning new ministry strategies to address these findings.”

Our research projects have the potential to provide critical information that will help to tailor God’s Word to the next generation and make the OneHope Ministry even more effective. In 2009, we will do market research in nine of our 13 regions in order to better understand the needs of the children and youth we are trying to reach. We will also finish and apply the results of seven outcomes projects started in 2008 and initiate 15 more in order to evaluate the short-term and long-term impact OneHope programs are having around the world.

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$ AdvocAcy of the children

Children don’t yield a lot of influence in earthly terms.Often they’re forgotten, or pushed to the back of the line.It’s critical for the church today to understand how to embrace

children the way Jesus embraced them — so they may be transformed by His love.

What do the Scriptures teach us about children?Children are made in the image of God• and are unique individuals with the same innate value and worth as any human being. If our desire is for them to learn how to worship, obey and respect God, our example must reflect these behaviors.

Children live in the same world we live in• — they don’t exist in isolation. Because they live in a fallen world, they may demonstrate behaviors inconsistent with their age and emotional maturity. The only way to reach them is through true empathy for them.

Children cannot be compartmentalized• any more than adults can. Ministering spiritual health also ministers physical health in the form of godly living ... Children are whole units, and we must minister to a child as a whole person.

Children need God’s Word to be real. • They can understand theories and concepts, but we must be able to make the message real at a child’s level, to make them understandable so the Word can take root within their hearts.

We want to share this understanding of ministry to children with our OneHope family so that an advocacy movement comes to the forefront.

Advocacy of the children is something near to the heart of Jesus, who called the children to Him, blessed them, and reminded us: He who would enter God’s Kingdom must first become as a little child.

A little child shall lead themYunli didn’t care if it was a Muslim territory.He thought those children needed God’s Word as much as any

children in the world.He took 200 copies of the Book of Hope and began giving

them away to the young people.In just a few weeks, he had a little “congregation” of 50

new believers, all Muslim children, who had chosen to follow Jesus.

By God’s grace, Yunli was protected from persecution as he ministered to these children and youth — and slowly, some parents came to see what this children’s church was all about.

Today, 150 believers are members of this new church, founded on God’s Word. Inside their church building, they have painted the flags of many nations of the world —

To remind them their church began when their children embraced the Book of Hope, which is telling young people all over the world about the one hope found in Jesus Christ.

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Rapid transportation of people — and instant transportation of information — has truly made this a “small world.”

It has also created a global youth culture which minimizes the differences between young people in Los Angeles and young people in Tangiers.

This process of globalization often works to shape other nations along the same cultural lines as the United States. (Think MTV, Hollywood, and Facebook.)

There’s good news and bad news for OneHope in the face of this continuing and challenging process.

The good news is: globalization creates a worldwide cultural language — both visual and spoken — which would seem to make our work easier as various parts of the world become more like one another, and thus easier for us to connect with and share the gospel.

The bad news is ... the global culture which is emerging tends to be postmodern and post-Christian — which makes our work much more difficult. Faith is often not seen as an integral part of everyday life.

Then, there is the fact that as nations modernize and enter the global market, they also tend to put heavier constraintsa on religious organizations to work freely.

Tapping into the ministry advantages of the emerging global youth culture while counteracting its inherent postmodernism is the great challenge we face in the days ahead.

rap and hip-hop, reallyHe was working as a DJ in the most popular

nightclub in his hometown — Dima felt he was living the dream!

Then an American rap and hip-hop artist came to his town in Russia to perform at a HopeFest Celebration and help distribute the Book of Hope.

The music and lyrics blew Dima away! They were so cool!

And the book they gave him got him thinking ... about life beyond the club.

Today, Dima is one of the missionaries on our bus teams, traveling the countryside to help present God’s Word to children and youth in every village.

His life was transformed, and now he is bringing transformation to others. Thank God for rap and hip-hop. Really.

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When someone can’t read, he’s illiterate.When someone can read, and has grown up in a literate society, but prefers to obtain

information through some other medium, he’s part of the “New Literacy.”New Literacy is also known as “Secondary Orality” — which refers to people who can

process abstract, logic-based presentations of information due to being raised in a literate culture, but who prefer to receive information through non-literate or mixed-literate modes: movies, television, internet.

While there are some mature and effective ministries presenting God’s Word to “Primary Orals” — or illiterate people — the mission field of Secondary Orality is relatively unaddressed.

To present a viable witness in this mission field of young people, we must address what constitutes a presentation of the “Word of God” in these forums. We must make the Word of God available to the young people in the form they can best relate and assimilate to as the catalyst for a faith commitment and subsequent changed behavior.

One of our collaborative partners in ministry is Innovation.They’ve caught the vision to present The GodMan film into Catholic schools in France

to begin reaching the “New Literates” of western Europe — but the administrators want a much shorter version for their school assemblies.

Our friends at Innovation have taken on the task of editing and re-working the film to 26 minutes so it can penetrate into a whole new segment of the youth population in western Europe — where God’s Word is desperately needed!

new literacy in the United statesTV, movies, the internet, instant messaging, text messaging — Young people in the

United States are prime examples of New Literates. They think and reason like literate people, but books and reading aren’t their primary means of receiving information.

For them, we launched the text messaging project last year: 30 days of receiving Scripture right to their cell phones.

We’re further researching other possible text-based and web-based presentations with the potential to engage New Literate Americans and other First World youth with God’s Word.

illiteracy in MadagascarYears ago a missionary in Madagascar wrote to thank us for

the Book of Hope, but also to say that half the African island’s children were illiterate. How could we help them?

This was the God-ordained inspiration for The GodMan film, now the film has finally made its debut for the children for whom it was first intended, the children of Madagascar!

Our local teams spent two to three weeks in each community, constantly working with the mayor of the city, the church leaders, the police, and also training local believers in how to use the Book of Hope and The GodMan film.

Then in an intensive five-day outreach, multiple daily showings of The GodMan film touched the lives of 66,530 children! Over 40,000 people committed their lives to Christ!

mission fulfillment

We must make the Word of God available to the young people in the form they can best relate and assimilate to…”

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$ collAborAtion

OneHope’s distribution ministry is built upon a network of partner churches and local ministries who accept responsibility for giving God’s Word to the children in their area.

The leadership team has also fostered an atmosphere of true collaboration among various international missions organizations such as the Global Children’s Forum, Visual Story Network, and the International Forum of Bible Agencies.

We value our ministry partners. We are all co-laborers together with Jesus!

Now we’re also developing collaborative relationships to move into a systematic strategy to reach every child and youth with God’s Word.

Partners work together toward the same goal.Collaborators share a vision to do something new, together.

Something new is certainly required in order to fulfill the Great Commission in our lifetime.

It is imperative in missions today to unite with other ministries and believers, not merely in partnership, but in true collaboration for the creation and development of new materials and new methods of delivering these materials to the target audience.

A Merry christmas in thailandGiggling children gathered around the team from Khelang

Ministries — Christmas is a novelty in Thailand, and they were excited to get a Christmas gift!

Each child received the Book of Hope and a candy surprise.This delightful present must have made an impact: requests

began to flow in for more information about Jesus.Local churches sent teams to connect with the children and

families who want to know more. Soon the young people were memorizing Scripture, filling in the questions in their Book of Hope, and coming to know Christ as Savior!

In all, our partners at Khelang Ministries touched the lives of 23,580 children and youth during the holidays. What an amazing Christmas gift!

$ oUtcoMe-bAsed evAlUAtion What does it mean to implement outcome-based

evaluation?It means we want to ensure that the desired result of

transformed lives is actually happening after we give God’s Word to the children and youth.

How do we get there?Constant research, before, during and after presenting the

specific population with God’s Word.This helps determine the most effective way to reach the

young people and be sure that they are actually engaging with the Word as we deliver it to them.

It even involves identifying the prophetic message which

will most resonate with the target audience — as you’ve read in the sections on “New Literacy” and “Research.”

Sometimes, the Book of Hope is the key, for a child who will read it. Other times, the message is best presented through The GodMan for a child who can’t read. Maybe in the future, the prophetic message will chime as a text message on an American teenager’s phone ...

Unlike some ministries, outcome-based ministries aren’t married to a specific way of doing things — they’re focused on seeing a specific result of what’s been done.

Once we’ve identified the most effective way to reach the children of a certain age in a specific culture with the prophetic message that will best speak to their heart-felt needs, we then follow-up with research to determine whether there’s changed behavior among these young people.

This can tell us if and how lives have been transformed.And that’s the goal: the lives of young people transformed forever

by their encounter with Jesus Christ, presented in God’s Word ... in whatever way we can best and most effectively present it.

desperation in AfricaLife was unbearable.In the primarily Muslim region where Abdul lived, he saw no hope

for the future. He’d even tried to commit suicide.Despite the structures of his Islamic faith, he’d become addicted to

drugs and alcohol.He had to steal to feed his habit!And his parents weren’t putting up with it anymore. They forced

him to attend services at the mosque and let him know he was one step away from jail.

Then Abdul saw The GodMan film.“I was introduced through this movie to a new friend called Jesus.

I decided to give my life to God,” Abdul says.Today, he is going to church, learning more about the Savior, and

has peace and hope for the future!

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$ MAteriAl developMent OneHope conducts research on heart-felt needs and develops new programs to engage

children and youth with God’s Word in a way to meet those needs — This creates a need for new products to attract the target audience. Some of these products now

in development include:

A shorter release of • The GodMan film. Many schools have asked for a 25 to 30-minute version of the film to better fit their assembly schedules. This shorter version will allow access to many more schools.

A Live Storyteller’s release of • The GodMan film. We’re trying to have the film produced in as many languages as possible — but in the case of some smaller tribal groups where there are few native speakers of the language, a “Live Storyteller’s release” will work very well. In fact, they are asking for it, as it fits their culture. The soundtrack with music remains in place, but one native speaker will be able to narrate the events, live, for the audience.

Text Messaging.• Already last year, students in the United States were able to sign up for the Scriptures text-messaged to them on their cell phones! When you consider that in nations such as Japan young people are writing entire novels via texting, this is an idea with tremendous potential.

Plan 10. This campaign was first used in •Argentina in conjunction with World Cup Soccer. Christian children and teenagers were eager to share a special soccer-themed edition of the book with 10 friends during World Cup. The program was so successful, it is now being exported to other Latin nations, such as Mexico, where it’s difficult to get access to the schools.

transformation: a possibility for peace?Outside the Muslim mosque, there was a celebration going on!Smiling young people were presenting music, talking about their

Savior, and setting up to show a film.

Mussa was drawn to the HopeFest Celebration — he had grown up in this city and attended the mosque as a child, but that wasn’t what sparked his interest.

“I was impressed by the way these young people communicated how their friend Jesus saved them,” he says. “When one of them spoke about living with peace, I was wondering can it be possible for me to have peace now? And hope for the future?”

After watching The GodMan film, Mussa chose to follow Christ as his Savior!“What a good experience for me to have assurance of peace and hope in my

life,” he says today.

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New ways of doing things — that’s where ongoing research takes you. Our partners worldwide want to use the best possible methods to engage young people with the transformative Word of God.

Research in Russia, for example, revealed a heart-felt need for positive male role models. Too many Russian men fall prey to alcoholism and addiction — another critical issue for Russia’s next generation.

Based on these findings, our Russian church partners are working with Teen Challenge Russia on the “At Risk Youth” program. This will get Christian men who are finishing rehab into the schools as part of drug and alcohol prevention programs.

Since most of the students in Teen Challenge are young men in their 20’s, they’re the perfect fit as a positive male role model for teenagers and younger children — and they will be able to share from the heart about God’s power to overcome addiction and alcoholism!

It’s exciting to see new programs developing in many regions, aall designed to engage young people with God’s Word.

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Brazil — School of Evangelism.• During the holidays in Brazil, qualified and motivated Christian teenagers come to the School of Evangelism, organized by our Brazil Director, Jose Bernardo. They study evangelism techniques, design a program for a specific area based on their research into the city, and then carry out the campaign. Last year School of Evangelism students presented Kids Games for 600 children, and distributed the Book of Hope to 500 who attended.

Peru — Music and the Arts.• Pastor Jose Navarro is a musician himself, playing Peruvian woodwinds. The team from his church presents the Book of Hope using a program of drama and music. During school holidays, they offer six-week workshops with music lessons and Bible lessons based on the Book of Hope. “Today’s kids don’t normally open up to many people,” he says of the young people of Peru. “But with music and the arts, we can reach them.”

Russia — Music of Hope. • At all HopeFest Concerts, Russian teenagers ask where they can get or download music like the Christian bands they’re hearing. Right now our Russian partners are preparing a CD of local gospel music which also contains testimony stories and an audio presentation of the gospel, to be distributed with the Book of Hope at HopeFests Celebrations.

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“God’s Word. Every Child.”That’s our vision ... but how realistic is it?When you consider the 14 tribal groups on the backside of Taiwan,

or the 80 indigenous tribes in rural Colombia ... children whose first language is a tongue spoken only by a few hundred or a few thousand people ...

It seems impossible to engage them with God’s Word in a meaningful way.

But it’s not! Seventy tribal leaders in Colombia have committed to planting 500 churches among all the unreached tribes of that nation, and they want to use the Book of Hope and The GodMan film as their tools.

Last year, we saw the completion of the Book of Hope in the first six tribal languages, and in 2009, our goal is to have the book in 13 tribal languages.

When all the tribes of Colombia have been reached, the leaders say they will move to Ecuador. And already the Book of Hope is reaching the indigenous tribes of Peru.

When God gave us the mission to affect destiny by providing God’s eternal Word to all the children and youth of the world, He meant all the children and youth — and today, He is making a way for it to happen!

hope’s heroes ... in the highlandsNo TV. No newspapers. Nothing to read. That’s how it is in the tiny

Quechua town in the Andes Mountains where Artemio grew up.He’d learned to read in school, but he didn’t have anything to read —

until the Book of Hope came to his village.He tore into it before the team even began their presentation, and by

the end of it, he was asking them, “Do you have more of these books? I want to take them to the other villages.”

This young man chose to follow Christ as Savior — then, when more books arrived, he trekked further into the mountains and

distributed them in six other villages!Now, those villages are asking for teams to come and show

The GodMan film and share more about Jesus with them.

Last year, we saw the completion of the Book of Hope in the first six tribal languages.…”

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the godmankey to the future effectiveness

The GodMan film is a tremendous tool for sharing God’s Word in a visual form with children and youth who cannot read, who do not prefer to get information by reading, or who live in areas where we cannot readily distribute gospel literature.

It presents the entire life of Christ story in computer-generated animation with a live-action introduction and conclusion that help tailor the film to a specific culture and audience.

Currently the film is available in the languages and versions listed on the opposite page.

The GodMan impact“I’m like Caleb.”In the Latin version of The GodMan, the story of Jesus is told through the eyes of a

little boy, Caleb.Luis Alberto, a 12-year-old boy in Peru, eagerly watched the film and then told our team:“I’m like Caleb. When I watched the film, it was like I saw my life playing in the video.”In the movie, Caleb is shown interacting with his mother. Luis Alberto had been abandoned

by his father, so he assumed that Caleb’s dad had run out on him as well — but in the film, Jesus befriends Caleb.

“I was looking at myself there in the movie, and I want Jesus to be like a Father to me, too.”Today, Luis Alberto, his mother and little sister are all joyful followers of Jesus!

eight versions:AfricanAmerican Sign LanguageIndianLatin AmericanMulti-CulturalPan-ArabicPeninsular AsianSlavic

45 dubs/languages:Akan (Africa)American EnglishAmerican Sign LanguageAnglicized English (England and former colonies)Assamese INVBahasa IndonesianBengali (India)Brazilian PortugueseBulgarianEgyptian Colloquial ArabicEweFrenchGujarathi (India)Hausa

Hindi (India)IgboKannada (India)Kenyan Swahili (Africa)KhmerKinya-RwandaKonkani Live Storyteller’s Release - AfricanLive Storyteller’s Release - Latin AmericaMalagasy (Madagascar)Malayalam (India)MandarinManipuriMarathi (India)NepaliOriya (India)PolishPortuguesePunjabi (India)RussianSpanishTagalog (Philippines)Tamil (India)Tanzanian Swahili (Africa)

Telugu (India)ThaiUkrainianUrdu (India)Xhosa (Africa)YorubaZulu (Africa)

new for 2009These are the languages and versions in development this year:

two versions:French Audio Version (African)Live Storyteller’s Release (Indian)

five languages:Bamanankan/Bombara (Africa)Haitian Creole (Africa)Lao (Peninsular-Asia)Mandarin (Multi-Cultural)Moore/Moré (Africa)

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new editions:Character Development (India) — Lower PrimaryCharacter Development (India) — Upper PrimaryCharacter Development (India) — Lower SecondaryCharacter Development (India) — Upper SecondaryFamily Book (India)Life Orientation (South Africa) — Lower PrimaryLife Orientation (South Africa) — Upper PrimaryLife Orientation (South Africa) — Lower SecondaryLife Orientation (South Africa) — Upper SecondaryLife Orientation (South Africa) — Teacher’s Guide

new translations:Arhuaco SE — Latin AmericaBahasa Indonesian (EEEM-TM) — IndonesiaBahasa Indonesian (EEEM) — IndonesiaChinese IPEC (International Pictorial Edition Customized) — ChinaHuitoto SE — Latin AmericaKhmer (ERE) — CambodiaTamil — India

Character Development — Lower Primary •Character Development — Upper Primary•Character Development — Lower Secondary•Character Development — Upper Secondary•Family Book•

Telugu — IndiaFamily Book•

Thai (ERE) — ThailandTikuna SE — Latin AmericaUwa SE — Latin AmericaWayunaiki SE — Latin America

book of hope 2009 New Languages and Editions

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OneHope Ministry is able to touch the lives of millions of children and youth every year with God’s Word because friends like you pray and give.

Thank God for you!Your faithfulness is affecting destiny for children and youth around the world.We honor God and you by maintaining high standards of godly integrity in

every area, including our finances. Part of our commitment to you in this area includes:

Annual independent •financial audits.Member of the Evangelical •Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA) and uphold its standards.Processing requests •for OneHope’s financial information within 24 – 72 hours.Negotiate worldwide contracts •to keep the average cost of each book distributed consistently at 33 cents.

We’re also committed to showing you where your investment goes — and the results it yields. The graphs which follow give an overview of the ministry finances for the past fiscal year, which is typical of our financial operations.

And this Progress Report shares a little bit of what your contributions and prayers have accomplished. Thank you for making a difference!

OneHope, Inc. board Members

Bob Hoskins FounderRob Hoskins PresidentDale Berkey Board ChairPM Zender Vice Chair

JoAnn Butrin MemberDavid Byker MemberChuck Gomes MemberJohn Hodgson MemberBarrie Laing MemberMiriam Machovec MemberStephan Tchividjian Member

Current Year Prior Year Change in position 12/31/08 12/31/07 Assets Cash & cash equivalents 1,145,121 1,330,793 (185,672) Investments 824,119 854,141 (30,022) Accounts receivable 241,310 348,596 (107,286) Notes receivable 0 81,995 (81,995) Intercompany receivable, net (204,730) 1,181,466 (1,386,196) Property & equipment, net 7,030,023 5,285,072 1,744,951 Other assets 199,719 723,756 (524,037)Total Assets 9,235,562 9,805,819 (570,257)

Liabilities & Net Assets Liabilities Accounts payable & accrued liabilities 891,064 778,861 112,204 Notes payable 825,000 0 825,000Total Liabilities 1,716,064 778,861 937,204

Net Assets Unrestricted 4,210,111 5,801,212 (1,591,101) Temporarily restricted 3,309,387 3,225,747 83,640 Total Net Assets 7,519,498 9,026,959 (1,507,461) Total Liabilities & Net Assets 9,235,562 9,805,819 (570,257)

These financial statements were prepared by management & are unaudited. Audited financial statements are available by contacting Partner Services at 800.GIV.BIBL (448.2425)

Program Expenses 82.5%

Fundraising 10.1%

Administrative 7.4%

financial overview

millions of livesstatement of financial position onehope, inc.

For the Calendar Years Ending December 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007 (Amounts are in USD)

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elijah’s a lot like you by President Rob Hoskins

Elijah was just as human as we are .... James 5:17, CEV

It would have been better if Elijah were Superman. But he wasn’t, the Scriptures say. He was just like us: a strange dichotomy of power and weakness.

He would perform a great miracle, then he would run away in fear.

He defeated all the prophets of Baal and called down rain after years of drought. Then he immediately fled in terror and became suicidal.

Isn’t that just like us? There are moments we act in great faith, and moments when we cower in fear because of the circumstances.

You probably have found yourself in this internal struggle at one time or another.

For Kim and me, it was this past year. We experienced dramatic changes in our finances, living conditions, and health. Our daughter Natasha was in Swaziland at the end of the year, and she wrote to us that it seemed like everything in our family and finances had been shaken.

On a daily basis you read about unbelievable situations: the stock market shaken, the largest companies going under, the politics radically changing.

In the midst of the shaking, how do we respond?Throughout his life, Elijah received God’s provision

from the most unlikely means ... Ravens brought him food. A starving widow shared her last meal with him ... and it lasted for weeks!

We have to recognize that God will provide for us, through whatever unlikely means, just as He provided for Elijah.

Maybe some American Christians have forgotten who their true Source is. But today, God is saying, “I can do what I want through any means I want.”

It’s His delight to provide for us in the midst of a famine, to teach us again that He is in control.

This year at OneHope, we have a goal of giving His Word to 70 million children and youth so their lives may be transformed by His power.

In the shaking of our economic system across the United States, and the shaking of my own personal finances, it would be tempting to run away in fear. But let’s not.

Act in faith, obedience, and sacrifice. God can do anything if we only allow Him to be who He

wants to be in us, and show Himself strong in our lives.Just ask Elijah.

statement of activitiesonehope, inc.

For the Calendar Years Ending December 31, 2008 & December 31, 2007 (Amounts are in USD)

Current Year Prior Year 12/31/2008 12/31/2007Revenue & Support Contributions 23,227,826 22,716,495 Team Income 1,109,297 65,756 Earned Revenues 5,098 4,778 Other Income 43,310 306,815Total Revenues 24,385,531 23,093,844

Expenditures Program Expenditures

Print Development, Deployment, Distribution 16,837,169 13,157,761

The GodMan Development, Deployment, Distribution 787,098 2,965,628

Team Programs 1,574,082 469,875 Auxillary Programs 3,655,400 98,317

Total Program Expenditures 22,853,749 16,691,581 Administration &

Fundraising Expenditures

General & Administrative 2,341,178 1,649,513 Fundraising 2,541,420 2,234,343

Total Administration & Fundraising 4,882,598 3,883,856

Total Expenditures 27,736,347 20,575,437Excess Revenues (Expenditures) (3,350,816) 2,518,407

These financial statements were prepared by management & are unaudited. Audited financial statements are available by contacting Partner Services at 800.GIV.BIBL (448.2425)

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The next generation has only one hope, the hope of Jesus Christ — and it is His word we deliver through the Book of Hope and The GodMan film.

After much thought and prayer about the dynamically changing world we are called to minister in, God confirmed to us that we needed to change our organization name —

UNESCO says one in every five people on earth can’t read. Over a billion souls that can’t be touched by a book. You understand — the power of His Word is not limited to the printed text!

With your partnership we’re committed to reaching the next generation with the Word through all available media.

The GodMan has been viewed by more than 19 million children and youth in hosted showings — and by hundreds of millions more via broadcast TV.

We are exploring additional mediums such as the web, text and oral presentation — anything and everything with the potential to introduce Scripture to young people!

Our new name best reflects the exciting, global ministry and our continual vision of God’s Word. Every Child.

OneHope is true to the original vision• God gave us: rescuing children and youth from the lies of the enemy by presenting the truth of the Word, their one hope!

OneHope sends a critical message• to a generation that has been taught there are many ways to God ... there is only one real hope!

OneHope symbolizes the proclamation of the Living Word, • the Savior Jesus, whether He’s presented in print, on film or some other media.

OneHope600 SW 3rd Street

Pompano Beach, Florida 33060www.onehope.net

1.800.GIV.BIBL (448.2425)

2009 name change Book of Hope Ministry has become OneHope

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G o d ’ s W o r d .E v e r y C h i l d .

Thanks for journeying through the Progress Report with us. From every page, the power of God’s Word leaps out at you — power to rescue young people from suicide, power to transform families, power to bring the lost into the Kingdom of Heaven.

This is what you deliver to the next generation, each time you place the Book of Hope into their hands or touch them with The GodMan film. The power to receive eternal life in Jesus Christ!

Thank you for making it happen, for bringing hope to the hopeless. Each individual child or teenager is precious in God’s sight, and you are the one who is extending to them the blessed news of salvation.

One child at a time, one teenager at a time, one family at a time, one home at a time, you are making an impact. And we are thankful.

Remember you can always get news updates at www.onehope.net, any time, day or night. You can find prayer needs there, so your intercession on behalf of our missionaries and the young people can be even more effective, and you can donate online through our secure server, too.

It’s still true: just 33¢ places the Book of Hope into the hands of a needy child. Thank you for your faithfulness!

power in the word

Marie Green forumThe practical and strategic Marie Green

Forum in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, continues in its mission to serve as a center to mobilize and

train youth and young adults for missions work.

This is now the office building for ALL OneHope staff. It has also become a true

lighthouse to the Christian community for local and global evangelism.

With conference facilities and office space, the Forum is a unique asset to our ministry,

housing the offices of 17 other ministries, and 14 churches for services held in 7 languages.

OneHope Ministry offices are now completely housed here, with the completion of

the remodeling of the remaining floors.

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The Book of Hope, The GodMan film, and beyond!

Together with OneHope, you have shared God’s Word with over

575 million children and youth all over the world!

Families have been changed and communities transformed.

Praise God! He is at work through the Book of Hope, The GodMan

film and other innovative ways of presenting His truth to the next

generation.

In 2009, you’ll help present the good news to over 70 million

children and youth in dozens of nations around the world.

Thank you for sharing with them the one hope for salvation!

With God’s grace and your partnership, the vision can become a

reality: God’s Word. Every Child.

OneHope was founded in 1987 by missionary Bob Hoskins and is reaching the world’s children and youth with Scripture that speaks directly to their lives and culture. In collaboration with churches and ministries — and working with local governments, schools and non-governmental organizations — OneHope has personally delivered a message of hope to a half billion young people in 125 countries through its Book of Hope publications and The GodMan animated film. Using outcome-based research, OneHope continues to innovate its ministry model and offers its expertise and resources to other child-focused organizations.

OneHope God’s Word. Every Child.600 SW 3rd StreetPompanoBeach,Florida•33060www.onehope.net•1.800.GIV.BIBL(448.2425)