{"id":7,"date":"2010-10-14T20:51:04","date_gmt":"2010-10-14T20:51:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/hey\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2020-01-27T20:35:19","modified_gmt":"2020-01-27T18:35:19","slug":"about-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hey.org.za\/?page_id=7","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vision<\/strong><\/h2>\n

To bring hope to the young generation by sharing with them the good news of Jesus and equipping them to spread this good news to others.
\nTo glorify God by equipping adults to teach children the gospel and facilitate the implementation of EEIII\/Hope for Kids in their community: \u201cThey will become a light in a dark world for Jesus!\u201d Matt 5:16<\/p>\n

Values<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\u2022 The Bible as foundation: We believe that Jesus Christ is the Way, the Truth and the Life.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Prayer: This ministry is nothing without prayer. We need the power of the Holy Spirit and the guidance of our God.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Obedience to God: We will submit to God and seek His face in all our endeavours and decisions.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Caring relationships: We want to look at the world through the loving eyes of Jesus and also want to reflect the caring heart of God for those in need.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Unashamedly ethical: We act with integrity in all we do!<\/p>\n

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Hope Explosion Youth Ministries (HEY!) was established as a section 21 company in September 2010. This children\u2019s ministry operates in two main locations: Gauteng and the Western Cape.<\/h3>\n

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CURRENT FOCUS AREAS<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Kingdom Expansion<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Reaching children with the Gospel and clarifying it for them
\n\u2022 Bring children to saving faith in Jesus Christ
\n\u2022 Assist children to become witnesses for the Lord Jesus Christ<\/p>\n

Spiritual Growth and disciple making<\/strong>
\nAfter the first phase age-appropriate curriculums are used to assist children to grow spiritually, therefore we build relationships with the kids and walk a path with them during their primary school career.<\/p>\n

Equipping Adults and young leaders<\/strong>
\nEnabling them to teach children the Gospel so that they can share the Gospel with others. We then facilitate the implementation of various Bible curriculums in their community, church or schools.<\/p>\n

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Distinctive characteristics
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\u2022 Clarify the Gospel for Children
\n\u2022 Bring children to saving faith in Jesus Christ
\n\u2022 Every child to be a witness (Acts 1:8)
\n\u2022 Children need to be equipped to share the Gospel (Eph 4:11,12)
\n\u2022 Training soul winners is more important than merely winning souls (2 Tim 2,2)
\n\u2022 Reaching communities and children that are without hope<\/p>\n

The vision of this ministry is a journey for which we trust God to touch the hearts of those who we reach every day. Children are brought to saving faith in Jesus Christ and assisted to become witnesses for Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n

Implementation of evangelism and discipleship programs at<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Pre-Primary Schools
\n\u2022 Primary Schools
\n\u2022 Community<\/p>\n

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Vision To bring hope to the young generation by sharing with them the good news of Jesus and equipping them to spread this good news to others. To glorify God by equipping adults to teach children the gospel and facilitate the implementation of EEIII\/Hope for Kids in their community: \u201cThey will become a light in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hey.org.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hey.org.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hey.org.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hey.org.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hey.org.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/hey.org.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1003,"href":"https:\/\/hey.org.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions\/1003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hey.org.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}