- We dream and believe that someday God will change the inner cities of America by transforming individual lives and churches.
- We envision, in all cities, communities of believers that support one another through the many complex issues that come from generational poverty.
- We dream and believe that someday God's people throughout America will share God's heart for the poor.
- We dream and believe that someday racial reconciliation will be a reality through the power of God's love, uniting His people without erasing the wonder of cultural diversity.
- We see Here’s Life Inner City as both partner and pioneer in grass-roots-driven ministries of evangelism and discipleship, intimately tied to works of compassion, life training, and the sharing of resources... to the ultimate fulfillment of the Great Commission.

For more, please visit: www.hlic.org

Hope for the City

Hope for the City uses corporate surplus as a tool to fight poverty, hunger, and disease.

Hope for the City is a privately funded, 501(c)3 relief organization that was established by Dennis and Megan Doyle in 2000 to fight poverty, hunger and disease by utilizing corporate surplus. The Minnesota-based, non-profit organization collects overstock products from top retailers, medical companies, and food distributors nationwide and donates the items to people in need locally, across the country and around the world. Since its inception, Hope for the City has donated approximately $230 million in wholesale value of goods.

Locally, Hope for the City distributes corporate surplus to non-profit organizations that serve the poor in the Twin Cities and surrounding areas. Hope for the City makes an incredible monthly impact on the non-profit organizations it serves. Our Community Partners reach 30,000 individuals in need each month. Because of their partnership with Hope for the City, they can now reach 40,000 individuals. In other words, Hope for the City touches approximately 10,000 individuals in need each month.

Hope for the City helps create healthier communities by providing an easy way for corporations to move their surplus, receive a tax donation, and serve the poor. Helping those in poverty helps make a stronger community. A healthy community provides the basis for the economy to flourish. It's a circle that starts at the loading dock of local business.

Internationally, Hope For The City delivers medicines, medical supplies and equipment to developing countries all over the world. With our access to medical resources, we are able to equip a 4-5 story hospital with everything from hospital beds and exam tables, to supplies and medicines. One new resource, which we call "A Hospital in a Box" can literally get a hospital started anywhere in the world with just one container.

For more, please visit: www.hopeforthecities.or

Somebody Cares

Our Mission...
To let people know that Somebody Cares. Because Jesus cares, we, the church, care. As a result, through grass-roots efforts, communities are transformed and the church is uniting. This is unity with a purpose in action.

How It All Began...
The Somebody Cares concept began in 1981 when Doug Stringer founder of Turning Point Ministries International created a business card which read, "Somebody Cares. Call 24 hours a day.... 'A true witness rescues lives.' Proverbs 14:25."

Cooperative Efforts in the Body of Christ...
Over time, relationships formed with other area ministries and churches. Joint outreaches soon developed which included prayer drives around the city, benevolence assistance, outreaches, holiday street feeds, and evangelistic outreaches. It was exciting to see the Church of Houston working together. A principle was in action. The kingdom of God is built on relationship and evangelism is the outcome of relationship. Networking grew with area ministries, particularly those working at a grass-roots level. The advisory committee is composed of front-line, inner-city ministry and church leaders from a variety of denominational and racial backgrounds. This is in keeping with the Micah 4 direction of the ministry to build the church, made up of all nations, tribes, tongues and backgrounds, into a strong nation.

For more, please visit: www.somebodycares.org