Jonathan & Theresa Baldwin
Laboring for every nation to hear the love of Christ
Sam’s chains were fastened around his soul from an early age like so many young men in the inner city. By 8 years old, Sam was shackled to a street gang, and the links only became longer and stronger as he grew up. Drugs, crime, and perversion were calling the shots. He was in and […]
Recently I (Theresa) have been reading the devotional book, “Quiet Talks on Prayer,” by S.D. Gordon. This little book has sparked fresh vision for the power and necessity of prayer. Our prayers can travel and go places even when we cannot. For example, if we spend 30 minutes in prayer for the nation of Haiti, […]
Hope City is going to produce a television broadcast portraying the work of authentic Christianity called Inner City Cry. The purpose of this broadcast will be to show first hand to the nation the plight of the poor in the inner cities of America, which has a devastating impact on the nation as a whole. […]
Worship is powerful. It has the power to elevate the gaze of our eyes off of the circumstances surrounding us and place it on our Father in heaven who is on the throne even now. Whatever or whomever we worship we will become more like. Lately God has been challenging us to stop letting the […]
In 1966, Jackie Pullinger booked a one-way boat ticket around the world from England with faith believing that God would show her which county to serve Him in. Upon landing in Hong Kong, she began ministering in “the walled city” to drug addicts. She had faith to believe that God could instantly deliver drug addicts. […]
For the past five years, Hope City has had our sights set on an old middle school building a few blocks away from Hope City. We have felt the constraints of our current facility, an old Boys and Girls Club. Its limited space has often forced us to turn away drug addicts that desperately need […]
On February 3rd at 6:21 pm, we rejoiced at Caleb’s birth. Caleb was 7lbs and nineteen inches long. We were relived this time to keep our original birth plan having Caleb in the water at a local birthing center with a midwife. We were able to go home just a few hours after his birth. […]
Lately, Jeremiah has enjoyed listening to a particular worship song, “Here’s My Heart” by David Crowder. He can’t get enough of it. We will put it on our TV in the living room and when it is over he often cries until we restart it. Some kids like watching cartoons but at this point those […]
Praying & Worshiping on 24th Street Every week, we are responsible for leading two of our all staff two-hour prayer meetings at Hope City. We love letting former drug addicts be a part crying out for their neighborhood and nation. Some of them have only been clean for a few days but we don’t wait […]
On a recent ministry trip, I (Theresa) had the opportunity to minister at a women’s retreat. I talked about what we can do when we feel stuck in our walks with God or we find ourselves in a dry season, where we know we should want to read our Word and pray, but have no […]