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  • HOPE TO HOME

    Hope to Home sources, warehouses, repairs & provides basic home furnishings to individuals & families in our community who are coming out of distressed situations & striving toward a new life on purpose. We collect new & “gently used”, donated home goods & work with community service agencies to get those goods into the hands of those who need them most, at no cost to the recipient.

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  • HALOS

    The mission of Halos is to promote safe & nurturing homes for children in kinship care. Kids in kinship care have nearly half the risk of behavioral & social problems of children in foster care. Kinship caregivers face emotional & financial challenges when they take a child in. ​Kinship care helps children maintain familial & community bonds, provides stability, & gives them a feeling of identity & belonging.

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  • FORMATION PROJECT

    The Formation Project goes above & beyond to help those who have been sex trafficked. They are working to build a community that is led by survivors for survivors. They believe in making a positive & permanent impact in the lives of survivors by ensuring access to sustainable services & ensuring that everyone has access to resources & relationships to find freedom, healing, & community.

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  • R.E.C.A.P

    Rebuilding Every Community Around Peace (RECAP) is a faith-based approach to reducing violence within the North Charleston community. This approach focuses on working with faith groups, laypersons, & city officials to end violence. This is not a simple approach, but an approach of love to reconnect the community with the police & the community. To end hostility & rebuild respect & trust.

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  • BUNDLES OF JOY

    Bundles of Joy is a diaper bank established in the low country to assist those in need of diapers. In Charleston, close to 20% of people are living in poverty. They are working hard to make ends meet & will struggle to purchase diapers & other necessities for their children. The goal of Bundles of Joy is to assist those in need of diapers & other necessities directly through their organization & through designated partner organizations.

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  • ABBA MINISTRIES

    Abba Ministries is a 501(c)3 organization with bases throughout the Southeast & headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina. Each Abba Ministries base strives to provide atmospheres of restoration & family for the homeless, poverty stricken, addicted, & oppressed. This happens through strategic partnerships & special events that seeks to serve the community by meeting tangible needs.

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  • CHARLESTON HOPE

    The mission of Charleston Hope is to enhance school culture & climate in high-poverty Title 1 schools by building on the strengths of students, teachers, & leaders. They are present in partnered schools daily to help facilitate an environment where students & teachers feel supported, connected, & successful. The work they do is to create space to collaborate with schools, listen to teachers, & implement specific programs.

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  • TURN90

    The mission of Turn90 is to working with men at the highest risk of re-arrest by combining cognitive behavioral classes, case management, transitional work, & job placement to create an opportunity for success after prison where one doesn’t currently exist. Turn90 provides the community with a Print Shop to provide full service, screen printing business, ready to create custom merchandise that supports the work of the men they serve.

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  • CLOSET OF HOPE

    Closet of Hope exists to support children in foster care. In so doing, they intentionally serve & support biological & foster families, as well. Share what you have, love one another, & inspire a community. Whether it's picking up donations from drop off locations, sorting sizes of clothing or hosting a diaper & wipe drive, our volunteers make a huge impact on our effort to help foster, kinship, & adoptive families in need.

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  • SOUL

    SOUL exists to empower new moms, one SOUL at a time, to be a sanctuary for their children.​ The mission of SOUL is to create a safe haven that provides emotional support & spiritual encouragement, as well as, life management counseling, career skills, & financial assistance for expectant mothers. They provide faith-based peer support groups, mentoring classes, & care closets to help meet the individual needs of moms in our community.

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  • BAIR

    The Bair Foundation is a non-profit, Christian agency with over 50 years experience in child welfare. Guided by biblical principles, we work to find a permanent, nurturing home for all children who come into our care. The Bair Foundation provides Christ-centered quality care & services dedicated to the treatment, restoration & empowerment of children, youth & families. As a Christian foster care agency, we have provided hope & stability to more than 250,000 children & families in crisis.

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Learn more about our global partnerships.

  • FOOD FOR THE HUNGRY

    Food for the Hungry seeks to end ALL forms of human poverty by going to the hard places and walking with the world’s most vulnerable people. For fifty years, they’ve been serving through purposeful relief and development. They believe in the fight against poverty, which is why they serve the vulnerable in over 20 countries globally.

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  • ARC NETWORK

    Since 2000, the mission of ARC has been to train and resource church planters. They exist to see a thriving church in every community, reaching people with the message of Jesus. They do this by providing relationships, resources, and opportunities to leaders of new and existing churches so that they can thrive around the world.

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  • RDN NETWORK

    The Relational Discipleship Network (RDN) believes Jesus gave us the best method and model for relational discipleship that works in any context. They have helped over 100,000 pastors and leaders impacting over 25,000 churches in 21 different countries become confident disciple makers.

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Learn more about our church plant partnerships.

  • THE HERITAGE CO.

    Shortly after 2018, God began leading Austin & Taylor Scott to plant a Jesus-centered church in Lexington, SC. Born & raised in Aiken County, Austin & Taylor have always had a heart for their home state of South Carolina. The Executive Pastors, Justin & Blakeley Hydrick, served faithfully on our staff at Awaken Church in multiple capacities before moving upstate to join the team in planting The Hertiage Co. Their church exists so that those far from God find a home in the family of God.

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  • MULTIPLY CHURCH

    Lead Pastor, Forrest Coleman, along with his wife, Emily, answered the call to plant Multiply Church in 2020. After 5 years of leading & pastoring on staff at Awaken Church, they knew the Lord was expanding their reach to start a new church in Frankfort, KY. Both growing up in the bluegrass of Kentucky, they have a heart to see God move powerfully in the lives of all people. With a passion for connecting people to Jesus & serving the community, they are excited to see people experience the love of Christ.

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  • MEADOWS CHURCH

    In 2020, Chris & Jeslyn Lanier moved to Castle Rock, CO to plant Meadows Church. The Laniers were on the planting team of Awaken Church as we launched in January of 2013. Chris served in a variety of pastoral positions to help faithfully build the first 7 years of our church. After moving across the country to start a new church, they have seen their vision to reach their neighbors & community as they follow Jesus together to make disciples of Jesus through relationships come alive. Chris truly believes that Jesus offers hope to a broken world through the local church, & has devoted his life to share this good news!

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  • RIVERTOWN CHURCH

    As a local church in Brattleboro, VT, Rivertown Church exists to be disciples who make disciples of Jesus, for the glory of God & the joy of all peoples. Their Lead Pastor, Ben Whittinghill, planted Rivertown with a passion to see the Lord Jesus magnified in all the small places of New England, through faithful discipleship & church planting. Their desire is to be a local church with a global impact; longing for every single person under Heaven to experience the life & joy that we have received in Jesus!

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  • WALK CHURCH

    Lead Pastor, Heiden Rather, & his wife Neena, grew up in Las Vegas, NV where God has called them together to plant WALK Church. Heiden & Neena did not grow up in typical Christian households,. However, God did a radical work in their lives during their early college years & they have never looked back! Together, the Ratner’s share a love for the people of Las Vegas & are excited to be a part of God’s Kingdom activity in the city through planting WALK Church; to help people know God, find community, discover their purpose, & make a difference!

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