Cities, urban areas, metropoles — they’re full of community centers and places where groups can meet. In these places, those in need can receive help, and communities can grow and thrive. So, where do you go in a small, rural town? The local church.
Convoy of Hope’s Rural Initiatives reaches out to those in need through organizations local to the area. The local church often offers space, volunteers, and a leader with a heart to help their community.
One of Convoy’s great partners is Tommy Hayes, the Assemblies of God North Texas Rural Ministry Coordinator. According to Hayes, many of the pastors and churches he works with already hold the desire to help their community, but lack the resources to do so. This is where Convoy of Hope comes in.
“The rural church doesn’t have much money to do anything, to buy these big resources,” Hayes said. “But Rural Initiatives supplies the resources to be able to do this with very little and make a big impact.”
Convoy of Hope is proud to have partnered with more than 1,200 churches and organizations in 2017 around rural America. Through these churches, Rural Initiatives has been able to distribute more than 90,000 pairs of shoes, 1 million meals, and other resources to those in need.
