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A SHEROE OF

THE FAITH

Apostle, Dr. Jeannette C. Holmes-Vann

A leader for the generations Cultivating and Growing Leaders Preparing Future Leaders
Dr. Jeannette C. Holmes was officially ordained pas- The first group of Ministers, Deacons, Teachers and Students are provided with an academic education
tor of HCM in 1979 and has served for four decades Exhorters were officially ordained in 1989. Today as well as an education in life. Esprit de Corps
with no signs of stopping. over 60 leaders are appointed and serving in Center for Learning (EDC) opened as a debt-free,
various areas of ministry in the US and abroad. non-chartered private school in 2001.

innovative Administrative Suite. ministries are other examples of via- As has been the case over many years
ble channels reaching out to millions, and doubtless will continue to be,
The ministry, which started out with offering hope through salvation and countless individuals come through
seven members, experienced re- a new life. the doors of Hope Chapel broken,
markable rapid growth. It embraced disheartened, without salvation and
people of various races, nationalities Esprit de Corps Center for Learning without hope. Afterwards, they go
and all walks of life. As the ministry (EDC) was built in the interest of on to live changed lives. Hope Chapel
continued to preach the Gospel training boys and girls for their future will continue to be a place of salva-
through prison ministry, nursing as adults who adhere to the tenets of tion, deliverance and hope, even as
home visits, street evangelism and morality and patriotism for the bet- we move into the future exclaiming
other forms of outreach, many lives terment of home, church, workplace, our motto: “There is Hope at Hope
were touched and experienced the and society. Dr. Holmes-Vann’s vision Chapel...and that Hope is Jesus!”
love of Jesus. This truth of the gospel included a return to a traditional edu-
brought about the new birth which cational model founded on Christian
resulted in notable changes in the principles and values. In accordance
lives of the people. with this vision, each component of
the school was purposefully selected
Moreover, Hope Chapel’s radio, and designed.
television, magazine and internet

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