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In 1993, Rev. Timothy Hoflund was serving as the president of “Living
Freedom Ministries, Inc.” preaching revivals, serving as guest minister
for churches, presenting seminars and teaching focused Bible studies.

Following a certain revival week, Timothy was invited to join a ministry
team for a ten-day evangelistic effort in Russia. It was during that
ministry trip that the Lord birthed what is now, True Hope Ministries of
America in the heart of Rev. Timothy Hoflund.
Timothy’s roommate, a total stranger, made a prophetic declaration about the ministry service into which
God would be taking Timothy, and it was simply this: “You will be pastoring pastors!”

In 1993, Timothy was not only still wet behind the ears, he was drenching wet behind the ears! This
roommate must have been a nut! But that simple sentence did much more than resonate in Timothy’s
heart, it resounded - - and never stopped!

Over the course of time, Timothy lived a “roller coaster” life with more failures than successes for several
years, yet even in the really low times, that statement made in that Russian hotel room never stopped
replaying!
Now it is 2002 and the Lord had convinced Timothy and his wife that they were to start a new House
Church, which was named “New Wine Family Church”. This ministry served in a number of ways, chiefly
seemed to be to help wayward Saints regain spiritual fellowship with God and with their family in Christ!
Along with this, Teaching and Mentoring the Saints to engage in ministry service proved to be the other
main focus.

After several years, while the size of the local members of the House Church stayed rather small, we were
ministering to people in other states via internet technology. God continued to grow and develop the
abilities of this ministry and it seemed like the scope was ever increasing! Finally, the Lord impressed on
both Timothy and the members that the name should be changed so it was, to “True Hope Churches &
Ministries” and at that time, we began forming a distance learning Bible school.

A major change took place in 2011 as the Lord directed and brought to pass the relocation to Springfield
Missouri. In February 2011 during a Ministers’ Conference session, the Lord spoke to Timothy stating
that they would be moving to Springfield Missouri! An effort to make this move couldn’t even begin for
another nearly two months yet by June of 2011 The Hoflunds and True Hope Churches & Ministries were
moving into the newly purchased home which provided the office space needed!
It was during this transition that the scope of True Hope Churches & Ministries grew past the boundaries
of a local House Church and eventually it became clear that we had indeed developed into a national
fellowship of Christian Ministry Servants and Leaders which precipitated its reorganization into what is
now True Hope Ministries of America!

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