Harold & Coni Knepper
After 28 years of Youth and Christian Camping ministry in the states, we felt the call of God to become full-time missionaries in another country. God led us to Tanzania, East Africa in 2006 and in 2007 we formed Hope of the Nations. We have three married children who are serving God with their spouses […]
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Sylvester & Phoebe
Sylvester and his family moved to Kigoma from DAR es Salaam in March of 2009 after 9 years (Sylvester) and 13 years (Phoebe) of missions experience. Sylvester is the liaison between HofN and the Tanzanian government. He has done a great job of building a strong relationship between HofN and key government leaders. Sylvester and […]
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Dismas Clement
Dismas came to Hope of the Nations Bible College (HNBC) as a student. We quickly noticed his leadership potential and his love for the Word of God. As his graduation approached 3½ years later, we asked him to pray about staying on with HofN. We wanted him to be our Bible College campus pastor and […]
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Shukuru & Julianna
Shukuru came to us with over 5 years of experience in missions. As Director of Operations, Shukuru is the go-to-guy if anything needs to be fixed or built for Hope of the Nations! He is always ready to help. He is also the Chief Engineer on the HofN boat – MV Tumaini. (Tumaini means, “Hope” […]
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Moses & Diana
Moses was the first to join the staff of HofN and is the Director of our Kid’s Clubs and Youth Ministry. He also graduated from HNBC (Hope of the Nations Bible College). Moses is responsible for training the Kids Club leaders as well as checking in on all 14 clubs between Kigoma and over 80 […]
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Adoneth Marco
Adoneth is HofN’s full-time nurse and heads up our Medical Outreach department. She has been with us almost since the beginning. Her heart is for the people in her own country. Adoneth goes into villages with Traditional Birth Attendant training and also connects people in need of acute medical care with the right organizations. Also, Adoneth […]
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Lynda Carson
I had a fulfilling career as a professional accountant, with my last post being the Vice President of Education for the CGA Association of Canada. When I retired in 2014, I was seeking God for what He would have me do in my retirement years. I had the fantastic opportunity of filling in from time […]
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