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The seed of Smethurst Ministries was planted in 1972 when God called David Smethurst and his wife Margurita into ministry. This calling has taken them into churches, schools, youth groups, colleges, convents, military bases, prisons etc across the world including the United Kingdom, Africa, Australia, USA, Ireland, Latvia, Ukraine and other ex Soviet countries, Yugoslavia, Singapore, Malaysia, Iceland…
1988 saw the establishment of the Smethurst Ministries……. Read More >
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Dave and Margurita
The House of Hope region severely Bombed
The House of Hope region severely Bombed
The area where the House of Hope is located, is taking a real pounding from Russian missiles day after day.
In past years, before the war against Ukraine started, I had access to visit Ukraine many times, to conduct seminars and share the Gospel at colleges, universities, sporting bodies and the Ukrainian military (under military escort), as well as visit orphanages in the Chernobyl Radiation Zone (northwest of Kiev).
The House of Hope was the base from 2012 when it was a two -storey old farmhouse converted into an orphanage. Over a period of a few years, including the Covid-19 period, we were blessed and helped by our friends and donors, to convert it to a
How to Lead someone to Christ ~ An Eternal Legacy
My dear friends, I trust that this message will be an encouragement and a challenge to you to be the ambassador for Christ that he wants you to be. I hope that you will gain confidence and boldness, and have an unembarrassed freedom to share your relationship with Jesus to others with clarity and accuracy. I pray that God will anoint you and minister through you to nonbelievers and people seeking Him. I also trust that you will share your faith with gentleness and respect that will draw many to follow your example and become ambassadors for Christ as
“The love of Christ compels us.”
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In His strength, we can together we make all the difference
The House of Hope is full of needy struggling Children and Adults
Please pray for the House of Hope and all the poor single-mother families and orphans living there. The House continues to stand, but our manager says that life there has become pure survival. Everyone is utterly exhausted, worn down physically,
Russian Missile has just missed the House of Hope
Russian Missile has just missed the House of Hope
We have just received a message from our team in Ukraine that a Russian
The Other Side of the War
The Other Side of the War
The war in Ukraine is still raging, often hot, sometimes cooling as the word “truce” is whispered, and hope, in its fuller sense, has become rare. Not entirely gone – but distant, uncertain, and
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