New Building Location Grand Opening
Hope for Chicago and All the World
April 30th, 2011
It was in my heart since the Lord Jesus Christ saved me and moved in me with compassion in the spring of 1992 to found Blessed Hope Mission to have a house of harvest which is a building location to operate the mission. Last year (2010), with the economy in distress, the property value collapsed and I was able to purchase a building on the same street where the Lord had inspired me a couple of decades ago as I was driving in the same area and gave me the inspiration to found a mission with the purpose to bring hope for the hopeless. That was the time when Blessed Hope Mission was born in the same area of 63rd and Kildare where I lived at and worked for about two decades. My heart was moved with compassion towards the people that I helped to buy houses to accomplish the America dream. While others which did not have a roof to live under, I accepted them with joy to live on rehab properties for free until I sold them and moved in another. It was not because of my abilities or capacities that I was moved to help those in prisons in the Cook County jail and those in other countries but because of the blessings from God.
“God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine upon us; Selah. That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations.” Psalm 67:1-2
“THE KING [David] shall joy in Your strength, O Lord; and in Your salvation how greatly shall he rejoice! You have given him his heart’s desire and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah [pause, and think of that]! For You send blessings of good things to meet him; You set a crown of pure gold on his head. He asked life of You, and You gave it to him–long life forever and evermore. His glory is great because of Your aid; splendor and majesty You bestow upon him. For You make him to be blessed and a blessing forever; You make him exceedingly glad with the joy of Your presence. For the king trusts, relies on, and is confident in the Lord, and through the mercy and steadfast love of the Most High he will never be moved.” Psalm 21:1-7 [Amplified Bible]
God blesses us and gifts us so that we might serve and bless others and also blessing others will bring Glory to His name.
“But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let h im give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver. And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work: (As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever. Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;) Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God. For the administration of this service not only supplieth the want of the saints, but is abundant also by many thanksgivings unto God;” 2 Corinthians 9:6-12
Mission Statement:
Originally, Blessed Hope Mission is a charitable Christian organization through which many families have been lifted up spiritually and materially. Blessed Hope International Mission is a prayer, evangelistic, and charity based ministry. It is the calling of God to pray for those that are lost and not saved that the Light of Christ, who is the image of God, would shine upon them. There are three main aspects that define our mission.
The first aspect is to join an international prayer group, which will seek God’s leading for ministering in different parts of the world, and would ask Him to open new opportunities so that His Gospel will reach the lost and hopeless.
The second aspect is to share the Good News through crusades and jail ministries, and to train a new generation of evangelists that will be ready to share the Gospel, in any circumstances, through the power of the Holy Spirit. International affiliates will be established, developed, and maintained as the Lord leads.
The third aspect is to provide help for the families in desperate needs through distribution of goods. Scriptures and other Christian literature will also be provided.
The Grand Opening ceremony and celebration was held on April 30th, 2011 as gratitude towards our Lord Jesus Christ who sustained this mission for the past two decades and gave us this location. About fifty people from Golgotha and other churches attended the event. The event started with prayer and Chairman Constantin Lupancu appointed Pavel Sav an active participant at the mission trips to lead the service. I believe the season was orchestrated by God to coincide with approximately the same time as our 20th anniversary of Blessed Hope Mission which started to help distressed people after the Romanian Revolution in 1989. Chairman Constantin Lupancu presented the history of Blessed Hope International Mission on how God, who initiated, moved and inspired him to help the poor and needy people. President Edgar Garza of BHIM had a speech about his testimony on how BHIIM had impacted and changed his personal life and his family. All this started for him when he was called to translate the evangelical message in the country of Ecuador. God touched his heart and he was transformed and born again. From that time onward, he had a burning desire to reach the unreached from around the world. He began by sharing the Good News to his family and most of them received Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. Petru Amarei from Christian Television Network filmed the entire event. Rob Brown from Chaplains for Christ International also had a speech. This event moved us to a time of reflection on the past on how God (who is always faithful) showed His grace and mercy and blessed us more abundantly than we could ever ask for or imagine.
“Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.” Ephesians 3:20-21
Rev. Constantin Lupancu together with the Blessed Hope International Mission Team