Testimonials

The Our Journey of Hope® program is designed to help pastors and lay leaders effectively minister to those dealing with cancer, such as the men and women featured on this page. Cancer care ministry has been an important aspect in each one of these individuals' journey through cancer. Please take a moment to read these testimonials and see the impact that pastors and lay leaders can have in a cancer patient’s life – and why knowing how to effectively minister to cancer patients and caregivers is essential.

Paul Brittain Raj Sandhu

Hamilton, Ontario Two Hamilton, Ontario Congregations

No case is typical. You should not expect to experience these results.

Pastor Paul Brittain and Pastor Raj Sandhu decided that joining their two Hamilton, Ontario, congregations would benefit many people in their city. But they didn’t stop there. Sandhu had bigger plans, and it involved Brittain, who had recently been diagnosed with kidney cancer...

Norma Miller

Ft. Lauderdale, FL First Baptist Church of Ft. Lauderdale

No case is typical. You should not expect to experience these results.

First Baptist Ft. Lauderdale already had a cancer ministry in place for 20 years. So, what would a church with an established cancer ministry need in Our Journey of Hope?

Mark Phillips

Amarillo, TX Faith Southwest Methodist Church

No case is typical. You should not expect to experience these results.

Mark Phillips has pastored his own churches. He has ministered to cancer patients and acknowledged their caregivers’ contributions to their recovery...

Julie Murphy

St. Petersburg, FL Calvary Chapel

No case is typical. You should not expect to experience these results.

The Our Journey of Hope program began at Calvary Chapel in St. Petersburg, Fla., through the cancer community. Julie Murphy was home on leave battling stage III breast cancer and saw a segment on the 700 Club television talking about the Our Journey of Hope cancer care ministry

John Pickens

Oklahoma City, OK Henderson Hills Baptist Church

No case is typical. You should not expect to experience these results.

The road to creating a cancer care ministry isn’t always an easy one. There are obstacles and roadblocks and for those who have been called to this type of ministry, they all agree that it must be a passion in order to press on and see it through...

George and Jeannie Stewart

Honolulu, HI Cancer Caregivers

No case is typical. You should not expect to experience these results.

The call to start a cancer care ministry was clear to George and Jeannie Stewart. When they first heard a pastor discuss a cancer ministry, they looked at each other in silence and knew immediately what they were to do...

Donna Marshall

Camp Springs, MD From the Heart Church Ministries

No case is typical. You should not expect to experience these results.

For Donna Marshall and her church From the Heart Church Ministries, their path to Our Journey of Hope was one they didn’t know they needed to take...