Barnabas & Esther Hope

Career Missionaries since 2004, currently servings as AFM’s Tentmaker Ministries Coordinator. Previously, Barnabas and Esther Hope served as missionaries to the people of Turkey.

Barnabas Hope organizes AFM’s Tentmaker Ministries. He guides and supports people who wish to use their business or educational talents to witness in countries where direct evangelism is not allowed. Previously, Barnabas and Esther Hope served as missionaries to the people of Turkey.

Frontier Stories

Anywhere but the Hospital

Foreign hospitals make me nervous. Maybe it’s the donkey grazing in the parking lot, maybe it’s the unfinished concrete everywhere, or maybe it’s the arrow at the entrance pointing to the back of the building that says, “Morgue.”

By: Barnabas & Esther Hope
October 01 2011, 8:37 pm | Comments 0

The Bottom of a Baptistery

Last year, I attempted to build my own portable baptistery. It was an act of desperation to solve the problem of a mid-winter baptism in a country where having such an event publicly could cause problems.

By: Barnabas & Esther Hope
September 01 2011, 8:36 pm | Comments 0

Broken Eggs Hatch

I went to Germany for a weekend to teach a seminar at a national youth conference. On Sabbath afternoon, we took Turkish Bible lessons and materials and went door-to-door.

By: Barnabas & Esther Hope
July 01 2011, 8:32 pm | Comments 0

God’s GPS

While walking through the forest near my home yesterday morning, I came across a dead sheep. It was an ugly sight—bloated, with rigid legs sticking straight out.

By: Barnabas & Esther Hope
June 01 2011, 8:29 pm | Comments 0

Jesus’ iPhone

It’s hard for me to believe, but seven years ago before arriving in Turkey, I didn’t own a cell phone.

By: Barnabas & Esther Hope
May 01 2011, 8:26 pm | Comments 0

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