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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 Africa, Australia, USA, Britain, Ireland, Latvia and other ex Soviet countries, Yugoslavia, Singapore, Malaysia, Iceland…
1988 saw the establishment of the Smethurst Ministries……. Read More >
Thank you for visiting our website and God bless you!
Dave and Margurita
Latest News:
No Food In Parts Of Ukraine
People have started eating dogs in occupied Eastern Ukraine: no food has been delivered to the city since May. People are saying, “There is actually nothing to eat there”. This is happening in the Odessa region too, and the villages around the House of Hope. The shops and markets are being systematically being bombed. The situation is worsening not just every day, but every hour. There is no chance of rescue. People have two options: either die of starvation or be hit by a drone. There is no third option.” Thanks to your kindness the House of Hope has been able to keep up the purchase of basic foods from a few local sources at reasonable prices. Thank you for your kindness and help. Russia’s goal: No communications Since the beginning of September, Russia has been striking internet [...]
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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 [...]
Recent News
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 [...]
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, emotionally, and mentally after endless days and sleepless nights under the constant threat of sirens and drone attacks. Every alarm sends fear through the building, and the sound of drones overhead has become part of daily life. They are [...]
We have just received a message from our team in Ukraine that a Russian missile has exploded in a field right next to the House of Hope – apparently just one degree out at the launch. The problem is that the fire is so huge that the wind is driving the fire into other people’s properties nearby. The thought at present is that it was aimed at the Ukrainian Military Base just one kilometre away but went off course. [...]
