Featured presenters include Ted N.C. Wilson, president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and Regina M. Benjamin, MD, United States' Surgeon General.

Hope Channel’s broadcast of the “Healthy 100” health summit is designed for anyone wanting to discover secrets for a vibrant, healthful life.

Viewers will discover life-changing insights for abundant living, and learn to present evidence-based wholistic health programs that effectively share these insights. The event is cosponsored by the North American and Inter-American Divisions’ Health Ministries Departments, the General Conference Health Ministries, and Florida Hospital.

“We are so excited to offer this landmark event to our viewers,” says Kandus Thorp, Hope Channel’s vice president for programming.

“The Sabbath morning and afternoon events of January 28 with Adventist Church president Ted Wilson, and US Surgeon General Regina Benjamin, will be uplinked live to both Hope Channel and Hope Church Channel.  The "Healthy 100" programs will be available live on our website (www.HopeTV.org) in a designated window on the homepage. If you want to learn secrets for a long, healthy life; or if you want your congregation's health ministry to be relevant and able to address current health issues, you will want to watch and even record these presentations.”

Hope Church Channel will carry a delayed broadcast the following day of each evening’s seminar. A full schedule is listed below. Additional broadcasts will air on Hope Channel International and Hope Channel Europe, both of which have an available live stream at www.HopeTV.org. See the note at the end of the article for other ways to watch this important event.

“Viewers will learn how to reduce the risk of heart disease and cancer,  make positive life-changing choices, develop a personal health strategy, prepare tasty plant-based meals, and increase energy levels and reduce fatigue,” adds Thorp.

The Healthy 100 movement, launched by Florida Hospital in Orlando, unites faith and health with the goal of equipping people to live long, vibrant lives filled with God’s power, passion, and purpose. In this movement, churches and small groups play an important role as centers of hope and help in their community. 

Worship Service, speaker Pastor Ted Wilson

LIVE Sabbath, Jan 28 at 11:00 am ET – 12:30 pm ET

Adventists InStep for Life Celebration with US Surgeon General

LIVE Sabbath, Jan 28 at 4:00 pm ET – 6:00 pm ET

Regina M. Benjamin, MD, MBA is the 18th Surgeon General of the United States. As America’s Doctor, she provides the public with the best scientific information available on how to improve their health and the health of the nation. Dr. Benjamin also oversees the operational command of 6,500 uniformed public health officers who serve in locations around the world to promote, and protect the health of the American People.

Below are the listings for the nightly “Imagine a Healthy 100” presentations online at www.HopeTV.org from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. ET, and by one-day delay on Hope Church Channel from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. ET.

Making Healthy Choices

Live on www.HopeTV.org: Sat, Jan 28 at 7:00 – 9:00 pm ET

Hope Church Channel: Sun, Jan 29 at 6:00 – 8:00 pm ET

Understand the life-changing impact of positive choices and discover how to make them for yourself.

Rest Assured

Live on www. HopeTV.org: Sun, Jan 29 at 7:00 – 9:00 pm ET

Hope Church Channel: Mon, Jan 30 at 6:00 – 8:00 pm ET

Experience lasting inner peace and learn how to come with crippling worry, rear, and anxiety.

Surrounded by Love

Live on www. HopeTV.org: Mon, Jan 30 at 7:00 – 9:00 pm ET

Hope Church Channel: Tues, Jan 31 at 6:00 – 8:00 pm ET

Explore the secrets of nature and learn the life-giving effect of water, air, and sunshine.

Keep Moving Forward

Live on www. HopeTV.org: Tues, Jan 31 at 7:00 – 9:00 pm ET

Hope Church Channel: Wed, Feb 1 at 6:00 – 8:00 pm ET

Discover the indispensable ingredient for physical, mental, and spiritual health.

The Healing Power of Faith

Live on www. HopeTV.org: Wed, Feb 1 at 7:00 – 9:00 pm ET

Hope Church Channel: Thurs, Feb 2 at 6:00 – 8:00 pm ET

Learn to trust in the face of overwhelming odds and seemingly insurmountable obstacles.

Special Service with Pastor Dan Jackson

Hope Church Channel: Fri, Feb 3 at 6:00 – 8:00 pm ET

Why Relationships Matter

Live on www. HopeTV.org: Fri, Feb 3 at 7:00 – 9:00 pm ET

Hope Church Channel: Sabbath, Feb 4 at 6:00 – 8:00 pm ET

Create positive relationships with God and the people around you.

Your Health and Your Emotions

Live on www. HopeTV.org: Sat, Feb 4 at 11:00 am – 1:00 pm ET

Hope Church Channel: Sunday, Feb 5 at 6:00 – 8:00 pm ET

Discover how to develop healthy thoughts and a positive mental outlook.

Your Diet and Your Destiny

Live on www. HopeTV.org: Sat, Feb 4 at 7:00 – 9:00 pm ET

Hope Church Channel: Monday, Feb 6 at 6:00 – 8:00 pm ET

Understand why a return the Eden’s diet prepares us to eat Heaven’s diet.

How to Watch:

In the US:

·      DIRECTV channel 368. To subscribe call (877-HOPE-620)

·      Glorystar Satellite channel 104 (Hope Channel) and 124 (Hope Church Channel). To purchase call 888-393-HOPE.

·      iPhone or iPad (search Hope TV in the app store)

·      Online at www.HopeTV.org. Select your channel from the list in the left-hand column.

·      For international satellite information visit: http://www.hopetv.org/watch-now/satellite-information/satellite-details/ 

Hope Channel will broadcast a special edition of Global Faith and Freedom on Religious Liberty Sabbath, January 28, 2012, from 6:30 to 7:00 p.m. ET. It follows a sermon by Seventh-day Adventist Church president Elder Ted N.C. Wilson that airs from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., ET (and rebroadcast at 11:00 p.m. ET).

The half-hour program, featuring the team from the Public Affairs and Religious Liberty (PARL) department of the world church, will present a variety of current reports, as well as interviews and personal stories.

“We want to empower our viewers,” says PARL director Dr. John Graz, who hosts the television special. “We want to do more than just present stories about the terrible hardships and persecution faced by so many of our brothers and sisters around the world. We also want our viewers to know that they, too, can make a difference—they can be a voice for freedom.”

The program includes interviews with Dr. Michael Kulakov, whose family helped lead the underground Adventist Church during the Soviet era in Russia, and Pastor Tamás Ócsai, president of the Adventist Church in Hungary, one of the religious groups that was de-registered by the Hungarian government this year. Also appearing in the special broadcast are Attorney Dwayne Leslie, legislative director for the Adventist world church, and Dr. Ganoune Diop, the church’s representative to the United Nations. 

For local broadcast times, please click the red TV Schedule button on in the right-hand column of this page.

[Bettina Krause/PARL contributed to this article]

The TV studio was turned into a local meeting place with about 50 guests sitting around 10 small tables, similar to the setting in any of the 500 or so remote sites where more than 8000 attended, including about 2000 who are not baptized church members. There was a panel discussion, but no special music performances. And, they showed a “movie.”

Each Wednesday and Sabbath between October 8 and December 3, 2011, Faith Simple aired from the Hope Channel studio near Frankfurt, Germany. Participants watched a video clip about couple realizing how their encounter could change their lives. Their developing story introduced each evening’s topic.

Following the video clip, the two pastor-hosts each presented short sermons on that evening’s Biblical topic. Matthias Müller and Klaus Popa expanded on questions that arose in the video so they could “take the sermon out of the pulpit and into the street” for a real-life application. 

Then they and their expert guests discussed the topic in four different online chatrooms with as many as 200 people at once while participants in the studio and in the remote sites discussed the topic in small groups. Afterward, everyone reassembled for Müller’s and Popa’s closing remarks. 

“We chose not a doctrinal presentation but a life-issue approach so we could to cover all the important Biblical topics from a personal perspective,” said Müller. “We decided to be personally open and vulnerable, and not be the expert teacher with all the answers.” They intentionally avoided the traditional auditorium-and-pulpit setting.

“This new approach was important in successfully reaching the region’s dominant postmodern mindset with a relevant message,” said Müller. “Members thanked us for the fresh approach telling us that they finally had the courage to bring friends without fear of being embarrassed by an old-fashioned style of presentation. Attendees’ reactions were very enthusiastic.”

The series aired on the region’s number-one in-home satellite service to about 15 million homes in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland; on a number of local cable networks; and over a popular online TV service. Thousands more watched online. Responses came from around the world.

Here are a few testimonials:

Christiane: You have really achieved something significant by approaching people in an authentic and competent way. 

Andrea: Very beautiful, professionally set-up website. My compliments! I wished my Catholic church could do the same. 

Anonymous participant in one of the chat rooms: This is the best evangelistic series EVER. My 10-year-old son wants to be invited into your studio. 

Gad: Your new perspectives are changing even my pre-programmed thinking!

Katrin: I am learning so much through this broadcast. I am understanding the matter between man and God, and whether it was really by chance or whether God wanted it the way it is.

Elke: Yesterday I saw your live program at 11:30 a.m. here in the USA. My brother told me about the broadcast and that he is watching it in his church. It was wonderful. 

Geigle brings hope and healing to those affected by strokes or accidents by re-teaching necessary motor skills. She also brings hope and healing of the spiritual kind by praying for patients and recommending they watch Hope Channel on the hospital’s TV service.

“My workplace is a mission field,” says Geigle. “My job gives me lots of opportunities to witness.”

Geigle has several coworkers who also watch Hope Channel and recommend it to patients for its inspirational content and focus on healthy living, and they do so without overstepping any boundaries.

“I don’t press a belief system on patients or friends, but I can tell them about the blessing I receive by watching Hope Channel,” she adds.

She unhesitatingly recommends Hope Channel with the authority of her personal testimony.

The grueling demands of hospital work can sap the enthusiasm for life out of a person; but Geigle has received hope and healing herself from Hope Channel. Geigle bought her satellite dish on the recommendation of a friend. She wanted positive, informative programs to keep her buoyed during a rough patch in her life, and Hope Channel quickly became her favorite.

“I get to start my days and prepare for Sabbath with great teaching from Pastors Derek Morris, Dwight Nelson, and many others. Hope Channel is such a blessing,” she says.

“I served as a missionary in Africa and was immediately impressed with Hope Channel’s internationally diverse program line-up. The series Wait A Minute Pastor with Pardon Mwansa really touched me,” she adds. “It’s great to see our brothers and sisters around the world sharing the love of Christ through so many different programs that reach so many different people. Hope Channel’s constant gospel presence is important to my life and provides perfect company. It gives me a sense of extended family and shows that the world church is one big family.”

And Geigle encourages Hope Channel supporters to continue backing the ministry.

“Hope Channel is changing lives. I get to see it at work and in my church. Many Christians are missing out on the true gospel, but Hope Channel gives them the encouragement, correction, and admonishment they need for these times. Hope Channel is a tool I can give others to find Jesus on their own, without being aggressive or confrontational about my beliefs,” Geigle explains.

Hope Channel has even made it easy for you! 

Our updated planned giving website, www.HopeTVgift.org , has an online wills planner to help you gather the information you need to plan for your future and God's work. 

At the site, click on the green "Plan Your Will" button. Be certain to take advantage of the View Videos section that contains many helpful and informative videos. When you’re ready to get started, click on the white “Create a New Account” button. Your account is secure, confidential, and password protected. No one will have access to your account, not even me, unless of course you provide the authorization.

Once you’ve entered all the data, you may print it out and take it to your attorney. If you don’t have an attorney, you may select one from our network of attorneys in your state. You can visit your chosen attorney or you can provide your account’s password so the attorney can access the data and draft your documents. 

See, I told you, Hope Channel has made this EASY! 

Thank you for considering Hope Channel as a beneficiary of your estate plan. May God richly bless you in 2012.

“Jesus said, ‘I am the way, the truth and the life…’”[ii]

What incredible statements! God became human! Jesus is Truth! Jesus was Truth in personality!

God has revealed Truth through many significant means: nature, the promptings of the Holy Spirit, providential guidance, godly counsel, and through the written Word—the Bible. 

But the supreme way that God revealed Truth was through personality! He humbled Himself and became a human being. Incredible condescension! Truth was so important for humans that God Himself became a human to show us the Truth.

A live, hearth thumping, breathing, eating, walking, talking, laughing, crying, thinking, human being can personify and define truth in a far superior way than can  mere theological statements (however good and important those theological statements are!). This is where Hope Channel has the advantage in proclaiming truth. People see it. They hear it. They evaluate it for themselves. As the adage says, “A picture is worth a thousand words!” 

One of the big reasons we will begin broadcasting twelve hours of live programming each week starting January 9 is that we want more live “truth through personality” programming. We want viewers to see real people relating to the issues of the day—answering questions and applying Scripture to today’s situations. Different topics. Different speakers. Different age categories. (Learn more about these programs and their hosts beginning on page 4.) Truth comes through personality! We want Hope Channel to be a “window for the world” to teach the wonderful truth God has given His church—by doing it through personality.

Please pray for Hope Channel’s program hosts and that each new program will attract much larger audiences. Why? None of us want to exalt ourselves. We want to exalt only Jesus. Hope Channel does not exist to magnify personalities or build empires. We want only to be the “window” by which people see Jesus. Truth through personality makes an impact.

For each one of us the challenge of being “truth through personality” is an invitation of Jesus. “Go you…”[iii] Jesus said. In Isaiah God says: “you are my witnesses.” [iv] By being authentic genuine disciples of Jesus, Jesus lives and works through our senses and our personalities so that others see Jesus is us. What a privilege and awesome responsibility—to represent THE Truth through our personality. 

And what is the result? As Ellen White put it: "The strongest argument in favor of the gospel is a loving and lovable Christian." [v] 

“This is exciting because it opens Hope Channel and some of its programs to a large new audience on the SKY satellite TV service," says host Victor Hulbert. Revelation TV can be seen in the UK on SKY 581 as well as Freesat 692.  SKY counts more than 10 million subscribers in the UK. Please share the good news with your friends who may be SKY subscribers.

Hope Channel has teamed up with Amazing Facts and It Is Written in January to air two powerful outreach series to which you and your church can invite your community. (Amazing Facts- Reclaim Your Faith series aired Jan.13-15th)

Revelation Today will air live each evening (except Mondays and Thursdays) from January 20 to February 18, from Las Vegas on Hope Church Channel. Led by It Is Written speaker/director Pastor John Bradshaw, this 22-part series will inform and inspire by revealing Christ at the heart of Revelation.

Hundreds of thousands of Adventists and other Christians are missing from church. Among reasons for leaving church people cite busy lives, that they no longer believed in the teachings of the church, that they didn’t like a pastor or other church member, or they had witnessed behavior that turned them off to the church. But current events are causing them, and millions of other non-churchgoers, to explore spiritual answers to their concerns.

“Revelation Today will appeal to new interests as well as former Adventists,” says Bradshaw.

“In light of all the human drama in the world, Revelation Today promises to be an exceptional opportunity to pull back the veil hiding the facts behind humanity’s pain and suffering, and reveal what’s really going on according to Bible prophecy,” Bradshaw explains. “The purpose of Revelation Today is to stir interest among people, enable people to make new friends for Jesus, and open the door for follow-up Bible studies. We will lift up Jesus, let the Bible speak for itself, and encourage people to trust Jesus and fully accept Him in faith,” he adds.

“Irrespective of people’s religious backgrounds, they will be comfortable attending this exciting series. Today’s most-discussed prophetic subjects will be presented clearly so people can make the Bible the foundation for their lives,” adds Bradshaw. “We will show from the prophetic book of Revelation how the things going on in the world today are working to bring the world together for Earth’s last crisis—and that Christ is our hope who will see us through. Revelation Today will reveal that forces at work in the world today are driving us toward the greatest event in human history—the Second Coming of Christ!”

“Those invited to attend or watch on TV either series are promised a warm welcome; inspiring, heart-warming Christian music; and solid, reassuring Bible teaching,” says Hope Channel president Brad Thorp. “We are excited to offer both series and encourage churches to invite as many as possible to participate. Together these two series will help viewers find or reaffirm their faith in the Bible and provide them a strong foundation for a new life in Jesus.”

To learn more about Reclaim Your Faith visit http://www.faithreclaimed.com/.       

For more information about Revelation Today visit: http://www.faithreclaimed.com/.

To learn more about hosting Revelation Today,  visit http://www.revelationtoday.com/host.

Hope Channel is on DIRECTV channel 368. Hope Channel and Hope Church Channel are on Glorystar channels 104 and 124 respectively. Both series will be streamed at www.HopeTV.org

Hosts With the Most—New Program Hosts Bring Viewers Wealth of Insight from God’s Word

Brace yourself. Christian television as we know it is about to experience tectonic shift. And as a Hope Channel viewer, you’ll get to be the first to experience it. 

Welcome to the new era in Christian TV.

“Never have so many knowledgeable, Biblically-grounded, humble-yet-enthusiastic program hosts been assembled on one network—and made so accessible to their viewers,” says Hope Channel president Brad Thorp.

Starting with two hours each night, Monday through Thursday, and expanding to three hours nightly in February, Hope Channel will offer the world the best in Bible study and insights for healthy, faithful living—and make every host and guest expert available to you! 

“No other block of programming on television will offer such deep, beneficial, relevant insights on life. Nowhere else can viewers have such unfettered access to the hosts and guests, or get such Biblically accurate answers to their most perplexing questions during a live program,” adds Thorp. “And it’s not going to be only during the program. Our hosts will interact throughout the week through each program’s website, blog, Facebook page, and Twitter account.”

“Each host, a deeply-committed Christian with a passion for communicating the Savior’s love and deepest truths, have been preparing for months to bring you lively, informative understanding of the Bible and how it applies directly to your daily life,” says Kandus Thorp, Hope Channel vice president for programming. “You’ll understand the issues of the day from a Biblical perspective. You’ll learn to relate to our Creator and Redeemer in exciting new ways that will bring new joy and purpose to your daily life. And these will be programs you’ll want to share with friends.”

Unlike other programs on television, viewers can call, text, e-mail, or post questions for the hosts and their guest experts. All the new programs will be available around the world on Hope Channel, Hope Channel International, Hope Channel Europe, and live to Hope Channel India. Take this moment to get acquainted with the hosts of these dynamic new programs, and discover what you will experience each evening.

8-9 p.m. (ET) Mon. –Thurs. Let’s Pray! 

http://letspray.hopetv.org/

You’ll never have to pray alone! Get deep spiritual insights into the art and science of prayer as co-hosts Kandus Thorp and Pastor David Franklin lead this interactive global community of prayer. Viewers can use traditional and social media during the program to request prayer and throughout the week to connect with people who ask for prayer.

Thorp and Franklin will deal with everyday, real-life issues—from personal finance and health concerns, to relationships and parenting. Viewers will have their requests prayed for during the live program. Let’s Pray will also feature inspirational stories of healing, miracles, and the ministry prayer in unusual situations.  

“Viewers will become empowered to pray and be transformed by their prayer experience,” says Franklin. “Spiritual growth happens in community and this interactive global community to strengthen the faith of those who are already strong; and lift those who may be on the verge of giving up,” says Franklin.

“Prayer is the most universally accepted spiritual practice,” adds Franklin. “As such, it has the greatest possibility to make a major impact on many lives. We will help people open their heart to Jesus and help them build that relationship to last throughout eternity.”

Franklin, an associate pastor at the Berea Temple Seventh-day Adventist Church in Maryland, and his wife Cynthia, a therapist, enjoy outdoors pursuits, working with young adults, multicultural ministry, and eating Belgian waffles.

Hope Channel viewers are well-acquainted with Kandus Thorp as a program host. However, few people realize that she is a pioneer in using satellite television for evangelism. She has co-led global initiatives resulting in more than 250 satellite TV evangelistic events. She designs sets, coordinates program production events around the world, hosts the long-running My Story, My Song <s>and World of Hope</s> programs, and is an accomplished musician. She has been married to Pastor Brad Thorp for nearly 30 years and homeschooled their three grown sons.

9-10 p.m. (ET) Mondays: storyLine: The Bible Way 

www.HopeTV.org/storyLine

“I love a good story and think the Bible has the best stories,” says Chantal Klingbeil, host of storyLine. 

“Each week we will step into the world of another Bible character battling with real-life problems. These were real people who interacted with the living God who offers real solutions that we too can use,” says Klingbeil.

“We’ll start with a Bible story and explore it with experts on history, archeology, and other relevant disciplines to develop a unique hands-on feel for the story. We’ll get out of the studio and visit museums, a blacksmith, a tanner, a baker…whatever is relevant to make stories more vivid and draw out the key principles to apply it to our lives,” she explains.

“People will be motivated to read the Bible and see that it is relevant and personal for them. They’ll say, ‘Wow, that’s in the Bible? Let me check it out for myself,’ and then see that God speaks to them through it,” says Klingbeil.

Klingbeil is a writer and professor with a master’s degree in linguistics. She and her husband Gerald have served as academics and missionaries in numerous countries and cultures. He is an associate editor for Adventist World and Adventist Review magazines and they homeschool their three daughters.

Pastor Oleg Kostyuk is familiar to viewers as a panelist on Hope Sabbath School. Kostyuk and his guests lead a fresh, in-depth study and interactive conversation on the life of Christ using multimedia connections during and after each program.

“For many, theological material seems like dry academic information. However, Cross Connection breaks that notion so that theological history, archeology, culture, and even ancient language becomes surprisingly engaging,” says Kostyuk. “And we will have guests with real stories about how a true encounter with Jesus has changed their lives.”

“By knowing more about Jesus and His teachings we will know ourselves, and Scripture will come alive in our lives. We will see vividly the validity of His message, and see how the Bible interprets itself,” Kostyuk explains. “Jesus connected with us on the cross. It is our time to connect with Him and be amazed by His earthly life.”

Kostyuk graduated from Newbold College and the University of Wales in England with masters in Theology, Biblical Studies, and recently served as a teaching pastor at Forest Lake Church, Apopka, Florida. He is married to Julia, a registered nurse, with whom he enjoys scuba diving and hiking.

9-10 p.m. (ET) Wednesdays: Battle for Beginnings 

www.HopeTV.org/Beginnings

Using detailed expository study, Pastor Brad Thorp takes on the creation/evolution debate, explains the origin of sin, and shows how God offers everyone a personal new beginning.

Viewers can look forward to understanding at a deeper level the battle between good and evil, humanity’s free will and its implications, death, worship, the reliability of Scripture, and much more all in light of today’s global events.

Thorp is a long-time leader in Adventist television. He helped establish the NET format of satellite evangelism and is an evangelist at heart. His warm and welcoming personality will engage viewers as they examine the Bible as the source of all beginnings—historically, geologically, scientifically, and personally. Thorp is married to Kandus, a vice president for Hope Channel and co-host of Let’s Pray. The Thorps have raised three college-aged sons and enjoy time away together in their native Canada.

Boonstra’s back…and Hope Channel’s got him!

Pastor Shawn Boonstra returns to weekly television with an interactive program on Bible prophecy. He’ll answer some of the most intriguing questions about the end of time while debunking myths and unwrapping prophetic mysteries.

“Disclosure will equip the audience with the tools they need to understand Bible prophecies for themselves,” says Boonstra. “They’ll find a new appreciation for the times in which we live, a deeper relationship with Jesus, and get more from their personal Bible studies than ever before.”

“People have a sense that it’s ‘no longer business as usual’ on planet earth,” says Boonstra. “Things are changing. It’s not the world our grandparents, our parents, or even we grew up in. People are trying to make sense of the world we face. Even with the proliferation of programs on last-day events on other networks, none give viewers tools to dig into their Bible to learn and understand for themselves. We will,” Boonstra explains.

Boonstra is well known for his 12 years with It Is Written in Canada and the US. He has authored more than 15 books and conducted numerous evangelistic campaigns. He, his wife Jean, and their two daughters recently moved to Maryland where Shawn serves as an Associate Ministerial Director for the North American Division of the Adventist Church.

Coming in February!

7-8 p.m. (ET) Mon-Thurs. Health and Lifestyle 

From pre-natal to end-of-life care, the principles God prescribes are scientifically proven to add years to your life, and life to your years! Dr. Nerida Titchiner-McKibben, a dynamic medical doctor and health educator, hosts this nightly presentation of Christian lifestyle principles.

Dr. Nerida is an MD from New Zealand with a specialty in obstetrics and gynecology and extra training in lifestyle and integrative medicine. She will be joined on occasion by her husband, Pastor Daniel McKibben, who has expertise in hydrotherapy and massage. Together they enjoy travel and outdoor pursuits.

She and her guests will give advice on how to live a more healthful life from every aspect of medicine—cardio, vascular, respiratory, bones and joints, organs, nervous system, mental health, oral health, exercise, diet, men's/women's/children's health, and anything in between. Biblical principles will be foundational and a whole-food, plant-based diet will be presented as the most ideal.

“This program will cover physical, emotional, mental health from prenatal to the grave,” says Dr. Nerida. “I want people to make good choices each day and equip them to be healthy and whole. Their questions and testimonies, along with the contributions of our guest experts, will drive this program.”

“Health and Wellness will become the place that people can go to for Biblically-based, best-practices answers to their questions on health,” she adds. “We’ll give people hope and enable them to live their dreams of a long and healthy life filled with good.”

Chuck: After the sale, I felt a sense of relief as well as loss. When the phone rang in late December, my CPA was on the line. “Chuck”, he said, “I have crunched the numbers and you need a charitable deduction before year’s end or you will be facing a large tax bill in April.”

Myrna: We were faced with a problem, complete a gift in the final week of December or pay the tax man. The solution appeared on our TV while tuned to our favorite network, Hope Channel.

Chuck: Dr. Navarro was on and discussing the tax saving benefits of Charitable Gift Annuities (CGA). Just what we needed! During the conversation, they discovered a CGA does more than provide tax relief. Based on their dates of birth, the two-life payout rate of 6.7% generates guaranteed income for the rest of their lives!

Chuck: I like how the CGA cut our tax bill; and that 60% of the payments are income tax free.

Myrna: I like the increased income. 

Chuck & Myrna: The greatest satisfaction for us is the knowledge that our gift to Hope Channel sends the gospel of Christ to everyone, everywhere. This simple, strategically-planned gift was completed before year end; even their CPA was pleased.

Here’s another testimony! 

Dr. Crawford: When I’m driving home, after making my hospital rounds, I do a lot of thinking. Recently, I’ve been thinking about retirement and a way to supplement my income. I’m looking for security. I also want to know that I’ll receive a good return.

Dr. Crawford received a Hope Channel brochure about a deferred Charitable Gift Annuity (CGA). She thought a CGA might be just what she needed to provide for her retirement and help Hope Channel too.

Dr Crawford: I called and was surprised to discover that a CGA would pay 12.3% when I am 65. With the flexible option, if I retire earlier at 60, it would pay 8.37%. If I choose to retire at 70, it would pay 17.1%.  Once it was explained how simple it is to set up a CGA, I wrote a check for $10,000 and I plan to write a $10,000 check each year until I retire. The charitable deduction even lowers my income taxes. It’s almost like the IRS is paying for part of my retirement!

You too can turn appreciated assets into a strategic tool for tax savings, future income, and a significant gift to Hope Channel. Discover just how simple it can be. For details, and a no-obligation consultation from our experts, please call Dr. Al Navarro, Hope Channel’s planned giving director, at 888-339-PLAN (5726) or drop him a line at aln@HopeTV.org