Show up locally
Mercy starts close to home — with real neighbors, real needs, and real relationships in Columbus.
Hope for the City
Mercy that meets real needs.
Hope Presbyterian Church partners with local ministries across Columbus — on campus and in the city — to extend the welcome of Jesus where it's needed most.
Mercy & Justice
Love that shows up in Columbus.
Hope for the City is how we extend the welcome of Jesus beyond our Sunday gathering — through partnerships with local ministries serving neighbors, families, and the campus community.
Partner well
We work alongside organizations already doing faithful work in the city rather than reinventing the wheel.
Preserve dignity
Our goal isn't charity for its own sake — it's justice, hospitality, and the preservation of families and communities.
Partner Ministries
Resources Hope is involved in.
These are three of the organizations our church partners with most closely — on campus and across the city.
Christian Study Center at OSU
Carmen House
Carmen House is a non-profit Christian Study Center on the doorstep of The Ohio State University — a physical hub for Christian hospitality where students, faculty, and staff explore life's deepest questions and integrate faith with learning.
Hope's Involvement
Hope partners with Carmen House to extend Christian hospitality across the OSU campus. Our church supports their work financially, and many in our community participate in their programs — from the Speaker Series to the annual Winter Symposium.
- Speaker Series (opens in new window) — Monthly conversations on faith, academics, and life's big questions.
- Winter Symposium (opens in new window) — An annual gathering for dialogue around the questions that matter most.
- Podcast (opens in new window) — Recorded talks from the Speaker Series, published for the wider community.
Family Preservation Through Biblical Hospitality
My Village Ministries
My Village Ministries comes alongside families in crisis by connecting church partners with opportunities to host children in safe, loving homes — giving parents the space to stabilize while keeping families together whenever possible.
Hope's Involvement
Hope Church is a partner church with My Village Ministries. Our people volunteer, host, and financially support a model of care that keeps kids connected to their families instead of entering the foster system unnecessarily.
- Host Families — Trained families open their homes for short-term stays when parents need support.
- Church Partners — A network of congregations across Columbus providing volunteers, resources, and care.
- Family Preservation — A proven model that keeps children with their families through seasons of crisis.
Fighting Human Trafficking
She Has a Name
She Has a Name was a community of abolitionists fighting human trafficking through education, collaboration, and survivor care — working so that people impacted by trafficking are restored and thriving in their communities.
Hope's Involvement
Hope Presbyterian Church adopted the Thrivers spiritual support group following the closing of She Has A Name—a longtime Central Ohio nonprofit serving individuals impacted by human trafficking.
- Thrivers Group — A spiritual support group for individuals impacted by human trafficking, now hosted by Hope.
Get Involved
Want to support this work?
A portion of every gift to Hope goes to partner organizations like these. You can also volunteer with ministries across the city — including Thrivers Group, Carmen House, and My Village Ministries.