OneHope

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OneHope
Founded1987
Founder Bob Hoskins
TypeChildren and youth mission organization
Area served
179 countries
Key people
President Rob Hoskins
Website OneHope.net
Formerly called
Book of Hope

OneHope is a Christian evangelical organization based in Pompano Beach, Florida. OneHope creates magazines, movies, games, and other content targeted for children. [1] [2] It also conducts research on children's attitudes towards faith. [3]

Contents

History

OneHope (formerly Book of Hope International) was founded in 1987 by former missionary and Life Publishers President Bob Hoskins. [4] In 2004, Rob Hoskins was appointed president of OneHope.

Research

In 2007, OneHope launched a 44-country research initiative to learn more about children and youth's unique needs, experiences and social traditions around the world. [5] [6] In 2020, OneHope released another research study entitled Global Youth Culture - analyzing the trends and behaviors of 13-19 year olds in 20 different countries. OneHope's research on church planting in French-speaking Africa was also featured in EMQ in 2021. [7]

Films

Running Deer was the fourth partnership between ToyGun Films and OneHope. The film focuses on a high school cross country star growing up in a Native American community, who faces a barrage of personal struggles the day before the most important race of his life. It won the Grand Jury Award at dead CENTER Film Festival in 2013. [8] In 2012, Half Good Killer was created in partnership with Toy Gun films and filmed in Cape Town, South Africa. Half Good Killer follows a jaded child soldier fighting for an African rebel force. [9] In 2011, the short film Paper Flower, [10] created by Toy Gun Films and OneHope for use in Japan, addressed a casual form of prostitution, compensated dating. [11] [12] En Tus Manos [13] was another short film developed by Toy Gun Films and OneHope with the objective of fighting gang violence in Latin American countries. [14]

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