About Us
Our mission is to teach, inspire, and encourage followers of Christ to serve God more effectively as Spirit-led leaders.
Our Vision
Better equipped, spiritually vitalized leaders serving Christ in strategic positions of influence throughout the world
The vision for Faith, Hope, and Love Global Ministries goes back to the seminary days (1980-1984) of its founders, Tim and Jill Geoffrion. At that time, God first put foreign mission work on their hearts, and Jill spent two summers in Africa as a short-term missionary (in Zaire, which is now the Democratic Republic of Congo, and in Malawi). During many years in the pastorate and teaching in colleges and seminaries in the United States, the sense of call to teach teachers and ministers abroad as well as home only grew for both Tim and Jill.
Our journey of faith and service
The vision for Faith, Hope, and Love Global Ministries goes back to the seminary days (1980-1984) of its founders, Tim and Jill Geoffrion. At that time, God first put foreign mission work on their hearts, and Jill spent two summers in Africa as a short-term missionary (in Zaire, which is now the Democratic Republic of Congo, and in Malawi). During many years in the pastorate and teaching in colleges and seminaries in the United States, the sense of call to teach teachers and ministers abroad as well as home only grew for both Tim and Jill.
Our journey of faith and service
Our Team
Meet some of the dedicated individuals behind our mission.
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Rev. Timothy C. Geoffrion, Ph.D., D.D.
President and Teaching Minister
Tim is an ordained minister of the American Baptist Churches with a Ph.D. in New Testament Studies from the Lutheran School of Theology in Chicago. He also holds an (honorary) Doctor of Divinity degree from Myanmar Institute of Theology (MIT). He has served as a church pastor, a seminary professor, and the executive director of a nonprofit organization. Currently, as co-founder and president of Faith, Hope, and Love Global Ministries, he focuses on Christian leadership development globally. Watch Tim’s testimony.
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Mr. Saw Newton
Program Coordinator for Myanmar and Thailand
Saw Newton is Karen (also known as Kayin, one of the eight major ethnic groups in Myanmar). He is a former student of Tim and a 2019 Master of Divinity graduate of Myanmar Institute of Theology. In addition to administrative duties, he accompanies Tim among other FHLGM team members, when Tim conducts Spirit-led leadership workshops and other Christian leadership seminars and biblical courses along the Myanmar-Thai border. His other major responsibility is to translate several of Tim’s books and materials into Burmese and Sagaw Karen.
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Rev. Dr. Kambere Bolingo
FHLGM National Coordinator for the Congo
The Rev. Bolingo Kambere serves as the Head Chaplain and Coordinator of the Nehemiah (community-based development and discipleship) Program at HEAL Africa, Goma, DRC. He earned a PhD program in Biblical Studies at the University of South Africa in 2023.. He volunteers part-time for Faith, Hope, and Love Global Ministries, coordinating all the Congolese FHLGM volunteers, overseeing the publication and distribution of Tim’s books in French and Swahili, and organizing webinars for Tim’s teaching along with volunteer coordinators from other Eastern Congo cities.
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