The Hope Center

e3 Partners, I am Second Move Offices

Plano, Texas – February 1, 2010 —The Hope Center Foundation announced today that, with the addition of e3 Partners and I am Second, it has achieved full occupancy of its new Hope Center campus located in Plano.  Together with Josh McDowell Ministry, the Association of Christian Schools International, Marketplace Ministries, and nearly 40 other Christian nonprofit organizations, e3 Partners and I am Second are coming together to share resources and to participate in joint ministry ventures to further the cause of Christ all around the world.  The Hope Center Foundation’s ultimate goal is to create a setting that promotes synergy, financial stewardship, and global expansion among Christian ministries.

“We are thrilled to be moving into such a first-class facility as the Hope Center,” said e3 Partners President Curtis Hail. “Both our international church planting and I am Second outreaches will greatly benefit from our association with the Hope Center and the other ministries involved in the building.”

Although the idea for the Hope Center was conceived over a decade ago, planning for the 189,000-square-foot campus began in 2006.  The campus was modeled after a study of numerous, multi-tenant centers around the country—primarily in the secular nonprofit arena.  The Meadows Foundation in Dallas and the Jericho Center in Colorado Springs both provided inspiration for the Hope Center model.  However, in the Christian realm, the Hope Center is unique in purpose, size and scope.

Paul Nelson, former president of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability says, “Many people have talked about creating a community of partnering organizations before,” he explains, “but it has truly become a reality at the Hope Center.”  When describing the structural design and size, Nelson says, “You have to see it to appreciate it.”

The ministry campus includes a chapel, conference center, atrium, café, bookstore, multiple broadcast studios, call center, fitness center, and postal facility for the ministry tenants.  The conference rooms, integrated telephone system, and fulfillment center are designed to minimize costs and increase opportunities for collaboration.

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About e3 Partners Ministry:  Based in Plano, TX, e3 Partners Ministry has a 22 year history of church planting activities around the world. The mission of the organization is to Equip believers to Evangelize their communities in order to Establish thriving churches. Tools to accomplish this include the Evangecube- a pictorial cube used to share Christ with others; leading short-term mission trips of teams of North Americans to over 35 countries; and I am Second- an evangelistic/discipleship thrust to hard to reach individuals by using advertising, the iamsecond.com website and celebrities to gain the attention of the community.  For more information go to e3partners.org or iamsecond.com.

About THE HOPE CENTER FOUNDATION: Based in Plano, Texas, THE HOPE CENTER FOUNDATION is organized and operates exclusively for charitable, religious, and educational purposes as a registered 501(c)(3) entity.  The Foundation exists for the purpose of, among other things, owning and operating the Hope Center – a campus for the co-location of nearly 40 Christian ministries. The Hope Center fosters and promotes synergy, financial stewardship, and global expansion among evangelical Christian ministries. For more information, visithttp://www.TheHopeCenterFoundation.org.

CONTACT: Jared Lincoln
Phone/Fax: (972) 212-9196
Email: jlincoln@thehopecenterfoundation.org