Mama Howa healed - 22nd June 2025
Mama Howa is a lady who was suffering from Bone cancer.
She couldn’t walk and has been bed bound for 3 years... more >>
Getting ready for the Sunday Service Today - 22nd June 2025
Getting ready for the Sunday Service Today
'Jesus at the Door' training day today! - 21st June 2025
Jesus at the Door training day today!
Awesome results from an amazing group!!!
Taking 'Jesus at Door' out - 21st June 2025
International Faith Church - IFC -Kambi Ya Mwanza - 19th/21st June 2025
Steve & Grace preaching at International Faith Church
So blessed seeing Grace step into preaching
Bigger Things Are Coming
Bigger things are coming
The Harvest is Great!!!
Revival Meetings - June 2025
Encouraging start to our revival meetings in a rural church last evening.
Evangelism Training and Revival Meeting - 18th - 22nd June 2025
Revival meetings beginning tonight (18th June) for the next 5 days, including Saturday which will be a day of one to one evangelism training.
With Your Support We Have Been Preaching the Good News of Jesus - 17th June 2025
With your support we have been preaching the good news of Jesus to thousands and thousands of young people.
Thank you, every gift you can send helps us to reach more!
When teaching children about the Holy Sprit In Kenya - 17th June 2025
When teaching children about the Holy Sprit In Kenya
and worship breaks out! more >>
Youth Crusade Kakamega - Kenya - 16th June 2025
Wonderful first day of Youth Crusades.
Many wonderful moments to treasure.
Such responsiveness to the gospel!
Praise Jesus! more >>
Blessed time in Kakamega - Kenya - 15th June 2025
Blessed time ministering at Bishop Mckenzies fellowship in Kakamega... more >>
Great job at Childrens ministry - Kenya - 15th June 2025
Great Job at the children’s ministry from our team.
Thank you... more >>
Have a look at the Operation Hope Mission Tent
This is the bigger tent we have over in Kenya and with your partnership we will put it up this September/October for a large crusade.
Join the team?
Help support us to go?
Pray for us?
International Faith Church Kakamega, Kenya - 13th June 2025
Steve and family - Kenya - 12th June 2025
Many years ago Dr Livingstone dedicated his life to mapping out Lake Victoria and other places to enable missionaries to reach people for Jesus. Here we are again along with countless others to preach the good news of Jesus to this region... more >>
First Report from Kenya - 12th June 2025
Steve's first report from Kenya.
Update from Lisa and Steve - 25th May 2025
An update message from Lisa and Steve together on the upcoming mission!
Two Weeks to go!
Please pray for the dynamics and logistics of a family mission. We have faced great opposition but feel there will be great blessing.
Please pray for the many youth crusades we will do. For many salvations, the baptism of the Spirit, and follow up... more >>
BIG ANNOUNCEMENT COMING SOON!!!
BIG ANNOUNCEMENT COMING SOON!!!
Watch this space over coming weeks
YOU WILL BE ABLE TO BE ON OUR BIGGEST MISSION YET!!!
We head out to the Mission field - 9th June 2025
5 weeks today (Monday 9th June) we will be heading out to Kakamega, Kenya for 5 weeks. Holding revival meetings, teaching, youth crusades, orphanage work and much more.
Pray for us as a family and team that God will do all that He wishes to do! more >>
Lisa Diagnosed with Brain Tumour - Latest News
On 22nd July Steve announced that Lisa had been diagnosed with a brain tumour. Lisa met with her consultant on 31st July. Her first operation was on 27th September to have a shunt. Further updates below...
Update and Message from Lisa - 28th Feb 2025
We are eternally grateful to have Lisa back home after her huge operation last week. We are so thankful to each of you for your ongoing prayers and support to us as a family. We have been carried along by the prayers of saints. We love you all.
At the start of our journey, we believe that God had told us that we would have a very difficult journey, but… He would bring us through and this would not be the end for us! ... More information >>
I received this scripture this morning in the car park. (19th Sept 2024)
International Faith Childrens Home - Sponsorship
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Operation Hope Promo Video | Our Vision
Operation Hope Promo Video | Our Vision
Looking into Short-term Missions with Operation Hope
Operation Hope Short Term Missions Promo
Are you interested in Short-Term Missions in Kenya?
Watch the YouTube clip above and contact us for more info
The Operation Hope Evangelism Truck Appeal
Evangelism Truck Appeal | Operation Hope
Operation Hope - Testimonies
Testimonies from recent Operation Hope Mission team members
Our Larger Gospel Tent - 30th April 2025
This is our larger Gospel tent based in Kakamega Kenya. We are looking forward to seeing this used for large scale crusades and tent missions. It comfortably sits 1000 on chairs and we expect we could reach many thousands of people in one go with this combine harvester.
Pray about partnering with us ... More information >>
Lisa in Africa - 10th April 2025
It's time to get back to Kenya!
But I’m not going alone!!!
Lisa is going too!!!
The enemy has used his best efforts to deflate us, exhaust us and convince us to give up! This last year has been the most difficult for us as a family.
But God!!! What the devil is a liar, what he intended for harm, God turned for good. Let that be our testimony! ... More information >>
A Quick Update - Thank You For Praying - 8th April 2025
Lisa is heading into her seventh week of recovery this week!
We have much to give thanks for!
A couple of weeks ago she dipped suddenly and we discovered she had developed sepsis! It was an exhausting scary time however it was caught early and treated well in the end... More information >>
When You Die - 13th Jan 2025
When you die, don't worry about your body...
Your relatives and funeral staff will do it. I know this first hand. I’ve done it myself…
They will take you out of the house and deliver you to the funeral home of your family’s choice...
Read rest of article >>
Prayer Update - 6th Jan 2025
After a recent diagnosis of heamochromotosis I started my first treatment on the 31st December. I’m told my iron overload was so high I may need to have a pint of blood taken every week for up to a year to begin with.
This will involve travelling from Barmouth to and from the hospital in Wrexham. It will get less often but a lifelong addition to my routine. Feeling a tad overwhelmed... More information >>
End Of Year - Lisa & Steve Health - Graces Missions - Home Church And Kenya - 16th Dec 2024
I’m sending this out as an end of year update. We have endured one of the most difficult years of our lives, and sadly it doesn’t seem to be coming to an end yet.
But God!!!
We know that in all things God is good and His plans are yes and Amen.
He is the one who will never leave us or forsake us ...
more >>
Street Kids in Kenya - 19th Nov 2024
We are passionate about helping street children. One part of our ministry is to help with the rescuing of street boys in Kenya. We visit regularly and try to fund raise what we can to help with their ongoing needs as children. We partner with the International Faith Children’s Home. Bishop Raphael is known to us over more than 30 years and we can guarantee that 100% of sponsorship goes to the boys ... more >>
Street Outreach in Barmouth, North Wales - 19th Sept 2024
We are pleased to report that street outreach has begun in Barmouth!
Keep us in your prayers
Faith and Grace at the King's Army Camp - 12th Sept 2024
Many of you will know Scott and Jaye McNamara and their powerful international ministry Jesus at the Door. It has been our great pleasure to see them, to cheer them on and soak them in prayer as they go from strength to strength.
They have literally impacted and led many tens of thousands of people all over the world to Jesus. Jesus at the Door has now become Kings Army! All that JAD was is still there, but 95% more has been added... more >>
Faith and Grace off to King's Army Camp - 30th Aug 2024
I may not be able to go on missions personally at this time.
But the Girls are flying the flag
Today they left for their first solo mission...
more >>
The October Trip won't now be taking place read more
Teams to Kakamega, Kenya - 18th July 2024
We will be taking its usual teams out to Kakamega, Kenya in October. Steve will be hosting a teams video call this Sunday 21st July at 7:30pm uk time.
Reach out today to be included in our zoom call this Sunday... more >>
A Heart for Africa - 18th July 2024
Do you have a heart for Africa?
Join our team in Kenya this October
Reach out today to be included in our zoom call this Sunday (21st July)... more >>
Newsletter - Grace's Gap Year of Missions - 16th July 2024
I'd love to take this opportunity to introduce my daughter Grace to you all. She is passionate about serving God and has taken a year out to seek Gods plan and do as many missions as He allows. She will either go to university next year or end up on the mission field permanently, or both. She is an adult now and taking her future life of service seriously... more >>
About us
Operation Hope is the ministry of Stephen and Lisa Pilkington
They have both been in ministry since 2007, Stephen graduated from Mission Bible School with a BA Hons in Theology and Missions. They have pastored churches, planted churches, hosted evangelistic and prayer based events around the country. They have been used in many other countries around the world in missions, leading thousands of souls to Christ, seeing countless miracles and healings as well as being privaliged to have set up an orphanage in Kenya. They are currently based in North Wales and are active in the region, believing God is about to move in a wonderful way.
Steve and Lisa firmly believe that all fruitful ministry should start with prayer, and is empowered by a lifestyle of prayer. Since 2008 they have been involved in and running Houses of Prayer everywhere, or Hope as it is known. Rather than making plans and asking God to bless them, it is their practice to seek God first, align with His plans and prayerfully partner with Him. Operation Hope is simply the outworking of all that God has commissioned them to do while in the House of Prayer.
Please take time to look through the different pages and see some of the activities they are currently involved in. God has been gracious to give Operation Hope all that is needed to bring tent missions and concentrated evangelistic events to your community here in the UK. Check the pages and contact us for more information. Stephen is available to visit churches to preach, inspire or offer strategic Kingdom training.
If you would like to invite Stephen to speak at your church about the Operation Hope Tent Mission ministry please submit your details on the Enquiry form >>
"Operation Hope" take the GOOD NEWS; the life transforming Gospel message of Jesus Christ to communities around the world through tent missions, open air evangelism and other forms of Christian Missions. We hope you find everything you need whilst looking through this site but if not please don't hesitate to CONTACT US
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