Our inspiration

About Us

C-Hope Ministry is the brainchild of Regina D. Fowler, Certified Public Accountant (CPA) that began to formulate as an idea in 1997.  Regina served as the Young Peoples’ President for her regional religious organization from 1994 to 1997. In that role, she had the opportunity to work with many pastors. She learned during her tenure as Young Peoples’ President that many churches did not have within their congregations the professional financial services they needed to be as financially effective as possible. In addition, Regina learned that many small churches could not afford to pay for professional financial services. After helping several small churches with 501C filings and producing financial statements for them, Regina realized it would be beneficial to small churches to have a resource of Christian professionals they could reach out to for advice and support when needed. Although C-HOPE was not established at that time, Regina continued to support small churches and not-for-profit organizations over many years. In addition, personal financial counseling and classes were added to the services Regina provided on a voluntary basis. Upon retiring from an almost 35-year professional life as a CPA and Human Resources professional, Regina dedicated more of her time helping small not-for-profit organizations with their finances as she continued to teach classes and provide counseling on personal financial management. Regina officially established C-HOPE in 2019. C-Hope is a 501C-3 organization with the Internal Revenue Service and is incorporated in the State of Missouri.

Our Mission

C-HOPE serves those helping others and improving themselves.

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE:

C-HOPE supports small not-for-profit organizations and churches by providing professional expertise that they would otherwise be unable to afford, particularly during their infancy. In addition,  C-HOPE enhances the lives of individuals by providing personal financial counseling and guidance.

C-HOPE’S CORE BELIEFS: 

  1. Many small and/or new not-for-profit organizations and churches do not have the professional resources required to give the organization a jump start to success or keep them from ending services due to a lack of financial support or acumen needed to succeed.
  2. Many churches have the spiritual zeal necessary to keep them uplifted for some time; however, they do not fully realize their core purpose of reaching out to souls due to low funding as well as a general misunderstanding of financial issues that impact church growth and sustainment.
  3. People truly seek financial peace, which is not necessarily reflected in material possessions. People gain financial peace when time-tested and proven financial principles are practiced.
  4. There are professionals who are strongly grounded in their Christian faith who are willing to offer their services to certain organizations on a temporary basis if the better good of humankind and souls is accomplished through their efforts.