Jesusfreakhideout.com celebrates 30 Years online in 2026... Get Your Music - and everything else - on Amazon! All purchases made on Amazon through this link earn a commission for Jesusfreakhideout.com!
Get the new FREE JFH MP3 compilation August 13, 2026!

JfH OLD Music News

SHOW HOPE™

Orphan Ministry Unveils New Name, New Logo, Launches New Website

Show Hope™ Named Sponsor Of United Tour




RSS Icon


NEWS SOURCE: Vining Media
April 22, 2009

Nashville, TN - April 21, 2009 - The orphan ministry of Steven Curtis Chapman and his wife, Mary Beth, a movement caring for the millions of orphans around the world, has officially changed its name to Show Hope™. Beginning in 2001 as Shaohannah's Hope, the ministry was originally named after the Chapman's now 9-year old daughter Shaohannah Hope, whom they adopted from China in 2000.

Explaining the name change, the Executive Director of Show Hope™, Scott Hasenbalg, shares, "Show Hope™ is not just a name, but rather it represents a philosophy of ministry that truly challenges all of us to respond by demonstrating our belief in what God mandates of us in Scripture in caring for the orphan." The ministry continues its lifelong mission to show hope by caring for orphans around the world through engaging the church, raising awareness about the worldwide plight of orphans, and helping Christian families reduce the financial barrier to adoption.

SHOWHOPE.ORG
The newly designed website showcases the ministry's new logo (seen above) as well as offering a plethora of information on how to help make a difference in the life of an orphan. Visitors to the site can learn how to make monetary donations to the ministry, how to get involved to help in the life of an orphan, how to apply for an adoption grant, as well as view the resources page offering inspirational tools for individuals and church communities alike.

SHOW HOPE SPONSOR
A new program facilitated through the ministry is becoming a Show Hope™ sponsor. Committing to a monthly $35 donation addresses an orphan's need for food, care, shelter and spiritual nourishment, as well as helping to address the root issue for an orphan: the lack of a forever family. The monthly donation provides adoption assistance grants to help lead orphans into loving families, and provides love, care, and hope to special needs orphans, specifically at Maria's Big House of Hope in Luoyang, China. Since its inception, the Show Hope™ ministry has helped over 2,000 orphans from 40 countries, including the U.S., into forever homes, resulting in a truly worldwide impact. Yet, still so much assistance is needed.

TOUR SPONSOR
Show Hope™ was named the tour sponsor for the United Tour's 2009 spring leg, a nationwide tour co-headlined by Chapman and Michael W. Smith, which runs through April 30th. Concert attendees are offered information about Show Hope™ through a presentation from special guest, recording artist and close personal friend to the Chapman family, Geoff Moore. Moore, an adoption advocate and adoptive father himself, educates the audience how they can each make a difference in the life of an orphan, specifically by becoming a Show Hope™ sponsor.

"Show Hope™ fits so well in the context of the tour being called 'The United Tour' because both Steven and Michael have lived a life of demonstrating their faith by being doers of the Word," exclaims Hasenbalg. "Not only is it an incredible evening of inspiration through music, but one of partnership as well as everyone working together as one body to show hope to our world's most vulnerable children."

SHOW HOPE'S MISSION AND BEYOND
Show Hope's mission is to come alongside the church in the body of Christ to share the message of the importance of caring for roughly 100 million of orphans around the world who have yet to be adopted or may not be eligible for adoption. As a result, Show Hope continues to engage in orphan care projects in addition to the work promoting adoption. The ministry uses the acronym P.R.A.Y. as a guide to ensure that the child comes first in their ministry:

P- Preservation of the birth family
R- Reunification with birth parents or kin
A- Adoption
Y- Youth services for all orphans who have not been adopted

Please visit www.ShowHope.org to find out more about this ministry and what you can do.

 

 

News Report Archives

[2026]
Jan. | Feb. | March | April | May | June | July | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec.

[2025]
Jan. | Feb. | March | April | May | June | July | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec.

[2001 - Present]
Visit our complete MUSIC NEWS ARCHIVE

 



Return to Main News Page

 

 

 

                 
Get $20 off $50 and up order when you use our link -- and we'll get a discount, too!

Search JFH



This Tuesday, October 20
SINGLES
Philip Anthony Mud - Single (independent)

This Thursday, October 22
SINGLES
NEEDTOBREATHE Never Gonna Deserve Ya (feat. Evan Honer) - Single [UMG]

This Friday, October 23
ALBUMS
Bleach The Fox Den Sessions Vol. 1 [Residence Music]
Ernie Haase & Signature Sound Miami Live [StowTown]
Alex Henry Foster The Fragile Beauty (Of New Morning Hopes) [Hopeful Tragedy]
Future of Forestry untitled (independent)
Galactic Cowboys What Planet Are You From? (independent)
m1L The Prelude EP [Polished Arrow]
Myles Maestro IDENTITY CRISIS [Syntax]
Procyse I’ve Never Been Here Before [Polished Arrow]
QEW & Cyrus Sonata Chamber Saga EP [Syntax]
Josiah Queen Damascus Road [Capitol CMG]
The Sean Coleman Project Apropos of Nothing (independent)
We The Kingdom Soon The Streets Of Gold [Capitol CMG]

SINGLES
Dave Barnes Christmastime - Single (independent)
Biscuits x albion. dawn - Single (independent)
Elan Brio Airplanes - Single [Polished Arrow]
Chris Caro Hannah's Song - Single [Syntax]
Hillside Recording & Addy Prado Joyful Joyful - Single (independent)
Keep Warm Like You (feat. Relient K) - Single [Real Fun]
LOUDWERX Bass Go Boom (feat. Magic & Bird, Andy Mineo) - Single [Artist Influence]
Mountains in the Sea My Burden Is Light - Single [Dream]
Naveszn Meadow - Single [Syntax]
No Vain Glory MOVE YOUR BODY (PT2) - Single [Syntax]
Jordan Rowe If Jesus Lived In My Hometown - Single [Tape Room / Capitol CMG]
Saints in Exile Haunted Nobody - Single [Syntax]
Tommis & Company Your Name Is Jesus (Acoustic) - Single (independent)

Next Friday, October 30
ALBUMS
Beach Chapel A Special Place In Heaven (independent)
Kirk Franklin I Am What I Am [Uptown]
The Oak Ridge Boys Buried Treasures [Lightning Rod]
The Hyssongs We've Got a Song to Sing [Horizon]
Various Artists Songs Inspired By The Chosen: Season 1-5 [Capitol CMG]
Vomitorial Corpulence Martyrdomical Symphonanthem [Rottweiler]

SINGLES
Gracie Binion & Mitch Wong Gloria - Single [BEC]
Will Ellis My Yesterday’s Are Gone - Single (independent)
Leem of the Earth The Cavern of Dark - Single [Velvet Blue]
Hunter Plake It's Beginning to Look a lot Like Christmas - Single [BEC]
Jordan St. Cyr Guide Me Home - Single [BEC]
ZOEgirl I Still Believe - Single (independent)


For all release dates, click here!
 

Purchase Original Art Prints, Drawings, Stickers, Bookmarks and more from JFH's own John DiBiase!
Need proofreading and editing help? We've got you covered! Click here to learn more
Check out depositphotos for royalty free images