The Need

Every year hundreds of thousands of women in Greece face an unplanned pregnancy. More than 300,000 choose abortion. A high proportion of these women are teenagers and young adults. Multiple abortions are also common, which often leads to infertility.

There are many reasons women choose abortion. Among those are lack of sex education, awareness of other options, shame, the ability to secure employment, and lack of support from family and friends. Once they have chosen abortion, many women experience post abortion stress which, similar to PTSD, includes overwhelming guilt, depression, anxiety, suicidal thoughts, and flashbacks.

Our Response

The Hope Center meets these needs by creating a culture where every woman can choose to live a fully healthy life. We accomplish this goal through many different methods.

We provide quality sexual education in schools, universities, and churches in order to decrease the rate of unplanned pregnancies that often lead to abortion and its traumatic effects.

We offer hope for women in an unplanned pregnancy through mentor relationships, pregnancy and parenting classes, counseling and bible studies. We also meet their physical needs by providing free pregnancy tests, ultrasounds, and many other resources including maternity and infant supplies.

We support women who have chosen abortion by hosting post abortion recovery retreats and bible studies, counseling, and friendship in the midst of their pain. Our hope is to empower women to live in freedom.

Your Participation

We need your help as we serve in this vulnerable line of ministry!

First, we need prayer. Ask the Lord to help us build relationships with women facing these issues, especially "the girl next door"–she is often the least seen and most alone in her pain. Pray that each woman we encounter will come to know Christ. It is our hearts' desire to see both physical and spiritual lives changed.

Do you share a common passion and vision to serve women in this critical area of ministry? Whether you are able to serve short term or desire to join us long term, your gifts and talents are needed. Fill out a form on the serve page so we can start a conversation.

Perhaps, the Lord is calling you to partner with us through giving. Your generosity allows us to expand our work so that we can reach more women, creating a culture where they can choose to live a fully healthy life. Let us know if the Lord is directing you this way or begin giving today on the give page.

Together we can make a difference as we care for life!