About Us
Who we are: We are a church first. Our charity works are in the arear of domestic violence, food bank and cooperation.
SUP. EVANG. SUNDAY ONABANJO (Minister in Charge)
Our Mandate
Celestial Church of Christ House of Praise, (popularly known as - HOP), under the leadership of Superior Evangelist Sunday Onabanjo has a God - Ordained Mandate to reach every nation, every city with the gospel of Jesus Christ. Our goal is drawn out of our mandate, which is to impact and impart the world with the good news about Jesus Christ. We are called to present the gospel to the lost, disciple nations, feed the hungry, clothe the poor, minster to the elderly, widows, orphans, and reach out to people of all ages and in all walks of likes. God requires that we teach people how to apply biblical truth in every facet of their life and encourage Christians to influence every aspect of the world around them. We enjoy the prayers and support of our friends and partners around the world, we must continue to present a creative and relevant message of Christ and his love for people.
Our Mission
To provide support to victim of domestic violence and ensure they live free from abuse done by people in whom they trust. By providing support to help reduce the issue of domestic violence which is evident from the 2016 statistics obtained from Rochdale Borough.
Who We Are
Celestial Church of Christ (House of praise) is a charity registered organization, with the registration number 1169923 which aims to continuously support victim of domestic violence.
Who We Support
Provide a crucial life line to Women, Men or Families that suffer from domestic violence and have decided they want a fresh start. In Middleton and Rochdale (We provide support for women and men in Middleton and Rochdale area)
Changing lives with your help.
Our Strategies/ Support
- Providing emotional support
- Helping through criminal justice
- Assist with information about benefit and housing
- Provide counselling support to encourage individual seek help
- Provide a dedicated team/ phone number of 24 hours helpline
- To provide a confident and sensitive environment where victim can voice out
- Live Website chart forum to encourage victims to talk about their experience
Region
Middleton and Rochdale (We provide support for women and men in Middleton and Rochdale area)
Evidence/ Success Stories
Over the past six years the organization have helped and provided support for over ten family / individual of domestic violence
Statistics
- “Each year about 2.1 million people suffer some form of domestic violence.
- 40,467 victim of domestic violence in Manchester in 2014
- After 28 days from reporting of first incident, most victims did not experience anymore.” (Rochdale Borough, 2016)
Our Needs
We are currently looking to expand our Food project in order to reach out to more people in the community and continue to support those we are working with. We now need more funding for the following:
• To procure more equipment including a large freezer for frozen products which we don’t currently provide, and we have a large request for frozen products, a dishwasher to support our community eating projects out of the church and a washing machine to clean our table clothes, dishcloths and occasional washing we do for those who do not have quick and easy access to a machine.
• To organize seminars/workshops to raise awareness on various topic such as educating our community about government directives on Social distancing, COVID testing and the importance of been vaccinated using our social platforms such as Zoom meeting, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, printing flyers and postal providing information. Our experience in dealing with these issues has shown us to a great extent how to address the issues as well as the importance of treating these issues as soon as possible.
• To offer more therapeutic support through our partner charity – Your Pinnacle Initiative, a mental health and wellness organization aimed at providing support and guidance by raising awareness about mental health, Emotional wellbeing and providing therapeutic support to the induvial and groups been affected as a result of COV19. This project will be carried out on individual or group counselling. The time duration for this project is 12 weeks before the follow-up.
• To provide marketing and publicity to make information more accessible both in terms of flyers and social media communication to the community about the service that is available for them. We will print many leaflets for the community.