ὅπλον (hoplon) — a tool, an implement, a weapon.
Hoplon is an international missions organization of Christian men of action. We go to places of crisis, conflict, and desperation, forming lasting relationships with local believers who share our passion for the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Together, we help them build lasting impact in their own communities through medical missions, orphan care, church planting, discipleship, education, and farming.
That work now spans three regions. In East Africa — northern Uganda and South Sudan — we are confronting an orphan epidemic born of decades of war, and a food crisis driven by conflict, flooding, and broken infrastructure. In West Africa, we are engaged in Nigeria, where are aiding our Christian brothers and sisters who are being persecuted on a massive scale. In Southeast Asia, we are at work in Burma, standing alongside the suffering people navigating their own decades of civil war and displacement. There we serve through medical missions on the front lines and Gospel programs in the IDP camps.
Hoplon relies entirely on donor support. Partners who share our passion for the Gospel and being the hands and feet of Jesus fund every part of our mission: medical equipment, vehicles, building materials, Bibles, educational curricula, feeding programs, well drilling, and more.
"Do not go on presenting the parts of your body to sin as instruments (ὅπλον) of unrighteousness; but present yourselves to God as those who are alive from the dead, and your body's parts as instruments (ὅπλον) of righteousness for God."
— Romans 6:13
We are dedicated to spreading the good news of Jesus Christ, so that people may be reconciled back to Him. Our mission is to give hope to those in desperation and enable them to provide for their own needs, to affect true, lasting change. We aim to aid and equip those around the world who are called to these same purposes.