OneHope is a Christian evangelical organization based in

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. OneHope creates magazines, movies, games, and other content targeted for children. It also conducts research on children's attitudes towards faith.

History

OneHope (formerly Book of Hope International) was founded in 1987 by former missionary and Life Publishers president

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. In 2004, Rob Hoskins was appointed president of OneHope.

Research

In 2007, OneHope launched a 44-country research initiative to learn more about children and youth's unique needs, experiences and social traditions around the world. In 2020, OneHope released another research study entitled Global Youth Culture - analyzing the trends and behaviors of 13-19 year olds in 20 different countries. OneHope's research on church planting in French-speaking Africa was also featured in EMQ in 2021.

Films

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'' was the fourth partnership between ToyGun Films and OneHope. The film focuses on a high school cross country star growing up in a Native American community, who faces a barrage of personal struggles the day before the most important race of his life. It won the Grand Jury Award at dead CENTER Film Festival in 2013. In 2012, ''Half Good Killer'' was created in partnership with oy Gun films and filmed in

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. ''Half Good Killer'' follows a jaded child soldier fighting for an African rebel force. In 2011, the short film ''Paper Flower'', created by Toy Gun Films and OneHope for use in

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, addressed a casual form of prostitution, compensated dating. '' En Tus Manos'' was another short film developed by

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and OneHope with the objective of fighting gang violence in Latin American countries.

References

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