Hope National

Our Mission

Our mission is to provide training materials, information and education on how to       "Bring Christ back into the Choice for Life"

Our Vision

Our vision is that pregnancy center ministries would come to a full appreciation of the centrality of God, the need to focus on Christ and to be dependant on the Holy Spirit in obedience to His Word. Centers must understand that abortion is first and foremost a spiritual issue, the destruction of the image of God in the womb of the mother, and an issue of the heart in which the Gospel of Christ presented through Biblical counseling and Christian love is the ultimate answer.

Our Objective

Our objective is to provide training, materials, support, and fellowship so that pregnancy counseling centers might operate in accordance with the teaching of Scripture. We believe that the Bible is sufficient for addressing the concerns of life, particularly those critical decisions related to the abortion issue.

About the Manual Authors

Pastor Jim Dundas has a BA in Biblical Literature from Northeastern Bible College and his Master's Degree in Religion with a Theological emphasis from Westminster Theological Seminary. He has further graduate education in Counseling/Psychology from Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, California. Jim was ordained in 1986 by the Evangelical Free church and served as an active duty Navy Chaplain for six years, three of which he specialized in Pastoral Counseling in the family counseling center. He is presently a Navy Reserve Chaplain. Jim has been a director of a pregnancy center, a board member and board chairman of two pregnancy centers. He and his wife Pat are co-founders of the National Institute of Family and Life Advocates(NIFLA). Jim is formerly the Chairman of the Board of Directors of NIFLA and a former board member of Heartbeat International. Jim also pastors a church in Delaware and is founder and director of Hope Counseling Center. Jim is the President of Hope National.

Pat Dundas began as a volunteer and has experienced the ministry from all aspects. From volunteer to certified labor coach, she went on to direct three separate pregnancy centers (two West Coast and one East Coast), served as a board member and chairman. Pat has transformed two of her centers into medical clinics. During her college days, she became aware of the distinct contrast between that which was taught in secular psychology and the classes at Westminster Theological Seminary. Pat is presently directing a pregnancy center and is the Director of training for Hope National. She is the former East Coast Director for NIFLA. She and Jim travel throughout the country providing training for volunteers, directors and boards of pregnancy help centers.