Hisportic Global Christian Mission โ Organization Profile
Hisportic Global Christian Mission, also known as HCM or Hisportic Christian Mission, is a Christian church-planting and leadership-development ministry with contact operations in Elizabethton, Tennessee. Founded in 1984, the organization exists to multiply Christ-followers among Portuguese-speaking peoples worldwide. Its public theme, โOne Language. One Gospel.โ reflects its focus on sharing Christ in the heart language of Portuguese-speaking communities.
The organizationโs core focus is planting churches, training leaders, developing disciples, supporting Christian education, and encouraging sustainable ministry among Portuguese-speaking peoples. HCM began as a calling to reach Brazilian and Portuguese communities in New England and has expanded into a global ministry serving across the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Europe. Its work is built around local believers, national pastors, and ministry leaders who can disciple people within their own language and culture.
Hisportic Global Christian Mission serves the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Europe, with current work publicly identified in the United States, Brazil, Guinea-Bissau, Goa in India, Timor-Leste, and Portugal. In the United States, HCM partners with Portuguese-speaking congregations and pastors in states such as Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Georgia, Florida, Maryland, and Tennessee. In Guinea-Bissau, the mission supports churches, schools, teacher training, leadership development, and plans for the Institute of Development and Evangelism.
The ministry operates through five connected areas: church planting, leadership training, entrepreneurship, in-country service, and education. HCM partners with local believers to form Christ-centered churches that become centers for worship, discipleship, and outreach. It also invests in pastoral and lay training so leaders can guide churches with biblical knowledge, spiritual maturity, and practical ministry skills. Its education work includes Christian schools that provide learning shaped by a biblical worldview.
A distinctive part of HCMโs strategy is using the Portuguese language as a bridge across cultures and continents. Portuguese connects communities in places such as Brazil, Guinea-Bissau, Goa, Timor-Leste, Portugal, and immigrant communities in the United States. Through that shared language, HCM seeks to connect hearts, cultures, and generations with the gospel while strengthening local churches and developing future leaders.
People can engage with Hisportic Global Christian Mission by praying, giving, joining short-term mission opportunities, exploring long-term service, or contacting the ministry about partnership. Short-term teams may serve through construction, education, childrenโs outreach, community projects, and encouragement for national pastors. Long-term opportunities focus on church establishment, disciple making, education, community development, and Business-as-Mission initiatives among Portuguese-speaking communities.
Key Links
- Website: https://hcmglobal.org/
- Who We Are: https://hcmglobal.org/who-we-are
- Where We Serve: https://hcmglobal.org/where-we-serve
- Americas: https://hcmglobal.org/americas
- Africa: https://hcmglobal.org/africa
- Asia: https://hcmglobal.org/asia
- Europe: https://hcmglobal.org/europe
- Mission Opportunities: https://hcmglobal.org/mission-opportunities
- Donate: https://hcmglobal.org/donate
- Contact: https://hcmglobal.org/contact
Contact Information
- Phone: 541-324-9258
- Mailing address: PO Box 2313, Elizabethton, TN 37644
Socials
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hisporticchristianmission
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@hisporticglobal9884/videos
Leadership
- Tim Shields โ Executive Director
