Healing Hearts Transforming Nations

Healing Hearts, Transforming Nations is an international ministry facilitating cross-centered healing and reconciliation throughout the world.

As a community of Christians, what can we do when we come face to face with hate – such a strong hate towards our neighbor that can move us to pick up a machete or a gun and kill? How can we respond not only to hatred that kills quickly, but also to underlying attitudes and indifference which are just as destructive? Is there any hope for us?

Rwanda began to find new hope as Christians gradually discovered and developed a path to profound, deep healing and lasting reconciliation. They demonstrated a quality of mercy and extraordinary forgiveness which has become a powerful message to the rest of the world.

This approach, which was initially called “Healing the Wounds of Ethnic Conflict”, has transformed the lives of hundreds of thousands in Rwanda and millions around the world. Many in Rwanda, who believed the church was part of the problem and could not be part of the answer, have now acknowledged that the church has the medicine which the country needs.

Recognizing the effectiveness of this ministry in these wider contexts, the name has been changed to “Healing Hearts, Transforming Nations” (HHTN). As people come face to face with the cross of Jesus and find both forgiveness for their sin and healing for their pain and loss, they receive the power to forgive those who have caused them harm and the ability to repent and ask forgiveness of those whom they have harmed. Then reconciliation, restoration and community development begin to flow.