Our Vision
Kingdom Investment is how Forest Hill Church lives sent beyond our walls. With trusted partners near and far, we call everyone to invest time, talent, and treasure—serving others and sharing the Gospel in word and deed. We walk with at-risk, marginalized, and hurting communities to meet physical and spiritual needs. As we invest in the Kingdom, God transforms lives, renews communities, and shapes our hearts. This is the Invest in the Kingdom mark of a disciple at Forest Hill and a practical way we help the next person take their next step in their relationship with Jesus.
For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also faith apart from works is dead.
James 2:26
OUR LOCAL & GLOBAL PARTNERS

We accomplish this through our Core Resolutions:
Connecting People to Jesus: Repeatedly sharing the Gospel message in targeted geographies.
Empowering Local Leaders: Strategically developing national leaders to carry the vision to their nation.
Serving People Holistically: Continuously striving to meet the physical, mental, social, and spiritual needs of every man, woman, and child.
Engaging People Relationally: Intentionally modeling Christ’s love through relationships.
Stewarding with Excellence: Responsibly utilizing all resources and talents to their fullest potential for God’s glory.

UrbanPromise serves students from kindergarten through young adulthood following the pillars of: Reach a Child, Raise a Leader, Restore Community.
Reach a Child: Kindergarten through eighth grade students attend After School and Summer Camp Programs receiving academic support, targeted literacy instruction, recreation, Christian character education, and community. We serve four neighborhood locations in Charlotte.
Raise a Leader: High school students are employed as "StreetLeaders" and serve as mentors and counselors for the younger campers. StreetLeaders receive post-secondary pathways guidance, access to mental health services, and leadership and spiritual development.
Restore Community: Our StreetLeader Alumni receive support, so they graduate college, enter their career of choice, and find meaningful employment as young adults.

We believe every child deserves the safety and stability of a loving home.
We believe that one positive relationship with a caring adult can change the trajectory of a child’s life.
We believe that supported social workers means supported kids.
We believe meeting immediate, tangible needs can help keep families together.
Most importantly, we believe that everyone can do something to serve the most vulnerable children in our city.

The mission of Defend the Fatherless is, "To be one more reason for families to say, "Yes" to the fatherless through Foster Care and adoption. They do so by wrapping around foster and adoptive families across York County, SC. Defend aims to meet the physical, emotional, educational, financial and spiritual needs through key programming. These programs include: The York County Foster Closet where families can shop at no cost for items such as clothing, shoes, baby equipment, diapers, and other essentials when welcoming a new child in their home. In addition, Defend's monthly connection events as well as respite events help build bonds within like-minded families who are together walking the road of foster care and adoption. Defend offers trauma-based counseling scholarships as well as adoption grants. Specialized programming includes their Back 2 School shoe drive as well as Santa's Helper Program which allows families the joy of shopping for children in their home at Christmas time using donated gift cards.

The Dream Center has seen hope restored, not only in the lives of the communities being served, but in the lives of our volunteers and donors as they have the privilege of seeing God’s hand at work in our community. Through your involvement with the Charlotte Mecklenburg Dream Center, you will witness God growing His Kingdom in real time.


Resurrection Church was established in 1964 by a group of believers who started gathering in homes around Hadath. Ps. Khalil Ibrahim, an Egyptian theology student, who was studying in Beirut, led the ministry and pastored the church until 1976. After the eruption of the Lebanese civil war, Ps. Khalil had to flee the country with his family, handing over the church leadership to Ps. Ghassan Khalaf, who pastored the church, building it on strong Biblical doctrine. In 2008, Ps. Ghassan handed over the leadership to Ps. Hikmat Kashouh, our current senior pastor. With Ps. Hikmat’s kingdom-minded approach and missional leadership, the church has grown and still is growing exponentially in size, quality, and impact.
In each year and in every season, we see God open doors for us to reach our neighbors and enemies with the Gospel as we faithfully serve and practically love refugee families and people who were most in need. What we are witnessing is unprecedented!
Because of the holistic ministry that the church provides, and because of the sacrificial love of Christ that many experienced, many were baptized, and lives were transformed. Today, the church is more than 44 congregations, led by indigenous pastors from various backgrounds, with more than 3,800 families journeying on the Pathway of Discipleship and making an impact in their community.

However, Elam’s founders had a firm conviction that regardless of who sits on earthly thrones, Jesus reigns from His heavenly throne. Our name, Elam, is taken from Jeremiah 49:38 where God says, “I will set my throne in Elam.” (Elam was a kingdom in ancient times that became an important region within the Persian empire).
So, our name is a statement of faith that the Lord will keep His promise and have His way in Iran. It is a prayer that His Kingdom will indeed come to Iran. That is why whatever the political circumstances, our mission remains the same: to strengthen and expand the church in the Iran region and beyond.
SHORT TERM MISSION TRIPS
Mission of Hope
Forest Hill partners with Mission of Hope to offer short-term trips. These trips allow participants to step outside their daily rhythms, encounter God’s heart for the world, and join Him in what He’s already doing through local churches and leaders. As teams serve, listen, and learn, their faith deepens, their perspective broadens, and their understanding of the Gospel’s reach grows.
Regions Served: Haiti and the Dominican Republic
MISSIONARIES
Forest Hill Church is honored to support a network of missionaries serving around the world to share the gospel, make disciples, and strengthen local churches. Many of them come from Forest Hill—men and women who sensed God’s call and were sent by our church. Each serves in a unique context—from remote villages to urban centers—living out God’s love in word and action. We stay connected through prayer, encouragement, and financial partnership, standing alongside them as they bring light and hope to some of the most spiritually and physically challenging places on earth.
UPCOMING OPPORTUNITIES TO INVEST IN THE KINGDOM
To learn more reach out to: outreach@foresthill.org