Adventist Leaders Sign Hope Channel Agreement to Expand Media Evangelism Across Inter-America

Union presidents pledge greater collaboration in using television, radio, and digital communication to reach communities throughout the territory.

May 12, 2026 | Miami, Florida, United States | Libna Stevens, Inter-American Division News

Top Seventh-day Adventist administrators representing the 25 unions of the Inter-American Division (IAD) joined in a special signing ceremony committing their territories to strengthen the evangelistic mission and media outreach of Hope Channel Inter-America during the Executive Committee Spring Meeting on May 6, 2026, in Miami, Florida, United States.

The ceremony formalized a memorandum of collaboration and representation between Hope Channel Inter-America and each union across the territory for the 2026–2030 quinquennium. The agreement outlines how each union president will serve as the official representative of Hope Channel within his territory while working with local coordinators to promote media evangelism, oversee content production, and strengthen the use of Hope Channel, Hope Media, and Hope Radio platforms.

Expanding a Regional Media Network

Abel Márquez, executive director of Hope Channel Inter-America, said the network has grown significantly since the IAD Executive Committee voted 12 years ago to adopt the Hope Channel brand throughout the territory and since the channel officially launched 10 years ago.

“What began as a television channel has become a network of digital and traditional media throughout Inter-America,” Márquez said, explaining that the organization now operates as a broad media network serving multiple unions and countries across the territory.

Márquez explained that the division administration voted last year to establish a new administrative board to oversee the entire Hope Channel media network in Inter-America, composed of union presidents from across the territory and chaired by the president of the division. One of the first actions of the board was to renew and formalize representation agreements between Hope Channel Inter-America and each union.

Using Every Technology for Mission

During the ceremony, Sam Neves, vice president for Advancement and Communication at Hope Channel International, reminded leaders that the Adventist Church has always embraced communication technologies to proclaim the gospel.

“If someone invents a technology to communicate with others, you can trust that the Adventist Church will use it to fulfill its mission,” Neves said.

Neves emphasized that Hope Channel exists primarily to reach people outside the church rather than simply communicate internal church information. He noted that Hope Channel now broadcasts in 120 languages worldwide through a global network of 90 channels, but stressed that much more work remains to reach additional language groups.

“God is calling you to represent this 24/7 evangelistic campaign through internet, television, radio, images, and every possible medium,” Neves told union presidents gathered for the ceremony.

Commitment to the Mission

Pastor Abner De los Santos, president of the IAD, described the agreement as a commitment to continue strengthening evangelism through all forms of communication across the territory.

“Inter-America is all of us,” said De los Santos. “God wants us to fulfill the mission as never before, using every possible means and involving every person who is part of the church in Inter-America.”

He also connected the media initiative to the church’s broader mission focus throughout the territory, saying Hope Channel is one of the tools God is using to illuminate the earth with the message of hope and salvation.

“Hope Channel reaches people outside the church, but it also prepares the church to receive those who will come as a result of that work,” De los Santos said.

The agreement signed by union presidents outlines responsibilities related to local representation, media coordination, production development, brand oversight, training, and collaboration with Hope Channel Inter-America leadership. The document also affirms the partnership between the unions, the Inter-American Division, and Hope Channel International in advancing evangelistic media outreach across the territory.

The ceremony concluded with a symbolic signing by Pastors De los Santos and Neves and a special prayer of consecration for the channel and the church’s media ministry across the territory.

To learn more about the programs and resources at Hope Channel Inter-America, visit hopechannelinteramerica.org