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==Other ministry activities== ''Breakthrough'' is an outreach of Bridge of Hope, an international missions organization. Over the past 20 years, Parsley has led numerous humanitarian projects around the world, supported by gifts from his church members, churches affiliated with the World Harvest Ministerial Alliance and television viewers. Bridge of Hope has an exhaustive record of work in [[Sudan]], where a civil war has persisted for years. His involvement with Sudan began with his lobbying for the federal [[Sudan Peace Act]], and has encompassed the purchase of freedom for Sudanese Christian slaves as well as food, medical supplies and equipment for freed slaves. Bridge of Hope has purchased the freedom of more than 31,000 slaves and provided more than 16,000 "survival kits" β aid packages consisting of a tarp, mosquito netting, a cooking pot and food to sustain a family for a month.<ref>[http://www.rodparsley.com/boh/bohm_Sudan.aspx "Bridge of Hope - Missions: Sudan"]; retrieved July 15, 2010.</ref> Bridge of Hope has also completed projects in the African nations of Zambia, Uganda, Kenya and Mozambique.<ref>"Bridge of Hope: Missions - Africa," http://www.rodparsley.com/boh/bohm_africa.aspx, retrieved 7-15-10</ref> The organization's history also includes projects in Europe, Asia, South America, Central America and the Caribbean.<ref name="rodparsley.com">[http://www.rodparsley.com/boh "Bridge of Hope"], rodparsley.com; retrieved July 15, 2010.</ref> its most recent international projects have been in Haiti (both before and after the January 2010 earthquake there) and Guatemala.<ref name="rodparsley.com"/> Domestically, Bridge of Hope has been involved in disaster relief, providing food, water, ice and cleaning supplies in the wake of disasters including [[Hurricane Katrina|Hurricanes Katrina]], [[Hurricane Gustav|Gustav]] and [[Hurricane Ike|Ike]]. Following these disasters, Bridge of Hope was named a [[First Responder]] by [[Federal Emergency Management Agency|FEMA]].<ref>"Bridge of Hope: Missions - Gulf Coast" http://www.rodparsley.com/boh/bohm_gulfcoast.aspx, retrieved 7-15-10.</ref> Valor Christian College was founded in 1990 as World Harvest Bible Institute, and was later known as World Harvest Bible College. It attracts students from across the United States and around the world for ministry training in pastoral leadership, missions, evangelism, music ministry, youth ministry, media ministry, advanced leadership and interdisciplinary studies. It is accredited by the Ohio Department of Higher Education to offer associate of applied science degrees.<ref>[http://www.valorcollege.edu/ Valor Christian College website], valorcollege.edu; retrieved July 15, 2010.</ref> Parsley is also the host of Dominion Camp-Meeting, an annual summer conference held on the World Harvest Church campus. The conference attracts thousands of christians from all around the world and has served as a global platform to well-known speakers such as Bishop T.D. Jakes, Joyce Meyer, Steven Furtick, Juanita Bynum, and many others
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