The first $150,000 (3%) pledged in the Sharing Hope initiative will go toward construction of surgical suite facilities at Compassion Evangelical Hospital (CEH) in Guinea, West Africa. Autumn Ridge Church invested in the lives of the people of Guinea by helping to build CEH last year. The hospital is now operating at capacity but services are limited to non-surgical procedures. The Sharing Hope initiative will build and outfit a surgical wing. CEH is positioned at the commercial crossroads of northern Guinea. This strategic location places it between two large Muslim people groups, the three million Maninka (the adopted people group of Autumn Ridge Church), and the four million Pular (or Fulani). These two groups are 99.999 percent Muslim with only a few dozen known Christian believers in each.

Guinea has profound spiritual needs. Only one percent of the population of Guinea is evangelical Christian, with far fewer in the Muslim north. Guinea also has profound medical needs. One in ten children die by age one. One in six die by age five. One in 60 pregnancies ends in maternal death. Most people live in rural areas with no access to health care. Completion of surgical suite facilities at CEH is a crucial goal. Surgical capabilities will provide for better and more advanced care. Importantly, patients at CEH will often pay for surgical care, helping to defray costs for clinical services to the poor.