Every time it faces a disaster, Hope Credit Union comes out bigger and stronger than it was before.
Hope was founded in 1995 by the members of Anderson United Methodist Church, in Jackson, Mississippi — the only church-based credit union in the state at the time. But Hope today is more than a credit union, and that’s not a tagline. It’s a hybrid of a credit union and a nonprofit loan fund, with a policy research arm, all working hand-in-hand.
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