{"id":27,"date":"2026-02-07T15:18:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T15:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rockofwisdomuk.co.uk\/?page_id=27"},"modified":"2026-07-20T18:43:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T18:43:37","slug":"27-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rockofwisdom.org.uk\/?page_id=27","title":{"rendered":"About Rock of Wisdom UK"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full has-custom-border is-style-rounded\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"727\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/rockofwisdom.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_20250225_115756123_HDR.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-289\" style=\"border-top-left-radius:100px;border-top-right-radius:100px;border-bottom-left-radius:100px;border-bottom-right-radius:100px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rockofwisdom.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_20250225_115756123_HDR.jpg 727w, https:\/\/rockofwisdom.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_20250225_115756123_HDR-300x282.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 727px) 100vw, 727px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-xx-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Founders<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-x-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The UK charity was founded by Julia and Geoff Hopper following Julia\u2019s mission trip to Zimbabwe in February 2025 (pictured above, centre). The charity works in partnership with Pastor Junior Gwenhe in Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-x-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Julia Hopper is an alumna of Charis Bible College Bradford. Her Charis second year mission trip to Zimbabwe in 2025 was the starting point of the Rock of Wisdom UK vision, to be closely involved in the development and support of the school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-x-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Geoff Hopper is a retired management accountant and an alumnus  of Charis Bible College Bradford. He has served as a trustee and treasurer for several charities and will provide oversight of the charity&#8217;s finances and governance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Trustees<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-x-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Rock of Wisdom UK has formed a board of trustees and has applied for UK charity registration. Until this process is complete, donations can be made as detailed below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-x-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">We are committed to honesty, accountability, and responsible stewardship of every contribution.  We can guarantee that 100% of all gifts received will be sent to Zimbabwe to fund the school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-xx-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Give today<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-x-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>&nbsp;<\/sup>We want to avoid any criticism of the way we administer this liberal gift.&nbsp; For we are taking pains to do what is right, not only in the eyes of the LORD but also in the eyes of man(2 Corinthians 8:20-21).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-x-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">We are in the process of registering with the Charity Commission.  Until this is complete and we can open a charity bank account, if you would like to support the work, please make bank transfers to the following account:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-x-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Account name: Mrs J G Hopper; Account number: 77315065; Sort code: 01-09-54.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-x-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">100% of all the money we receive is sent to Zimbabwe to fund the school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Founders The UK charity was founded by Julia and Geoff Hopper following Julia\u2019s mission trip to Zimbabwe in February 2025 (pictured above, centre). The charity works in partnership with Pastor Junior Gwenhe in Zimbabwe. Julia Hopper is an alumna of Charis Bible College Bradford. Her Charis second year mission trip to Zimbabwe in 2025 was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-27","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rockofwisdom.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rockofwisdom.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rockofwisdom.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rockofwisdom.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rockofwisdom.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/rockofwisdom.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":953,"href":"https:\/\/rockofwisdom.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27\/revisions\/953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rockofwisdom.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}