Hagar's Story

Around 2000 BC there was a domestic servant called Hagar. She was in a foreign land working for a very rich man called Abraham & his wife Sarah. As Sarah was unable to have children they decided to have a child through Hagar. When Hagar became pregnant Sarah turned jealous and cast her out of their house.

An angel of God found her hopeless, alone and crying in the desert. The angel spoke to her promising a blessing on her child and named the child Ishmael which means “God hears”.

“Hagar declared“ you are the God who sees.

Fourteen years later, Sarah had her own son and again, due to jealousy, forced Hagar and Ishmael to leave.

Hagar went back to the desert and wandered there without hope, she placed her son under a bush and walked away to weep at a distance as she could not bear to watch him die.

God again heard the cries of her son.

The angel of God called to Hagar and said “do not be afraid, God has heard the boy crying”.

The angel of God reminded Hagar of God’s blessing and provided a source of water for them. They survived, prospered and became a great nation

The story of Hagar and her son, Ishmael, is the story of millions of exploited, trafficked, disabled and abandoned women and children, but like Hagar in the Bible, God hears their cries.

Hagar is committed to the “Hagars” and “Ishmaels” of this world and is passionate about the recovery and restoration of each individual to life in all its fullness with “ the God who sees”.