GIFT is always seeking God's wisdom to innovate and meet unmet needs. GIFT researches, develops and provides access to what we pray will be high-impact ministry and development resources -- to help the Church body continue to build and live-out a more loving, just, equitable, joyful and sustainable world to benefit all.
GIFT works to support communities already serving God and our brothers and sisters around the world; and we seek insights from these organizations regarding critical needs to be met. We also seek to work in partnership with them, securing and providing resources to meet those identified needs.
We utilize the accepted social justice strategy: "Act (on and issue)... Reflect (prayerfully about the root cause)... Transform (the issue at the root cause).
God has blessed GIFT leadership with decades of experience working in strategy, innovation and technology, which we have been able to learn from and use to create new solutions.
From a material perspective, God has helped us connect the dots from work in the corporate world to support the developing world. This experience has even included being asked to advise the White House National Economic Council on growth, a challenge which has specifically enabled us to also identify significant, recurring needs and opportunities facing our brothers and sisters in Christ here and around the world, and to research and seek out the most efficacious solutions for these unmet needs. This experience also encourages us to take on big challenges -- like the UN SDGs referenced below -- consistent with the Lord's encouragement, "Verily truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, as I am going to my Father. And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son." (JN 14: 12, 13) This focus has also enabled us to secure organizational partners and resources to assist the poor.
From a Spiritual perspective, we've been blessed with experiences serving as a CEO of a Haitian ministry conglomerate; serving on the boards of social justice, ministry and church organizations; and serving in a pastoral position. These experiences have enlightened us to the pressing needs of our ministry partners.
We thank the Lord for His many blessings, and we seek to be good stewards of all the gifts He's given us.
Our goal has been to appreciate all these material and spiritual experiences as incredible gifts from God... to reciprocate to our loving God for these experiences by allowing Him to transform us, through the workings of the Holy Spirit, to become more like Him and to become the face of our selfless, loving Lord to the world... and ultimately to regift these gifts to transform the lives of His children here and around the world -- spiritually and materially.
Supporting the UN Sustainable Development Goals
"17 Goals To Transform Our World"