Kingdom Builders Update: Big Give 2021 & Brother Abraham
Kingdom Builders is a Radiant Church strategic initiative focused on the local and global expansion of outreach, evangelism, and mercy ministry.
Over the past year, you’ve been asked to give and sow into ministries around the world through our annual Big Give offering and our special offering for Brother Abraham and the nation of India earlier this summer. Your generosity has made a massive impact on these ministries in sharing the Gospel to the nations.
Below you’ll find some updates from the partners that have been impacted from this initiative.
Big Give 2021 Offering
Offering Goal: $450,000
You Gave: $657,653
Brother Abraham 2022 Offering
Offering Goal: $800,000
You Gave: $800,000
The offering goal started at $300,000. After the total was quickly surpassed a new goal of $800,000 was set.
Brother Abraham
High School in Delhi, India
Thanks to the Big Give 2021 and the special offering that was taken during Brother Abraham’s visit to Kalamazoo in June 2022, $900,000 was provided to build a new high school in Delhi, India
Kalamazoo Gospel Ministries
Holiday Family Dinner
Over 200 guests from the Kalamazoo Gospel Mission enjoyed dinner and a message from Pastor Tim Matthews at the Air Zoo in Portage
All children left with a gift
Kalamazoo Gospel Ministries
Women’s Shelter
$15,000 was provided to assist with purchasing the furnishing for the new Women’s Shelter
Tree of Life School / Path of Life High School
$106,500 was provided to Tree of Life/Path of Life
Path of Life has been able to secure a location to host classes at St. Joseph Catholic Church
Classes will launch this fall with the goal of 12 students in the first year with expansion to follow
For Christmas, we were able to provide personalized gift baskets to 15 members of Tree of Life staff members
Warm Kids Project
The funds from Big Give 2021 helped provide over 1400 sets of winter coats, hats, boots, and gloves to kids in need across Kalamazoo County
Alternatives
$25,000 was provided to Alternative to help them pay down their mortgage and continue to provide free services such as pregnancy testing, ultrasounds, STI testing, and parent education
Kalamazoo Youth for Christ
$10,000 was provided to Kalamazoo Youth for Christ to help support their City Life Center on the East Side of Kalamazoo and other programs they offer throughout the area
BLACKBOX
$150,000 was provided to assist with the BLACKBOX program
BLACKBOX is an initiative to fuel indigenous-led work in the hardest-to-reach places and people groups
Frontier Alliance International
$12,000 was provided to Frontier Alliance International to assist with their general operations, people, and projects that aim to reach those in the 10/40 window
Global Catalytic Ministries
$5,000 was provided to Global Catalytic Ministries to help them reach their goal of transforming Muslims worldwide through Jesus Christ through disciple-making, church planting, and leadership development.
OneHope
$150,000 was provided for the Lumiere Project that will help with planting 900 churches in 20 nations
The Babors
$50,000 was provided to replace roofing on over 300 churches and homes in the Philipines due to damage caused by super typhoon Odette
3 tons of rice and other food were purchased and distributed to 530 families in the area
A vehicle was also purchased to allow greater access for ministry