• We desire to model as an organization the same behavior we expect of our families.

• By tithing 10% of our budget, we are communicating that we trust God and believe He can do more with our 90% than we can with all 100%.

• What if we leveraged our church as a place where students can develop real-world experience and gain valuable experience in ministry to serve as critical hires for other churches, churches we’re planting, or churches we’re helping?

• Strategically leverage our Sunday experiences and leadership pipeline to place people into church plants or churches needing leaders.

• The local church is the hope of the world; it’s the bride Jesus will return for. We desire to equip the Bride of Christ with more hands, feet, and the necessary resources to plant, grow, and sustain the Body of Christ in Ohio and beyond.

• We desire to bring more than just spiritual hope to Lake Country by creating a hub for freedom where our partners and allies can help those stuck in bondage. We desire to create a place dedicated to the restoration of women overcoming sex trafficking, sexual exploitation, sexual trauma, and addictions by providing them with a safe place to heal and a network of resources to facilitate their recovery and safe reintegration into the community.

• Partnering with the Hope Center out of Indiana, we would launch a Hope Center in Lake County (Painesville) as a beacon of hope for those seeking freedom.

• One of our values as a Church is Freedom; we desire every individual in Lake County to experience the Freedom of Christ, which requires Freedom from substance abuse.

• We desire to bring health and healing to Lake County by hiring a full-time staff member to oversee and ensure a faith-based recovery program is available every night of the week.

• Whether that’s increasing our investment in the 10-40 window, rebuilding church networks in Ukraine, planting more churches in Brazil, or helping keep pastors and ministry leaders healthy and whole through Refuge experiences. The truth is their ministry partners, and the vision God has given them depend on the faithfulness and generosity of the local church.

• In talking with our Ministry partners, we discovered that one of their greatest struggles is their ability to plan. Each of our Ministry partners operates yearly based on their ability to generate income to respond to needs and opportunities. What if Friends Church could commit to financial support for more than one year at a time? What would our partners do, and what risks would they take if they had our support? We desire to help steward the forcefully advancing kingdom through our partners by ensuring they have the resources and commitment from our local church to take new ground, sow into new areas, and reach more people.