This thing has been upon my heart for a while now, and my hope is that sometime this year I can launch Kingdom Inroads. While the vision for Kingdom Inroads below may seem big, its beginnings will be small and I am encouraged by the value expressed in this poster!
Kingdom Inroads will be set up as a not for profit organization or as a social enterprise. Its purpose is to make inroads into, and have long term significant impact on, grass-root communities, especially in South East Asia. We want to bring hope to those in need and help people to escape poverty and gain access to a better life.
Kingdom Inroads approach will be to partner indigenous leaders. They are people who share our passion to empower low-income families in their community, and to transform it through activities which are practical and proven to alleviate poverty.
Some of these activities are direct, such as to lower cost of living, improve current productivity (applying appropriate technology) and open up opportunities for livelihood and micro-enterprise. Others are indirect, by assisting in disaster recovery; providing access to basic amenities like education, health, housing, clean water, secure food sources; and helping build welfare organizations such as children homes, community development centres, and much more.
Our approach requires that these “transformational activities” become self sustainable after a period of time. The families and communities we partner with should have the potential to carry them out eventually with little or no external assistance.
Kingdom Inroads hopes to become an international organization that networks with and connects people across oceans and across cultures, to facilitate volunteerism.
We will welcome volunteers from all over the world. Our criterion is to connect them to communities where their skills and compassion are most needed, as members of short term teams or as part of a long-term assignment. While we hope to match people with community projects, which compliment their gifts and skills, we will also stretch them to step outside of their comfort zone. Volunteers can help meet the needs of a community in myriad ways. Whether it is involvement in a small business, agriculture; disaster relief; music, language and crafts; constructing physical facilities for clean water, etc.; training and vocational workshops; and sports, volunteers will make a difference and can also expect to gain meaningful experiences.
A significant part of our work will be to provide programs to orientate and train volunteers. This will equip them with knowledge and skills required to participate in the transformational activities.
We also hope to partner with churches and mission organizations who want to participate in a strategy to preach the gospel of the Kingdom and disciple nations via a holistic approach of church planting, mercy works, community development and business as missions. Contact us if you are interested to find out more about how we may work together.
