A Compassion Revolution
Greetings!
Some of you have found your way to our new Operation Inasmuch web site which is still under construction. We will be testing it next week before our final release (when our .com site will be redirected here, too).
So, if you find something that doesn’t seem to be working well or doesn’t make sense, please go to Contact Us and send us a message about it: we may not be aware of the issue and would love your feedback.
Thanks for finding us, for your patience, and for your help.
Operation Inasmuch will attend the North American Christian Convention (NACC) in Cincinatti, Ohio from July 5-8.
NACC exists to provide ideas, inspiration, and identity to churches, ministries, and their leaders. The convention brings together church members and leaders from diverse generations and ethnic backgrounds to encourage, equip, and empower them for greater impact in the Kingdom of God. The theme of this year’s convention is “UNLEASHED: The Church Turning the World Upside Down,” based on Acts 17:6. The Holy Spirit was Unleashed on the Church, so that the Church would be Unleashed on the World.
We hope that many churches at the convention will also be Unleased to engage more fully in compassion ministry to their communities! Operation Inasmuch will have an Exhibit in order to encourage churches to Join the Compassion Revolution by conducting an Inasmuch Day. We will also conduct two workshops that introduce compassion ministry and Operation Inasmuch (July 6 & 7 at 8:30 AM). A highlight of the Convention, we will recruit attenders and exhibitors to become involved in a service project called Unleashing the Church on the Hungry. Volunteers will assemble food packages on Thursday afternoon, July 7.
If you plan on attending NACC this year, make sure and stop by and visit us at Booth 1009… and help us feed the hungry!
April 4, 2011 serves as a banner day for Operation Inasmuch, Inc. On that day, we learned that the ministry had received the gold standard of financial approval from ECFA (formerly the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability). According to its www site, “EFCA is an accreditation agency dedicated to helping Christian ministries earn the public’s trust through adherence to Seven Standards of Responsible StewardshipTM.” In order to be approved by EFCA, nonprofits, ministries, educational institutions, and churches must demonstrate that they meet high standards of “board governance, financial transparency, integrity in fundraising, and proper use of charity resources.
“Approval by ECFA is huge for Operation Inasmuch,” says David Crocker, Executive Director. “First, it means that we have passed a rigorous test of how we handle the funds entrusted to us by donors and foundations. Anyone who supports Operation Inasmuch, Inc., can have confidence that the ministry will exercise the highest integrity in accounting for and managing dollars given to it. Second, for those just learning about the ministry, membership in ECFA gives us instant credibility. This is a good day for Operation Inasmuch.”
We’re excited to know that a well-respected organization such as EFCA believes that Operation Inasmuch is a faithful financial steward for our Lord.
From May, 2011 Newsletter