Dale Partridge - Giving Tuesday 2020

00:00:00.560 Hey everyone, Dale Partridge here. In the next few minutes, I'm going to share with you four things.

00:00:05.540 Who we are as a ministry, what we accomplished in 2020, our immediate needs for 2021, and how you can help with just $20.

00:00:15.080 We have two ministries. The first is relearn.org, and our mission is to bring the church back to the Bible.

00:00:22.340 We do this through producing hundreds of pieces of bold, gospel-centered digital content,

00:00:28.340 including articles, videos, podcasts, and curriculum.

00:00:31.500 And we directly impact nearly a million people per year.

00:00:35.660 The testimonies of conversions to Christ, suicide preventions, saved marriages, freedom

00:00:40.320 from addiction, corrected theology, churches planted, and baptisms carried out are just

00:00:46.040 off the charts.

00:00:48.040 Our second ministry is reformationseminary.com.

00:00:52.420 This is our one-year biblical house church planting school.

00:00:56.560 And since COVID-19, we've had an explosion of interest in planting house churches.

00:01:01.820 We have 20 church planter pastors enrolled now for our 2021 program

00:01:07.240 and another 20 pastors about to start in 2021 in the summer.

00:01:12.740 This means that, Lord willing, 40 house churches will be planted in the next 18 months.

00:01:18.280 So praise God for that.

00:01:19.880 As for our accomplishments in 2020, we did a lot with a small budget.

00:01:24.540 We rebuilt the relearn.org website.

00:01:26.500 We strengthened our legal and financial operations.

00:01:29.500 We launched our Freedom from Pornography program, and we enrolled nearly 1,000 people in that program at standinvictory.org.

00:01:38.440 We launched and sold over 1,000 copies of our new house church book.

00:01:42.500 We launched our church planting school, and we actually commissioned an entire faculty of PhDs and scholars to teach there.

00:01:49.880 And lastly, we passed over 2 million downloads of the Real Christianity podcast.

00:01:56.380 Guys, we have a very small team.

00:01:59.000 In fact, I'm the only full-time employee while everyone else is either part-time or an independent contractor.

00:02:06.940 But in order to carry out our plans for 2021, we need your help.

00:02:12.120 We need to hire at least two more employees.

00:02:14.320 We need some new equipment and we need some funds to cover students' tuition who can't afford school

00:02:21.320 and individuals who can't afford to enroll in our pornography or our marriage program.

00:02:27.320 We are hoping in this December to raise $20,000 to meet these needs.

00:02:34.200 And so, would you consider making either a one-time donation of $20 or more or a monthly donation of $20 or more?

00:02:43.140 And to be clear, my salary or the salaries of our team do not change based on your giving.

00:02:48.920 Our board of directors determines a fair and modest salary for us

00:02:52.860 and allows us to put every single dollar you give to work toward our mission.

00:02:58.780 2 Corinthians 9, 6-7 says,

00:03:01.040 Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly,

00:03:04.400 and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.

00:03:07.900 Each one must give as he has decided in his heart,

00:03:10.840 not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. Guys, we are here investing

00:03:18.240 every ounce of energy we have into proclaiming the gospel, strengthening theology and doctrine

00:03:24.860 in the church, training up pastors, and planting churches all over the world. This is eternal work.

00:03:33.660 Now, we believe that God is our provider, but we know that he provides through his faithful saints.

00:03:40.040 So would you just prayerfully consider supporting our work?

00:03:45.000 And if you are interested, you guys can go to relearn.org forward slash donate to make a donation.

00:03:51.460 Again, that's relearn.org forward slash donate.

00:03:55.520 Guys, from the bottom of our hearts, thank you so much.

Dale Partridge - December 01, 2020

Giving Tuesday 2020

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