Announcing Recipients of Spring 2024 Kingdom Builder Foundation Grants
The spring 2024 granting cycle for Kingdom Builder Foundation achieved a significant milestone by awarding our two hundredth grant. This accomplishment was made possible by the generous legacy giving of members and friends of Solana Beach Presbyterian Church (SBPC). This spring cycle allocated just over $70,000 to 10 grantees. The granting committee, consisting of SBPC members, assessed applications based on logical and objective criteria using personal and corporate Christian Discernment. Grant awards support ministries and missions worldwide, in line with Christ-centered principles and dedicated to serving meaningful causes. We are excited to experience how God is at work, advancing his Kingdom here on earth, as these funds are used. Please join us in praying for the work of the following grantees:
Come Build Hope (Mexico) Provided a registration discount to 25 students involved in SBPC youth ministry to expand the number of students attending the two day house building. Houses for four families were built by intergenerational teams from 9 to 81 years old.
Interserve SBPC Missionaries Paul and Pat Stock (Pakistan) Recording 10 dance songs on Christian marriage, Christmas and Easter, and making videos of these dances that can be used all night at tribal ceremonies like weddings, engagements and naming ceremonies. The videos and album will reach over 10,000 people in Hindu tribes in the Sindh province of Pakistan.
Presbyterian Older Adult Ministry Network (POAMN) (United States) Scholarships for people to attend the Presbyterian Older Adult Ministeries Network ("POAMN") 2024 national conference held in May at Solana Beach Presbyterian Church.
Gleanings for the Hungry (Global) Expansion of existing warehouse facilities in Central California that provides food and other products to ministry partners in more than 30 countries.
Global Care Alliance (Burundi) Support the opening of a 2nd renewal center in Bujumbura, Burundi where children can come to eat, study, play and learn about Jesus, by purchasing furniture and equipment.
Ascending Leaders (India) Increase the number of Indian churches that Ascending Leaders serves from twenty in 2023 to over forty in 2024. Support will include a pastors conference in June and follow up, culminating in a final gathering six months later. A co-lab for the pastors of eight other churches meeting monthly and coaching of one church in Pune, India.
Joy in the Journey (Southern California) Provide financial support and scholarships for a week-end retreat. Specifically designed to focus on faith-based support and spiritual nourishment for adoptive and foster moms.
San Diego Rescue Mission (San Diego) Support Social Services and Therapy Department in providing trauma-informed mental and behavioral health services to families as part of the 12 month residential recovery and rehabilitation program, Mission Academy. This program serves men, women and children, helping them break the cycle of homelessness.
Solana Beach MOPS/MomCo growthechurch.com (North County) Update MOPS International branding to align with the new name, MomCo, reaching more mothers through new name recognition and scholarships, guiding families closer to Jesus in Solana Beach and the surrounding community.
Grants support SBPC Ministries and Missions and member-recommended Christ-centered organizations. In addition to tithes and offerings, legacy giving through the Kingdom Builder Foundation is another way members and friends of Solana Beach Presbyterian Church enter into where God is at work both locally and around the world. For more information about how Kingdom Builder Foundation grants are helping change lives and how you can engage, please visit our website at kbfoundation.org, or reach out to our Executive Director, Ericka Southcombe at (858) 699-5155 or ericka@kbfoundation.org.
