Mission Statement or Ministry Purpose:
Boys Farm has served families with at-risk children since 1960 as a residential children’s home in Newberry, SC. Our Mission is to offer a home exclusively for the purpose of providing a Christian, charitable, and educational home with love, training, understanding, and guidance and to meet the spiritual, as well as physical needs of boys in need of assistance.

Ministry's Activities:
By serving at-risk youth in traditional single-family homes with full-time houseparents dedicated to the training, support, and care of their household, Boys Farm continues to see the fruit of intensive parenting and the positive outcomes that flow from healthy lifestyles, structure, and security. Many of the youth we serve suffer from a lack of strong support and upstanding role models, and through our residential care model we are able to provide encouragement, support, and counsel to children who are struggling with abandonment, crisis, and family dysfunction. Placing at-risk children into the care of full-time houseparent couples who provide this level of care is transformative, helping disadvantaged youth clearly see opportunity and pathways to develop into healthy, productive, and successful members of society, leading each child we serve toward a brighter future. Boys Farm is licensed by the South Carolina Department of Social Services to have up to 32 children in our four residential cottages. We are members of the Palmetto Association for Children and Families (PAFCAF), the National Association of Christian Child and Family Agencies (NACCFA), the South Carolina Association of Nonprofit Organizations (SCANPO) and the United Way of the Midlands. Boys Farm is incredibly grateful for the long legacy of support from the Lipscomb Family Foundation, empowering us in this mission. Our programs include: Adventures in Academics Program: Boys Farm improves academic performance and overcomes deficits. Our houseparents closely monitor children’s progress in school, providing the support they need to succeed. Boys Farm partners with local schools and individuals, providing individualized tutoring to assist in any subject areas in which children need remedial support or have less than a 3.0 GPA. Agriculture & Environmental Program: Boys Farm provides children the opportunity to become more aware of the natural environment around them and the need for greater sustainability. Through learning about a variety of farming practices, children learn where their food comes from, stewardship principles, and the inputs required to bring food from farm to table. Character and Responsibility Program: Boys Farm builds character by teaching children to take pride and ownership in their work, learn money management, and find satisfaction in a job well done. This provides time for the children to be mentored and work alongside our staff to help children prepare to be productive citizens. Recreation and Athletic Program: Boys Farm promotes the physical and emotional development of children through organized and casual sports, as well as recreational activities such as camping, hiking, and fishing. The Athletic Coordinator also schedules clinics and special events. including trips to a variety of college sports events Pathways to Independence Program: Boys Farm enables and encourages our graduates to pursue higher education opportunities by providing essential framework, guidance and assistance beginning in high school and continuing through college. Our ongoing support in college and career placement, military enlistment, or independent living arrangements produces lasting positive outcomes for our residents. Reins of Hope Program: Boys Farm offers evidence-based counseling care for each of our clients including individual, group, and family counseling in conjunction with equine assisted services, helping accomplish our mission by providing top quality services and meeting the growing support needs of the population we serve.

How does your ministry directly share the Gospel of Jesus Christ?:
The Gospel is the center of all of our activity, as our identity is rooted in the image of God and the purposes of His kingdom. We know that Jesus is the one and only that can produce true and lasting life transformation and change. Each of our families that serve in this ministry are a biblical model of a husband who loves the Lord, a wife who loves the Lord, and whom love each other in a biblical and committed way. The Christian character of our houseparents is essential in modeling the hope and the promise that Jesus offers for each child who is entrusted to our care. Each household is responsible not only for the daily physical care of the boys in the program, but also the spiritual care through discipleship, mentorship, daily devotions, consistent participation in worship, and upholding biblical standards. Boys Farm is dedicated to our motto of "Building Boys rather than Mending Men" and we champion a biblical male identity, helping shape boys into the Godly men of the next generation. We receive no government funding and will continue to unashamedly hold out the Gospel truth to every child and family who is a part of this ministry.

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Chosen Children Ministries seeks to make Christ know and bring Life-Transformation to men, women, and children in Nicaragua. Our primary focus is church planting. We currently have 26 churches in Nicaragua where we serve families who live on about $2/day. We mobilize mission teams from all over the U.S. to provide evangelism, discipleship, homes, latrines, nutrition programs, education, business development, a 3-year Bible Institute, freshwater wells, medical care, child sponsorship, and more. When mission teams are not present, our staff of over 50 in Nicaragua continues the ministry.

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We are Larry and Cathy Lawrence. We lost our 14 year old son Christopher to suicide on January 22, 2019. Shortly after our tragedy, we determined we would do everything in our power to help other parents and their children to not have to experience what we went through, and began a search to find a way to help.

Our search led us to Hope Squads, founded by Dr. Greg Hudnall, in Provo, Utah. Hope Squads are groups of students in a school, nominated by their peers as someone they could go to if they had a problem. Hope Squads are not trained as counselors, but become the eyes and ears of the school, looking for at risk youth due to bullying, failing grades, lonliness, signs of self-harm or suicide. They then direct the student to a counselor or mental health person.

Learn more about Hope Squads from these Youtube videos: Hope Squads NBC, or Hope Squads White Board Video; Or, visit Hopesquads.com

Our website is ChristophersHope.org

Our vision is to have Hope Squads in every middle and high school in South Carolina. We are beginning with two schools in the Boiling Springs area. Each school must have at least one Advisor, usually a school counselor, mental health person, or a teacher.

We are very excited to report that on October 9, 2020, we held an Advisor Training at High Point Academy, where 9 Advisors were trained for HPA and Boiling Springs Middle School. Both schools will begin Hope Squads this year.

Hope Squads have been shown to change the atmosphere of a school, and destigmatize the discussion of mental health, as well as saving lives.

Latest update, is that we will have at least 5 more schools beginning Hope Squads for the 2021-22 school year. Four are in District 2 of Spartanburg County, and one is in Greenville County.

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Our mission is to inspire seniors to live with purpose by honoring God in their latter years.

In the United States, approximately 10,000 Baby Boomers are turning 65 every day. This means the population of Americans aged 65 and over will jump from 35 million to 71.5 million between the years 2010 and 2030. The number of men and women 85 and older will increase by over 70 percent! This trend has enormous implications for every segment of our society, including the church. That's why we must begin now to prepare for what many Christian leaders are calling one of the fastest growing mission fields in history.

Elder Source Senior Ministries exists to facilitate senior ministry by distributing senior-friendly Christian resources to senior care centers, creating opportunities that encourage and edify seniors to be productive and spiritually fertile, while building partnerships with like-minded organizations, churches, and individuals that will value and honor seniors.

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FACES of Total Victory is a non-profit, non-denominational ministry designed to make a difference in the lives of Female Athletes and Coaches Engaged in Sports. Through personal relationships with the coaches and athletes and surveys taken during our team Bible Studies, we identify issues and struggles they are facing and meet those needs in an uplifting and safe environment.

 

OUR VISION is to see Female Athletes and Coaches Engaged in Sports experience total victory in every area of their lives. “Thanks be to God who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” 1 Corinthians 15:57                                                        

 

OUR MISSION is to equip female coaches and athletes emotionally, mentally, physically, socially, and spiritually by providing specific events and resources designed to meet those needs.

 

FACES of Total Victory is led by women who have a diverse and extensive background in women’s sports and a passion to see athletes and coaches experience this victory in all areas of their lives. The ministry is based on the model of Jesus in His ministry to women: Jesus valued women, always had a purpose, wanted to please the Father, spent time preparing for His ministry, loved and sought out non-believers and spent time with them, listened to their needs, and met immediate needs before beginning to address their spiritual needs in ways specific to each person.

 

FACES of Total Victory is designed to Educate, Encourage, Motivate, and Inspire. We achieve this goal by focusing on three main types of events:

 

We plan and provide Large Conferences for female athletes and coaches in three separate age divisions; Elementary School, Middle and High School, and College. These include age-appropriate breakout sessions led by professionals on topics including Self Esteem, Identity and Value, Social Media, Bullying, Peer Pressure, Anxiety, Depression, Suicide, Human Trafficking, Body Image, Eating Disorders, and Life After Sports. Our conference ends with a motivating and inspirational challenge from nationally recognized women in the sports world.

 

We provide Luncheons, Events, and Retreats specifically for female coaches to encourage and equip them as they lead and influence the girls they coach. This includes a “Moms Who Coach” support group.

 

We provide and lead Team Dynamics Development for individual teams, meeting with them and using biblical principles and resources to guide and encourage the teams.

 

We are very excited to be in the process of publishing the FACES of Total Victory Devotional Bible to give to all who participate in these events. This will be the first Devotional Bible with content included specifically for female athletes and coaches, as all the devotions are being written by women who competed at the professional, Olympic, or collegiate level. This will be a huge resource for the ministry, putting God’s word in the hands of literally thousands of girls and women.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Homes of Hope opens doors for economic mobility through housing, economic, and workforce development.

Our vision at Homes of Hope is to provide opportunities for generational change throughout South Carolina. Homes of Hope began in 1988 with the dream to provide low-income families with housing they could both afford and be proud to call home. Simultaneously, another idea deveoped: to restore men's lives throug sobriety and job training as they acquired life-changing skills while hleping to fulfill our affordable housing mission.

The mission is to rebuild communities and individual lives throug housing, economic development, and workforce development.

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In response to God’s love, grace, and truth:

The purpose of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA
is to establish and advance
at colleges and universities
witnessing communities of students and faculty
who follow Jesus as Savior and Lord:
growing in love for God,
God’s Word,
God’s people of every ethnicity and culture,
and God’s purposes in the world.

InterVarsity in South Carolina

We seek to establish multi-ethnic witnessing communities that are reaching every corner of South Carolina’s 39 college campuses to join with God’s work of transforming the state of South Carolina. We want to see lives transformed, campuses renewed and world-changers developed. Our prayer is that we would reach all 39 campuses by the year 2039. We believe that our college campuses are the future of the church and God's mission in South Carolina.

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Lighthouse for Life is a faithbased 501c3 whose mission is to raise awareness about the realities of human trafficking while restoring victims to wholeness. 

Education 

We provide free awareness and prevention presentations and trainings to any group who invites us. Examples of groups we've served include but are not limited to Churches, Youth Groups, Businesses, Law Enforcement, Medical Professionals, Firefighters, Rotary Clubs, DJJ, Mental Health Counselors, Schools, Girl Scouts, Men's Prayer Breakfasts, etc.  In our 5 years in ministry so far we've presented to over 40,000 people all across SC.

Lighthouse for Life has provided direct services to over 40 surivovrs of human trafficking. These services include networking or referals to legal assistance, counseling, medical services, transportation, housing, food, clothing, etc. 

Restoration

Lighthouse for Life is pursuing opening a safe home for females age 12-21 who are rescued from sex trafficking. This home will serve residents from all over SC. The home is located in Richland County. The home is furnished and we are debt free.

We have titled this Program Karis Home. Karis is the Greek word for grace. The core value of our ministry is "grace wins." Christ has demonstrated his grace for us by giving His life to redeem us.  Our staff will in turn demonstrate grace and love to our residents.  Karis Home is designed to be a long term restoration home that will house up to 5 survivors at a time. We will offer a trauma informed program unique designed with Individual Care Plans taylored to each resident. We will provide all necessary things for the resdients including education, counseling, medical care, etc. Karis Home is a licensed safe home with the South Carolina Department of Social Services. We are a contracted Level 3 program. We are currently hiring and training caregivers and desire to open our doors to residents as soon as possible.

Empowerment

Lighthouse for Life offers other avenues of ministry with the aim of bringing awareness and restoration to vulnerable populations in SC. We also provide resources for parents in order to equip them to make every home a safe and grace filled home. Resources can be found on our webpage to use to educate girls, boys and adults on body image, cyber bullying, online safety, pornography prevention, grooming, etc. 

The address listed in this profile is our mailing address. Our physical offices are located at Fellowship Bible Church in Lexington County. Our safe home is located in Richland County. We provide services to every county in South Carolina.

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Mission Increase is a ministry that serves other ministries. We equip ministry leaders in biblically-based fundraising and nonprofit leadership to achieve sustainable growth for Kingdom advancement. We serve Christian nonprofits of all sizes but our specialty is helping those with budgets under $2M grow from the “seed” of an inspirational idea to a healthy, sustainable, fruit-bearing “tree,” deeply rooted in Christ and the community they serve.

The Area Director for Mission Increase – South Carolina delivers our complete program at no cost to Christian nonprofits, thanks to the generosity of local donors. We teach quarterly workshops and offer both 1-1 and group coaching to apply the principles directly to the ministry.

Our curriculum is divided into four core topics: Major Gifts, Donor Acquisition, Marketing/Communications and Ministry Leadership.

All of our teaching is tested and based on biblical principles. 

We teach Transformational Giving that grows the ministry leader and the donors.

A Local Advisory Board provides guidance, financial support and oversight.

We bless and encourage ministry leaders by providing our core services without charge.

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Nightlight Christian Adoptions is a full-service, Hague accredited child placement agency, licensed in ten states, CA, CO, FL, GA, IN, KY, MO, OK, SC, and TX. Nightlight's adoption programs include comprehensive international, domestic, embryo, foster care, and home study services.

Our vision for the future is to expand our foster care program to all Nightlight offices with the hopes of securing permanency for children in foster care, whether through family reunification or licensing foster families open to adoption.

Our mission is to share God’s love by: 

• Helping children, both domestic and international, to find loving families
• Assisting birthparents and genetic parents in making a wise and loving plan for their child’s future
• Securing permanency for children in foster care, whether through family reunification or certifying foster parents open to adoption
• Preparing and supporting families to be committed and effective parents to adoptive children
• Recognizing and advocating the personhood of pre-born children

 We are committed to carrying out our mission in a way that will bring glory and honor to our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

 

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Shade Tree Ministries offers free of charge a place for pastors, missionaries and para-church organizational leaders to join their spouse in a few days retreat and respite. Various locations are available, but primarily at Shade Tree headquarters on Lake Keowee, Seneca, SC. Secondly, we host luncheons for pastors, staff retgreats, heads of organizations and multiple retreat formats for Christian leaders. Thirdly, our president, Mark, conducts weekly Bible Studies for unchurched men, speaks in church settings and conferences and offers counsel to Chrstian leaders around the world. Our services are personal and relational. Our goal is to serve those who serve, strengthening and reinforcing their areas of ministry.

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South Carolina Christian Foundation (SCCF) is one of a growing number of Christian Foundations that are dedicated to increasing the giving capacity of Christians assisting them to impact their communities. South Carolina Christian Foundation, the only Christian foundation based in this state, is a 501(c)(3) public charity offering counsel for flexible and tax-wise giving solutions while encouraging Christian generosity and philanthropy.

Our financial services include a variety of funds that help generous individuals, families, and businesses accomplish their charitable giving goals. The Donor Advised Fund, our most used service, provides most of the benefits of a private foundation yet without the legalities and costs often associated. In addition to working with donors toward achieving their goals, South Carolina Christian Foundation serves our donors to maximize their time.

Ultimately, South Carolina Christian Foundation is a convener of groups and a connector within the Christian community. Our goal is to unite the wealth within the body of Christ to the work within the body of Christ. We partner with Kingdom-minded individuals and businesses to provide avenues for personal and corporate giving. We work with wealth managers and financial advisors in accomplishing the giving goals of their clients. We serve local ministries by raising awareness of their presence and activities even while promoting their needs to those who can best meet them.

Thank you for visiting our online presence and learning more about South Carolina Christian Foundation.

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Mission Statement or Ministry Purpose: The primary goal of TIBI is to train Hispanic men and women to make disciples of Jesus Christ, who make other disciples, who are then gathered into churches sharing that mission. These people are active in community development, character formation, family enrichment, conflict resolution, counseling, and social justice.

Brief Description of Your Organization's Activities: We give scholarships to certain well-qualified students who undergo a rigorous selection process, so that they can study full-time live by video conferencing to prepare themselves to serve in the local church. Our students take 42 courses in Bible text, languages, exegesis, and ministry skills, and receive a Bachelor of Biblical Studies. They also must invest at least 10 hours per week in the local church, supervised by a local church leader and our full-time field work supervisor, Carlos Camacho, who has 38 years of successful experience in church planting and nurturing.

At the end of our intensive two-year program, our students have had 1600 hours of class instruction with academically qualified professors who between them also have hundreds of years of ministry experience. They have invested at least 1000 hours in ministry in their local churches. And they have done all this from their homes and home churches, without having to leave their families and congregations to receive training. The ability to train them literally in their homes has been a crucial advantage during the coronavirus period, because they have not lost one hour of training due to quarantines or shelter in place, though most of their countries were totally shut down.

In addition to our full time scholarship students who work by video conferencing, we offer the same courses online in video format, 24/7, and also on hard drives for those who don't have access to internet. In all, we currently have about 3800 students in 76 countries.

Manner in which your organization shares the gospel of Jesus Christ: See above, and emphasis on work in local churches.

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