2016 Annual Report
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2016 ANNUAL REPORT LANGUAGE OF LOVE - by Rick Jett, Executive Director Mankind has been seeking ways to overcome language barriers ever since the tower of Babel in Genesis 11. Although it is a difficult task, some individuals successfully study and learn other languages in addition to their native tongue. Bible translators purposely choose to live among unreached people groups that have no formal written language. They help them to develop an alphabet, vocabulary, and sentence structure in order for them to be able to read God’s Word in their own heart language. Communicating your thoughts, emotions and intentions to others takes work. If you go to another country and don’t speak their language, you might find it very frustrating to get an answer to even the simplest questions. I remember on a mission trip to Columbia, South America, a group of us went for a walk in the neighborhood in search of some ice cream. We found a small shop and one of our team members went to pay for the treats we selected, but he did not know Spanish, nor understand their currency. Wanting to ask the vendor how much we owed, he just kept repeating, “Pesos? Pesos?” When the clerk responded with a very puzzled expression, our friend thought he could clarify his question by asking it more loudly. So he practically yelled at the man, “Pesos?! Pesos?!” Fortunately, a bilingual passerby stepped in to keep the situation from escalating and to help us pay a fair price for our ice cream! Francis of Assisi said, “Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words.” Proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus Christ is a core value of the IDES ministry. It is the very reason for our existence. In countries that are “closed” to the Gospel, Christians are not allowed to boldly and publicly proclaim the message of salvation through Jesus. But they can communicate God’s love by providing disaster response, hunger relief, agricultural aid, vocational training, and medical care. IDES mobilizes resources as a strategy for fulfilling our Lord’s Great Commission, enabling Christians to communicate God’s love in a language that suffering people can understand. We are very glad to share with you in this issue a summary of the various ways God’s love was communicated through the IDES ministry in 2016. It has been an exciting year and we give God all the Glory! It is our prayer that as you read this annual report you will have a sense of gratitude to God for allowing you to be a part of proclaiming the Gospel all around the world with the language of love. 2 IDES / PO Box 379, Noblesville, IN 46061 / 317-773-4111 / [email protected] / www.ides.org FINANCIAL REPORT Unrestricted Cash Balance 1/1/16 $711,086 Restricted Project Funds Balance 1/1/16 $1,143,883 Charitable Gift Annuity Balance 1/1/16 $50,000 Endowment Balance 1/1/16 $659,624 Total Funds as of 1/1/16 $2,564,593 INCOME: Endowment $290 I3 Capital Campaign $11,955 Annuity $10,000 Operations $730,472 Projects $3,256,379 Investments $32,445 Total Income $4,041,541 DISBURSEMENTS: Development projects $432,990 Disaster $1,843,442 Evangelism $153,925 God Always ProvIDES $104,695 Harvest Hunger $198,401 Hunger $357,005 Medical $227,648 Capital Expenditures $71,011 Fundraising $307,469 Management $309,710 Total Disbursements $4,006,296 Unrestricted Cash Balance 12/31/16 $894,499 Restricted Project Funds Balance 12/31/16 $985,715 Charitable Gift Annuity Balance 12/31/16 $60,000 Endowment Balance 12/31/16 $659,624 Total Funds as of 12/31/16 $2,599,838 IDES is recognized by the IRS as a tax- This is IDES’ unaudited cash-basis exempt organization under section report. 501(c)(3). Donations to IDES are tax deductible as allowed by law. IDES’ audited accrual-basis financial statement for the 2016 fiscal year will be To access IDES’ most recent Audit presented to the IDES board by March 1. Report, Form 990, or a previous year’s It will then be posted to our website by Annual Report visit our website (www. March 15. ides.org); from the “RESOURCES” pull down menu, select “Financial Reports”. Designated gifts are always used 100% for the purpose indicated by the donor. 3 2016 PROJECTS BY REGION AND COUNTRY This year IDES was privileged to partner with Christian Church / Church of Christ missionaries, national church workers, and local congregations to carry out projects in 36 foreign nations as well as 12 states across the USA. ASIA & PACIFIC REGION (10) AFRICA & MIDDLE EAST (14) • Afghanistan • Egypt • India • Ethiopia • Japan • Ghana • Myanmar (Burma) • Iraq • Nepal • Jordan • North Korea • Kenya • Pakistan • Liberia • Papua New Guinea • Malawi • Philippines • Mozambique • Thailand • Somalia • South Sudan THE AMERICAS (5) • Tanzania • Brazil • Togo • Ecuador • Zimbabwe • Honduras • Mexico EUROPE (5) • United States of America • Germany • Italy WEST INDIES / CARIBBEAN (3) • Kosovo • Cuba • Poland • Dominican Republic • Ukraine • Haiti 4 “IDES is a trusted source of help our churches and missionaries consistently turn to in times of need.” EVANGELISM25 Projects in 13 Nations 11,611 BIBLES, SONGBOOKS, 8,701 OR CHRISTIAN CHRISTIAN LITERATURE LEADERS DISTRIBU TED T RAINED Evangelism projects focused on providing Bibles and Christian literature in local languages, and supplying motorbikes to national evangelists. We shared in the cost of printing and distributing a Pictorial Life of Christ in the Tagalog language of the Philippines. IDES also shared in the cost for printing a Bible commentary series in the language of one of the world’s largest unreached people groups. While all our projects provide opportunities for Christ’s love and hope to be shared, evangelism projects are specifically focused on providing evangelistic resources that will be used by evangelists, church planters and missionaries. “The places where the team ministered were primarily Buddhist villages with Christians being a small minority of the population. Christians are persecuted in some of these areas and if a person converts to Christianity they will be rejected by their family and community. Therefore the objectives of this trip were to assist pastors in their evangelistic outreach and to provide a more positive view of Christians in Myanmar. We are very grateful for a generous grant from IDES which allowed our team to have the Bibles and literature, medicines, and supplies they needed to minister in Myanmar. With the help of IDES our team was able to present the good news of Jesus in places that had never heard the gospel message before. Thank you IDES!” - Mission Partner in Southern Myanmar “What we’re trying to do is evangelize and prove that Jesus Christ cares about these people.” -IDES’ founder Milton Bates 5 DISASTER111 Projects inRESPONSE 19 Nations 516 31,933 8,414 REFUGEE FAMILIES STRUCTURES BASIC NECESSITIES ASSIST ED REPAIRED OR REBUILT PROVIDED IDES worked in partnership with Christ’s servants around the globe to care for victims of tropical storms (hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones), floods, fires, earthquakes, tornadoes, monsoons, landslides, drought, hail, and windstorms. We also cared for refugees and other victims of religious persecution, terrorist attacks, ethnic cleansing, armed conflict and government oppression in a half-dozen nations. Assistance included the distribution of food, building supplies, water, bedding, cookware and other essentials; repairs to damaged homes and church buildings; storage buildings for victims of U.S. disasters; and replacing essential items which were destroyed. “We give special thanks to our Brothers and Sisters at IDES who have always stood by our side in times like this when calamities struck. You were there in January of 2010 in the aftermath of the earthquake, and you were there today in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew. Once again you have donated generously to us. In so doing, you have empowered us to serve our nationals in the midst of the most horrific human tragedies. For all of these and much more we are grateful and appreciative to you all. We will be forever indebted to IDES. On behalf of the people of Haiti we want to say ‘Thank You’ to you all.” - Mission Partner in Southern Haiti 6 “By far, this is the best relief organization I have ever worked with. They are sensitive to the need... HUNGER53 Projects in 18RELIEF Nations 1,422,210 112,450 382 POUNDS OF FOOD HUNGRY PEOPLE NUTRITION DELIVERED SERVED PROGRAMS (Not including GAP Meals) HOST ED IDES funds both long-term (12-months or more) and shorter-term hunger relief efforts. Through HOT program, we worked with 15 mission partners to operate year-round feeding centers in 9 nations. We carried out additional hunger relief efforts (3-months average duration) in 14 nations. As part of our GAP (God Always ProvIDES) food- packing program, we sent shipments of 652,032 nutritionally complete meal packets to mission partners in Haiti and Afghanistan. “We are very grateful to God for our continued partnership with IDES in order to spread the kingdom of God in India. Because of your Christian love and generosity, thousands of people in the places we serve in India are able to have their physical needs met. This often gives us an opportunity to share the Gospel and introduce Christ to the lives of those spiritually lost. A very good example is the ongoing hunger relief for people suffering from leprosy in a rural village through funds raised by the Harvest of Talents (HOT) program. Because of IDES, these people are able to be fed every day and survive to serve the Lord. It’s an amazing story to witness these people with leprosy who once used to beg on streets for their livelihood now have become warriors of Christ spreading how the love of Christ changed their lives forever.” - Mission Partner in Southeastern India ...quick to deliver the help and extremely compassionate.” - Jeff Phillips, IberoAmerican Ministries 7 DEVELOPMENT43 Projects & in 17SUSTAINABILIT Nations Y 1,414 90 CLEAN WA T ER LIVESTOCK 26 FARMS PROJECTS PROVIDED PLANT ED C OMPLE T ED These projects help hard-working people create a better future for themselves and their children.