ARDF-US Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes Thursday, February 20, 2020 9:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m. The Church of St. Clement, El Paso, TX

Officers, Trustees, and Guests Present The Most Rev. , President Mr. Robert Lawrence (guest) The Rev. William Haley, Chairman Ms. Barbara Nelson Ms. Nancy Skancke, Secretary Ms. Cindy Pennington Mr. George Connors, IV The Rev. Andrew Rowell Mr. Simon Glass Mr. David Soutter The Rev. Canon Dr. John Macdonald, Mr. Michael Tweedle, Executive Director, ARDF-C Chairman, KCEP Board of Advisors Mr. Frank Woods Ms. Lynn Lawrence

Staff Present Canon William Deiss, Executive Director Ms. Kelli Hample, Development Associate Ms. Linda Trostle, Director of Ms. Emily Misner, Administrative Assistant Administration (appointed note taker) Mr. Frederick Barasa, Project Research Ms. Christine Jones, Director of Mobilization

Officers and Trustees Excused The Rev. David Cumbie The Rev. Robert Richard, Treasurer The Rev. Frank Myers Mr. John Westbrook Mr. Larry Rice

Staff Excused Ms. Flora Galbraith, Project and Relief Manager

Welcome and Introductions—Bill Haley • Rev. Bill Cobb, rector of St. Clement’s Anglican Church, welcomed ARDF to El Paso. • (Re) Introductions of Simon Glass, Cindy Pennington, and Andrew Rowell, new ARDF-US trustees; and Michael Tweedle, new executive director of ARDF-Canada • Self-Introductions of those in attendance

Opening Prayers—Bill Haley Mark 4:26–34. ARDF is a seed-scatterer for the Kingdom: We take the little bit that we have, scatter it in faith, and know that God will grow it.

Approved 05/14/2020 February 20, 2020 Page 1 of 11 Update from Archbishop Foley Beach

Pray for the large number of transitions of key leaders around the world. • Just returned from SE Asia for the installation of the new archbishop, the Rt. Rev. Melter Tais. • Will be in Uganda next week for the installation of the new archbishop, the Rt. Rev. Stephen Kazimba; invited to lead a personal retreat prior to and preach at the installation. • Will go to Kenya the next day to be with Abp. Sapit. • Going to March 4 to speak with Ezekiel Kondo, participate in meetings set up with government, and lead a teaching session. • Will be going to Egypt and meet with Bp. Mouneer. • Two to three weeks later will be in Nigeria for the installation of a new primate, the Most Rev. Henry Ndukuba. • Upcoming retirements include the bishops in Malaysia, Singapore, and Egypt. Abp. Foley wants to educate incoming bishops about the global picture so that they will not fall prey to the gifts, invitations, and wealth that will come their way from others who do not hold orthodox beliefs (e.g., Canterbury, TEC).

Recently attended and upcoming meetings • Abp. Foley expressed concerned about the July primates meeting, Lambeth, in which bishops living immoral lifestyles have been invited, legitimizing their lifestyle, as well as for the downward trajectory of the Church of , which released a statement on marriage that it would not recognize same-sex unions. It then apologized for the statement two days later. • GAFCON bishops are sponsoring a meeting in June for those who feel like they cannot go to Lambeth for conscience sake. • Abp. Foley reported that, at GAFCON last year, Campus Crusade for Christ distributed more than 300 backpacks with portable, solar-powered projectors and the Jesus film in the language of the people (worth $1.2 million). Subsequently, the Christian Motorcycle Association donated a backpack and motorcycle to an evangelist in each diocese in Rwanda. Since then, more than 4,000 people have accepted Christ and 12,000 have re-dedicated their lives. • In 2021, GAFCON will sponsor a NextGen conference in Recife, Brazil, to reach the 20- and 30- somethings.

State of Anglicanism • Internationally, things are in flux as the “Western virus” of revisionism is following the money trails and is a real challenge. • ACNA is doing great. God is doing awesome things. The ACNA is planting a new church every eight to nine days and just released the new catechism. • Abp. Foley asked us to pray that God would give him a fresh anointing, help him to walk in the spirit, and provide strength.

Business Actions—Bill Haley and Nancy Skancke Nancy Skancke made a motion to approve the September 26, 2019, (Ridgecrest, NC) minutes. Andrew Rowell seconded. The motion carried without dissent.

Approved 05/14/2020 February 20, 2020 Page 2 of 11 Update from Selection Committee for new executive director Committee members (Bill Haley, Nancy Skancke, David Soutter, Frank Woods, and John Westbrook) held biweekly meetings and followed a timeline to ensure the new ED will be in place no later than June 1 in order to have a one-month overlap with Bill Deiss. The Committee received 32 applications, which were read by every committee member and then narrowed down to the top 15 candidates. Each committee member will conduct three interviews apiece, using the questions and evaluations developed in a three-step process: 1. Process Document: Describes each step of what the committee is doing and where approvals come in. 2. Interview Documents: All candidates will be asked the same questions and be evaluated using the same rubric. 3. Final interview in Ambridge.

Recently Approved Projects—Frederick Barasa

Bread-making project, Machakos, Kenya Anglican Development Services-Eastern (Kenya) and ARDF-Kenya Charitable Trust Bringing economic empowerment to impact 3,000 farmers in the community, the bakery will produce 10,000 loaves per day that will be delivered by three trucks on established routes in four dioceses. • Approved in June 2019, the ARDF-US grant totals $162,829. As the relief and development arm of the Anglican Diocese in Kenya, ADS-Eastern is also funding about the same amount of money. We have $60,000 going into the Charitable Trust—$35,000 from the poultry farm and $25,000 from the food mill. We need to raise $100,000 more, which will be from Kenyan donors new to ARDF-US that have been provided by the ADS donor list. • Deiss visited the bakery on December 4, 2019. It has the capacity to expand to three times its size. • ADS-Eastern still needs to complete the legal organization of the bread operation. We are suggesting the Anglican provincial church in Kenya and ARDF-Kenya Charitable Trust become the parents of the factory in proportion to their investment. As nonprofits, they can avoid paying the value added tax (VAT) of roughly 40 percent. (Please see 03/31/2020 Addendum at the end of these minutes.) • ADS-Eastern will be requesting bids to conduct a detailed bread market study. • The bakery will have a technical assistance contract with Supa Festive LTD. • The goal is to have the joint venture incorporated by the end of April 2020. • ADS is thankful for the new model of generating its own money (sustainable) instead of relying on grants.

House of Hope school expansion, Diocese of Recife, Brazil The project is fully funded, and the expansion is now under construction. We have reviewed the first progress report and are preparing to send the second phase of funding.

Approved 05/14/2020 February 20, 2020 Page 3 of 11 New Project Initiative, Cascading Ministries—Bill Deiss and Bill Haley The Cascading Ministry model can be used for an XTorch to provide light or a Streams water tablet to provide clean drinking water. As the initial proof of concept phase, the cascade is made up of four levels: ARDF-US, ARDF-Kenya Province, Anglican Church of Kenya Diocese, and the local parish church. • We raise money here in the United States to start the cascading action. The cost to ARDF-US for an XTorch is $30, which is below market cost. US donors contribute $60 toward that purchase. The $30 surplus covers our overhead including transport and customs. • ARDF-Kenya (province) buys it from ARDF-US for $15. Kenyan donors give $30 toward that purchase, generating a $15 surplus for the province. • Anglican Church of Kenya (diocese) buys the XTorch from ARDF-Kenya for $7.50. A donor in the diocese gives $15 toward the purchase, generating a $7.50 surplus for the diocese. • The local parish church purchases the XTorch from the diocese for $5. A community member pays $10 to buy the XTorch for his own use, generating a surplus of $5 for the church. The cascading model generates funds for the church without going through a government structure. A suggestion was made to add the ARDF logo or a slogan, “Jesus is the light of the world” (XTorch) or “Springs of Living Water” (Streams). ARDF-US will be creating a video for use in churches, and Bill Deiss will promote the Cascading Ministry products in his Lenten letter.

Break/Group photo

Review of ARDF Development Project Approval Process For the sake of new trustees, the Development Project approval process was summarized: A province submits an application to ARDF-US for funding of a development project. Bill Deiss and Frederick Barasa review the application and the diocesan annual report and research the proposed project’s sustainability. After affirmation by the US Board of Trustees that are deemed meritorious, the proposed projects are brought before the Global Council where the Global Council decides which proposed projects are to go forward for funding. The function of ARDF-US is to fundraise development projects approved by the Global Council. As of the date of the meeting, ARDF-US has six development projects that have been approved but not yet fully funded.

KCEP Update—John Macdonald

Tumaini students Despite many of the children at Tumaini being first-generation children going to school, Tumaini students consistently score among the highest out of all 20 primary schools in the district. Last year’s top student in the district was from Tumaini, which graduated its third class last October. With 567 students at Tumaini, there is great need for a Christian high school. The $500-a-year “Educate for Home” fund enables a student to leave Tumaini and go to boarding school for a year. Many get into excellent boarding schools, but students are far away from home and have significant cultural, religious, and language differences. (The only other Christian high school in the area has poor academics, so the students do not qualify to get into university.) By building a high school in Marsabit, (1) students could continue with the same quality education, (2) Muslim students who have made professions of Christian faith will not face peer pressure to go back into the Muslim

Approved 05/14/2020 February 20, 2020 Page 4 of 11 faith, (3) students would receive Christian formation in the very sensitive years of their lives when drugs, sex, and alcohol are problems.

St. Andrew’s High School Because Kenya separates boys and girls boarding high school education, it would be ideal to build two high schools simultaneously. KCEP has raised more than $60,000 so far and is considering applying for a USAID grant. One of the obstacles in the fundraising of this project is, at the request of the Diocese of Marsabit, a boys’ school is expected first; in the United States, donors expect a girls’ school should come first. To address that concern, KCEP/ARDF is evaluating whether it is feasible to seek USAID funding. If the USAID grant comes through, KCEP working through ARDF-US would use Church World Service to serve as the NGO to apply to the US government for this money and implement the funding. The entire cost of the boys’ school will be close to $500,000—about $125,000 a year for each grade. As the student body increases, the school would start generating its own money from tuition, which would help with future funding. The three farms on the campus would enable the school to grow its own produce to help lower the cost of feeding the students and to generate income by producing more than the students can consume.

Fundraising Donor fatigue is suspected for the less-than-expected donations at the annual Jubilation last fall. Macdonald would like to keep the fall fundraiser and is restructuring the board of advisers by broadening the geographic distribution of advisors to include Virginia, South Carolina, and Texas. He suggests having an executive board meet once a month to take care of the day-to-day matters and a board of advisers taken from throughout the country to raise funds in their respective local areas.

Small Development Project Updates—Bill Deiss Projects that come before the Global Council are typically $60,000 or more. Under its bylaws ARDF- US can spend up to $65,000 per fiscal year for projects that are too small to bring before the Global Council. The small projects fund can also be used to cover as much as a 15% overage on larger projects that have been previously approved by the Global Council, such as where costs increased between the time the project was researched and when the project was funded and commenced. The small projects that were approved by the Executive Committee for this fiscal year are as follows: 1. $5,000 to Egypt Global South to help some of the poorest bishops travel to the conference. 2. $5,000 to Uganda NAM medical clinic. Another donor also gave money, so the clinic used some of our money to add a dental clinic. 3. $5,000 to help REC–AMiC Canada Cuba Church operating deficit of $50,000. Abp. Foley said that ACNA North America now consists of Canada, US, Mexico, and Cuba, so we can now start promoting Cuba. ACTION ITEM: Bill Deiss and Abp. Foley will connect with Ray Sutton to find someone from REC to serve on ARDF board. 4. $10,320 for the 7 classrooms and 3 offices for Sudan El-Obeid. 5. $5,000 to help Church of the Messiah, Chesapeake, Virginia, extricate themselves from the Episcopal diocese; this was determined to be a unique circumstance.

Approved 05/14/2020 February 20, 2020 Page 5 of 11 6. Frederick Barasa relayed a funding request from the banker in Uganda (Diocese of Ankole) who helped ARDF-US recover $44,000 from the Central Bank of Uganda. The request asked for $10,000 to microfinance a training project for 125 women. With Abp. Foley installing a new archbishop in Uganda next week, giving Uganda a fresh start, the Executive Committee authorized a $2,000 gift for the sole purpose of saying thank you for the assistance in recovering some of the funding, without ARDF-US getting into microfinance (is not strictly in alignment with ARDF-US’ Vision/Mission). Bill Haley motioned to approve the $2,000 gift. Andrew Rowell seconded. The motion carried without dissent.

Update on Completed Projects—Frederick Barasa 1. Kenya: Nambale Magnet School. The school’s poultry farm generates income and teaches farmers new farming techniques, marketing, and business skills. It anticipated training 90 people; 290 have been trained. Local entrepreneurs are now wholesalers purchasing eggs from the school and selling them across the region. With the profits of selling eggs and chickens, the school is becoming self-sufficient and can consistently provide healthy food to its students. 2. Uganda: Kampala Women’s Education Center. The 2013 project cares for and supports orphans and other vulnerable children as they cope with the loss of their parents. To serve these children and their foster parents, the local church started the Women’s Education Center, but there were always more people in need than the church could help. In 2018, the Women’s Education Center built a multi-purpose hall to train 200 students every week with marketable skills while introducing them to the gospel. 3. Western Kenya: Munami Agro Food Processing Plant. The church partnered with government and agricultural extension agents who offered training to local, small-scale farmers to learn best practices, financial literacy, and record keeping. Nearly 2,000 farmers benefited, and successful farming has been revived in the region. Half of the $25,000 grant is a loan. Over three years, the loan will be paid back into a fund for other local community development projects. 4. Argentina: Conference and Training Center. For years, the Anglican Church in Northern Argentina has been concerned about aggressive agricultural business interests destroying the forest once inhabited by indigenous people groups. In this 2016 project, the church partnered with a well-established conservation organization to build an educational center. It now offers programming to teach church leaders and others about the dangers of deforestation. The goal of the project was to have 50 people attend workshops, but the center has been able to offer workshops to nearly twice that number.

Update from ARDF-Canada—Mike Tweedle Claus Lenk was thanked (in absentia) for his 10 years of hard work.

ARDF-C began in 2010. Since then it has completed 12 projects on three continents for $620,400, impacting 89,912 individuals. • A current project, a vocational training center in Giza, Egypt, is $3,000 away from paying the final installment. • A recent project involved the purchase of a vehicle for transportation and income generation for ACNA church plants in Cuba. The vehicle transports food/crops from a farm and is expected to generate between $4,000 and $8,000 a year after expenses, which is a huge amount for them.

Approved 05/14/2020 February 20, 2020 Page 6 of 11 • Another completed project, the Thailand Boarding House for children at the Thai/Myanmar border provides a safe, caring, and nurturing environment for displaced Karen (pronounced kor-EN) children who have been pushed out of refugee camps and used for slave labor. The children receive a sound education while hearing the gospel message. • Also in the past, ARDF-C partnered with Habitat for Humanity and built a three-bedroom house with running water.

As of December 31, 2019, ARDF-C income is $95,000 CDN with project expenses of $84,000 CDN.

ARDF-C is considering one of two projects for next year—either in Sudan or in Paraguay. Because ARDF-US has not done projects in Central America, Bill Deiss recommended Paraguay to Mike Tweedle.

Lunch [Selection Committee meets separately.]

Communications Report—Christine Jones, Kelli Hample, and Emily Misner

Fundraising appeals Current fundraising campaigns FYTD 2020: • Lapsed donor campaign: “We Miss You” postcard strategically mailed prior to hurricane season. • God’s Refugee book mailed to anyone who donated to in the past with the hope they will give again for the Good Shepherd School in Juba, South Sudan. • Advent campaign o Advent letter from Bill Deiss to people who have given in the past three years o Major Donor Christmas Card: Students at Rhema Christian school entered in art contest to design this year’s Christmas card. o Mid-December email highlighting Rev. John Daau and the Good Shepherd Academy o Boxing Day email from Bill Deiss o Donations increased by 79 percent over last year due in part to (1) donor contacts earlier in the year and (2) better economy (i.e., more stock donations and increased amounts of giving), and (3) increased number of campaigns. • Proven Partners campaign: Target donors who have been giving a certain amount for several years to see if they would be willing to increase that monthly amount by 10 percent. The selling point is that we take no overhead from designated development project donations. A concern was raised that if donors designated their donations, there would not be adequate general funds to pay staffing and administration. ACTION ITEM: Fundraising Committee to discuss whether the motivation of “100 percent going to project” is sufficient to justify the loss of general operational income. • Upcoming Lent campaign: Highlight Cascading Ministry initiative, prayer guide, family ideas flyer, weekly blog, and letter from Bill Deiss.

Digital marketing update Digital platforms include Constant Contact, Facebook, and Instagram. Numbers of followers and subscribers consistently trend upward.

Approved 05/14/2020 February 20, 2020 Page 7 of 11 • Fairly evenly split between genders and between devices (i.e., desktop and tablet vs. mobile) • The three main ways people find the ARDF-US website are through social media (33.2%), going there directly (33.1%), and organic search (23.3%).

Although ARDF receives more online donations (55%) than checks, stocks, and money market donations combined (45%) from a number viewpoint, the largest dollar amount by far is received in the form of checks (70% of total donations) followed by 28% online and 2% stocks and money market.

Website visits over the past two years have shown a steady increase with visits spiking during disasters. This could be a sign that we are training churches to look to ARDF when they want to respond to disasters.

Simon Glass suggested that we use some of our video for digital advertising campaigns, such as on LinkedIn. Facebook is the only platform on which we are advertising, but it has not been as beneficial as had been hoped.

Update from Development Committee—David Soutter and Kelli Hample The Committee suggests increasing the number of visits to dioceses and synods (Western Anglican, DOMA, and ADOSC), churches, and events (e.g., New Wineskins, Global Impact Celebration, DiscipleLife, Go Tour, Trinity School for Ministry Mission Day).

In FY 2018–2019, 37 donors in the “Top 50” group represented 38% ($492,466) of the total donations ($1,302,422 from 1,200 donors). In the first six months of FY 2019–2020, 34 Top 50 donors represent 39% ($441,567) of the total donations to date ($1,105,075).

Bill Haley reminded trustees that the board is a fundraising board and that they should be calling their donors with a focus on saying thank you—rather than having a focus of asking for donations. He would like to allot more time in the next board meeting to development—helping trustees increase the number of and amount from small donors as well as targeting new major donors. ACTION ITEM: Add development training to fall meeting agenda.

Relief Update—Kelli Hample, on behalf of David Cumbie 1. Hurricane Dorian—Received $238,808 from 473 donors (212 of them new donors). New relief donors are put into an email “funnel” in which they receive seven different emails over the course of several months. The emails educate them about ARDF and lead up to asking them to donate more and to become a Proven Partner. We learned by the number of unsubscribers that the emails need to be scheduled further apart. 2. Australian Bushfires—We are partnering with ARDF-Australia and have raised $3,691 from 19 donors, six of them new donors.

Executive Director’s Report—Bill Deiss Revenue to Date: July 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019

Approved 05/14/2020 February 20, 2020 Page 8 of 11 • With the General Income at $743,833, we are 8% behind budget but 10% better than last year. Because each year’s budget is aggressive, being only 8% behind is encouraging news. • There have been no Vision Trips this year, so we are behind budget. • Fees income of $36,671 is ahead of budget by 6% but behind last year’s numbers by 12%. • Relief gifts of $239,125 are ahead of budget by 37% and ahead of last year’s numbers by 39%. • The total revenue for the six months to date is $1.2 million, the first time revenue has surpassed the $1 million mark for half a year.

ARDF has spent $468,604 on development projects and relief efforts to date, up 19% over last fiscal year.

Overhead for the fiscal year to date is less than 1% over budget ($2,403). • Personnel is over budget by 3% due to overlap between Linda and Flora, Emily being made full time to help with KCEP, and taking on KCEP’s administrator costs. • Admin/Office is 15% over budget largely due to the purchase of computer and presentation equipment, auditing fees that will disappear when we reach month 12 in our straight-line budget, and accountant costs related to the extra time spent resolving the World Pay fraud and KCEP’s custom reporting and frequent requests. • Marketing is 17% below budget. Bill Deiss would like the unspent marketing funds to be used to expand digital marketing. • Global and US Trustee expenses are 22% below budget because the global meeting was held in June (last fiscal year). We have not had any other meetings with primates overseas in this fiscal year.

Over the previous five years, donations in the first six months of each fiscal year have increased by 25%, from $613,473 in FY 2015–2106 to $766,887 in FY 2019–2020. (Does not include relief or Walk with Rwanda donations.)

Projects still needing funded • Zambia, Agriculture (Education): $78,211 • Wau, South Sudan (Education): $43,500. This project is under audit as the quality and condition of the structures that were built do not match the amount of money sent. • Juba, South Sudan (Education): $59,000. We have $31,609 in the bank and have received a pledge for $30,000 more, fully funding this project. • Sekondi, Ghana (Health): $6,300 • Mpwapwa, Tanzania (Education): $95,000. We have no donations yet for this project. With $67,178 in hand, we still need to find $214,833 to fully fund these already-approved development projects, totaling $282,011.

Projects approved Seven development projects have been approved by the Global Council totaling approximately $633,442. $282,680 has already been committed to these projects, leaving about $350,000 still needed in funding. Adding this together with the $214,833 needed to fully fund projects already underway, we need approximately $565,595 to fully fund all projects—already underway and newly approved.

Approved 05/14/2020 February 20, 2020 Page 9 of 11 Administrative Business—Linda Trostle • The 2020 ARDF Employee Handbook was approved by the Administrative Committee prior to the trustees’ meeting. The major updates include the healthcare, computer, and credit card sections. • Review of Record Retention and Destruction Policy. The method of backing up information was changed from DVD to cloud storage. It was moved and seconded, and the motion carried without dissent. • Review of Gift Acceptance Policies and Guidelines. There were no changes. • The Executive Committee (Bill Haley, Nancy Skancke, Frank Woods) will meet immediately following this meeting to decide where to reallocate the board-designated Strategic Initiative Funds of $13,911. (Please see 02/20/2020 Addendum at the end of these minutes.)

Other Business Frank Woods referred to Abp. Foley’s concern earlier in the meeting about the Episcopal Church discouraging new primates from doing business with ARDF. Woods asked if we should avoid doing projects/sending funds to these areas. The discussion concluded that since Abp. Foley selects the primates for the Global Council, he needs to choose primates friendly to ACNA/ARDF. If potential donors express this concern, we can answer that “their money is going to support Orthodox Anglicans around the world.”

Vision Trips in 2020 • Northern Kenya (KCEP), May 26–June 5. Between the locust invasion and tribal unrest, John Macdonald is doubtful that the trip will take place. • Nepal (Coracle and Diocese of Singapore), November 29–December 7. If Coronavirus is still in the news in April, May, and June, no one will want to go.

Future Meetings • ARDF-US Trustees’ Budget Call, May 14, 2 p.m., via Zoom • Bill Deiss Retirement Fundraiser, May 20, The Falls Church Anglican (Please see 03/19/2020 Addendum.) • ARDF-Global Trustees’ Council, October 5–9, Cairo, Egypt • ARDF-US Trustees’ Fall Meeting, October 21, 2020, Atlanta, GA (Please see 03/19/2020 Addendum.)

Meeting Adjournment Andrew Rowell closed in prayer. Andrew Rowell made motion to adjourn. George Connor seconded. All in favor.

Respectfully submitted,

Linda Kirkpatrick Trostle

Approved 05/14/2020 February 20, 2020 Page 10 of 11 02/20/2020 Addendum The Executive Committee decided to give $6,300 to finish the health project in Sekundi, Ghana. The remainder of $7,611 is directed to the educational project in Mpwapwa, Tanzania. The basis of this decision was to keep the funds in the same relative geographic area as the original project to which the funds were donated.

03/19/2020 Addendum Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the date for the Deiss dinner fundraiser will move to Wednesday, October 28, to be followed by the US Board of Trustees’ meeting the following day, Thursday, October 29.

03/31/2020 Addendum We learned that, under the original organizational structure being pursued, the bakery will not be subject to the value added tax, negating the need for a parent organization.

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