The Foursquare Foundation, which exists to accelerate high-yield evangelism efforts, has released the names of 24 ministries that will share $1.6 million in ministry funding--the largest quarterly distribution of grant monies to date.

The announcement of these awards represents a powerful new milestone for the Foundation. But, it also represents a benchmark for each individual ministry too--recognition of their track record of success in accelerating high-yield evangelism. Dr. Greg Campbell, executive director of the Foursquare Foundation, announced the Foundation's fourth-quarter grant recipients.

"The Foursquare Foundation is honored to be partnering with organizations like these. Each grant recipient has a demonstrated passion for sharing the Gospel," says Campbell. "Each funded ministry is working hard to reach a large group of people in culturally compelling ways. It is our privilege to encourage their work."

The Foundation is pleased to present the grant recipients for the fourth quarter:

National Foursquare Recipients:

• Lubbock Youth REACHOUT: Link Ministries will reach out to elementary, junior high and high school students living near the ministry's skate park and recreation center. With plans to hold skate demonstrations in city parks and to start after-school programs at the skate park, Link desires to build bridges of faith through relevance to the 92 percent of unchurched students in the area.
• Charlotte Urban Outreach: Grace Covenant Church is working with WOW JAM to train more than 600 volunteers to evangelize Charlotte's inner city. The program will also plant a new church, strengthen its discipleship training, and reach out to the local immigrant population with the Gospel. Partnering with 25 area churches, Dare to Care takes its efforts to four of Charlotte's roughest regions to bring communities filled with gang violence and drug activity the message of the Gospel through neighborly love.
• Metro Kidz Outreach Site Project reaches into Los Angeles' toughest neighborhoods to evangelize gang members and their families. Some 1,000 kids and 4,000 family members will be reached each week.
• WOW JAM/Central Valley will engage and train 250 team leaders and 1,500 volunteers to reach some 20,000 people through 10 WOW JAM events. Funding from the Foundation will allow for additional church partnerships and added outreach events.
• Turn to Jesus Project, Mozambique Eastern Tete Province is a ministry of Apex Foursquare Church (Hope Chapel). The project will include 10 outreaches into the Tete and Angonia districts of Mozambique. Some 25,000 people are projected to accept Christ as a result of these outreaches.
• Inner-City Florida: St. Petersburg Foursquare Church (Gateway Christian Center) is working with WOW JAM to reach the poorest inner-city communities in St. Petersburg, Tampa, Miami and Jacksonville. The project will hold 23 neighborhood parties reaching some 30,000 people over a four-week period. Each party offers practical help such as giving away groceries, serving hot meals and providing haircuts. Powerful Gospel messages are also given with each event ending in a baptism service.
• A Wave of Hope: Katrina Outreaches: WOW International will bring its evangelistic ministry to the thousands living in towns devastated by Hurricane Katrina or in trailer camps as a result of being displaced by the storm. WOW will train missionary teams from across the U.S. as well as local-area church workers. The ministry will reach 50,000 people through a series of 30 WOW JAMS, providing practical and spiritual ministry to Katrina's victims.

Foursquare International Pilots:

• Evangelism Teams will train young missionaries from Brazil, Uraguay, Paraguay and Bolivia in the practical aspects of evangelism. Working with student teams, these missionaries will be supporting the efforts of established Foursquare churches and church plants to introduce 15,000 people to the Lord.
• Plantation of 50 Churches hopes to generate 15,000 decisions for Christ over a three-year period by planting churches in strategic locations in Honduras. The churches will be planted by graduates of the Institute of Leadership Challenge, a local theological institution.
• Children's Evangelism and Discipleship in Central America will multiply efforts working to evangelize and disciple Central American Children who are 14 years old and younger. This youthful group, which makes up 37.5 percent of Central America's population, will have a major impact on their nation in the coming years, and, if the ministry reaches its projection of 10,500 souls won for the kingdom, will impact generations to come.
• Living Springs Outreach Evangelism Concerts and Leadership Training Project trains small group leaders to facilitate evangelism through music and drama at free special concerts. Personal one-on-one follow up is an important element of this ministry's goal of facilitating 2,200 decisions for Christ.
• Evangelism and Sowing of Churches in the Puna Archipelago shares the Gospel--by boat--with 400 people in each of 10 different towns by incorporating multiple evangelistic methods. Discipleship is integral and is followed by steps to reproduce the efforts and consolidate groups to form new churches. This is expected to win 1,200 souls for the kingdom.
• Organizing Resources for the Harvest will reach 3,500 souls in a three-year period by means of evangelist campaigns, personal evangelism and special efforts through homes, hospitals and prisons, as well as a radio ministry and youth impact opportunities.
• Evangelist Reachout Honduras works through existing Foursquare churches to not only evangelize, but effectively disciple, baptize and integrate new believers into a local church so their faith can grow and mature. Evangelism efforts will take place in 46 locations to reach and disciple 20,000 people.
• Achieving Our Nation serves the spiritual needs of Argentina's socially rejected since 1986. With 20 aid centers already established, the goal is to plant new ministries in 23 provinces to train new believers, emerging leaders, and raise up Foursquare pastors in order to reach 330,000 people.
• MTNQ4CHRIST builds on the momentum of an established ministry that provides effective discipleship through the local church. With this new funding, the ministry will be able to expand the outreach to target six new cities through crusade events and usher 300 souls into the kingdom.
• SOULS4GRNDA will equip, train and resource emerging Christian leaders who have a heart to evangelize, disciple and plant churches in Grenada. This work is especially relevant in the wake devastation left by hurricanes Ivan and Emily. The ministry hopes to introduce 200 people to the Lord.
• Growth and Plantation of Churches in Peru Project combines social campaigns with evangelism to plant new churches in Peru. The efforts include social brigades that provide health care, legal and psychological advice; evangelistic concerts; conferences on values; and spiritual counseling via radio and television.
• Saving Souls and Healing Bodies brings medical professionals--doctors, anesthetists, chemists, etc.--together to provide health services to the underprivileged of Costa Rica. These opportunities to serve provide moments to share the hope found in the Gospel message.
• Project Aboriginal Tribes in Brazil seeks to share the practical love of Christ through the local church by distributing breakfast and snacks while sharing the Gospel. In addition, culturally relevant children's and adult activities will be offered to the community as a friendly introduction to the Gospel.
• Social and Evangelistic Impact is a ministry of Foursquare churches in Bahia, Brazil that brings social and evangelistic events to the people of Bahia and the surrounding areas. The Foursquare Foundation grant allows Social and Evangelistic Impact to acquire a bus to transport its volunteer team consisting of physicians, dentists, and support workers to the evangelistic events each month.

Interdenominational:

• Operation Philippines is an endeavor of Bill Wilson Metro Ministries. Through a Foursquare Foundation grant, Operation Philippines will bring its Sidewalk Sunday School program, already popular in the Los Angeles area, into 10 new strategic cities reaching thousands of new souls for Christ. The team is looking forward to benefiting and networking with Foursquare churches in the Philippines
• Battle Cry Detroit is an initiative of Teen Mania. With a goal to awaken the church and equip youth pastors to capture the heart of today's younger generation, Battle Cry Detroit plans to reach 88,000 teens this spring with its awareness and engagement campaign, stadium event, leadership development, and challenge to teens to share their faith.
• Macedonia International Bible Fellowship is a project of Kenneth C. Ulmer Ministries, Inc. The Fellowship plans to select and commit to 150 churches in and around South Africa to provide training and discipleship. Accompanied by consistent communications and resources delivered via e-mail and the Internet, Macedonia Bible Fellowship plans to make two 7-10 day trips to facilitate training sessions with pastors and lay leaders and hold community-wide outreaches.

For Executive Director Campbell, the fourth-quarter grants are an opportunity for the Foundation to strategically impact the world--and the kingdom--with the Gospel. "It is an honor to build relationships with ministries that are fulfilling Christ's Great Commission," says Campbell.

The Foursquare Foundation is a charitable foundation of The Foursquare Church. The Foundation exists to accelerate high-yield evangelism efforts in the United States and around the world. Demonstrating a commitment to interdenominational ministry, the Foundation has designated ten percent of its funding for ministry efforts outside the Foursquare denomination. Please visit www.FoursquareFoundation.net for more information.

Online grant applications are available biannually, Jan. 1-Feb. 15 and July 1-Aug. 15. Submission deadlines are Feb. 15 and Aug. 15.

Applications for ministries based outside the United States will available online July 2006.