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$5.9 Million Goal Achieved

  • By President Matt Proctor
  • Published 09 16, 2023

My wife Katie and I have six kids, and when we completed a family project鈥攃learing trees, building a shed, putting up fence鈥攚e celebrated. This almost always involved ice cream. (It鈥檚 Katie鈥檚 favorite food. She thinks ice cream is like duct tape: it fixes everything.)

Working together, doing something hard-but-worthwhile, the sense of accomplishment when you finish, the taste of Cookies and Cream: these are God鈥檚 good gifts.

I wish I could take you out for ice cream to celebrate, because together we completed something hard-but-worth-it: the READY TO GO campaign. As of August 2023, we have met鈥攊n gifts and commitments鈥攖he campaign鈥檚 goal of $5.9 million! We鈥檙e at $5.91 million, to be exact, and those dollars are accomplishing three initiatives:

  • Launch a graduate program. This program, launched in fall 2022, now has over 90 students.
  • Renovate dorms. A women鈥檚 dorm (Mabee Hall) and a men鈥檚 dorm (Boatman Hall) are now complete.
  • Fund student grants. International students and at-need students are receiving these grants.

In lieu of a big ice cream cone, let me at least say a big THANK YOU! Your partnership in our mission of training men and women for Christian service is essential, and we simply could not do it without you.

And that mission really matters. Just today, someone sent me these numbers. In 2021-22, among the 16 colleges in our fellowship, 401 students graduated with a Bible or ministry degree. Of those 401, 115 were from Ozark鈥hich means our college trained 29% of our movement鈥檚 ministry graduates.

The work we do is needed now more than ever. Thank you again for helping us meet the READY TO GO goal.聽Of the campaign鈥檚 $5.91 million, we have already received $4.64 million, and as the remaining commitments come in, those dollars will get more students 鈥渞eady to go鈥 with the gospel into all the world.

So rejoice with us today! And while I may not be able to personally take you out for ice cream, I hope you鈥檒l eat a bowl right where you are and celebrate with us! Katie would approve.

Yours in Christ,

Matt Proctor
President