Solid Rock Missions' Programs
This page is designed to give
you a one stop place to look at giving opportunities with the
ministries we are involved with. We have a number of great programs
that are very effective. At least they are effective when we
have the funds to do them. And most of the time, because of
generous people like you, we are able to help meet a lot of needs
and most importantly, we are able to touch lives for eternity.
Solid Rock Missions is committed making sure that money given to this ministry is used in an effective way. Ninety percent of funds given to these programs is passed on directly to the program you designated it for. The remaining ten percent is used for receipting, postage, office staff, newsletters, ministry commitments, etc. We try to be as efficient as possible in handling your funds.
The first part of this page is dedicated to the programs we run. As we go through them and describe the programs, there may be an associated button to take you to a page with more information about the program. In some cases, all of the information is right here. All of these are approved Solid Rock Missions' programs. That means you can give specifically to this particular program or fund. (We do occasionally return checks to donors if we do not have a program to handle their desired giving.
The second part of this is dedicated to one time capital projects. These are important too.
Gifts to all of these programs and projects are tax deductible. Please prayerfully consider how you can help one or more of these programs or projects.
Student Sponsorship Program
This is one of our most popular programs. For $24 US per
month you can sponsor a child in Christian school. This
not only provides them with an excellent education. It
also provides them a uniform, books and supplies, medical and
dental care, and a hot meal each school day. Solid Rock
Missions runs sponsorships for a number of schools. You
can pick your own student and hopefully you will be receive some
communication from your child a couple of times each year.
91.6 cents of every dollar provided for sponsoring a child goes directly to sponsor that child at their school.
Healthcare Assurance
This program is designed to provide operating
funds for the clinic in San Juan and the one in El Cercado.
For $22 US per month, you can provide healthcare for 12
individuals. These funds go to our clinics to help underwrite
the subsidy we send to each facility. We currently
supplement the San Juan clinic with $3,285. We also
subsidize the El Cercado clinic with $1,400 per month.
These funds are desperately needed to operate these facilities.
Gifts may be designated to either of facilities by directing
your gifts to Healthcare Assurance SJ (San Juan) or Healthcare
Assurance EC (El Cercado).
Radio Ministry
A new ministry to Solid Rock Missions is
Christian Radio in the Dominican Republic. As you can
imagine, Christian radio stations are having a tough time
staying on the air. Due to
regulations and the resulting lack of being able to raise their
own operating funds, stations are actually forcing stations off the air.
The stations are a important part of evangelizing the nation.
Solid Rock Missions is beginning to help one station at a time
to either remain on the air or bring them back on the air with
programming that shares the love of Christ. These stations
are very effective in spreading the Gospel. We are
looking for Christian stations in North America to some help.
We also need your help to keep as many of these stations on the
air as possible.
Staff Support
Solid Rock Missions does have a small North
American staff as well as staff on the field. All field
staff raise their entire support (or have support committed) prior to
leaving for the field. We do allow and encourage North
American staff to raise support even though they are paid with
funds from the SRM General Fund. Funds designated for an
individual go towards the salary we pay them. It is not
above their salary. Gifts for support need to have the
designation that it is for support for a particular individual.
General Fund
The SRM General Fund covers a
lot of territory. It is a valuable fund and it does need
regular gifts to keep it going. The General Fund does pay the salaries
and other expenses of our office staff. More importantly
it also covers our monthly subsidies to both clinics.
Those subsidies amount to $4,685 each month. This fund
also covers a large number of other ministry expenses, such as
repair of some medical equipment for the clinics, the canning of
pork for the school lunch programs and occasional emergencies
(such as replacement of electrical transformers after the old
one burned up). Gifts may be designated to this fund.
Gifts-In-Kind
Another important part of our ministry is the
equipment and supplies we either send or take to the Dominican
Republic. Always appreciated is school supplies and
medical supplies. We also appreciate getting good used equipment
that can be used in clinics, hospitals, and schools. The
key here is "good". We do not want to send junk to the
field. And it needs to be something that will
benefit them, not something that will set in the corner and
collect dust.
Capital Projects
These are a variety of projects we have been
asked to be a part of. These projects go beyond our
operating budget and need special funding. Some of the
projects are large ones and others are small ones. These
are wonderful projects for churches, Sunday School classes,
youth groups, service clubs or even individuals. If you
don't find a project that suits your interests, please call and
ask us for more ideas.
Infant Survival Program
The Infant Survival Program (ISP) is designed
to provide nutrition to help a young child have a
chance to survive. More specifically, this fund provides
milk, cereal, vitamins and regular visits from a healthcare
worker, to give an infant a chance to grow up healthy.
Malnutrition is a problem that we feel is not going away.
There is a severe problem in the mountain areas near the Haitian
border. Children are losing the battle for their lives.
We are hoping we help and make a difference. $300 US each
month will provide milk for children in 40-60 families.
Please designate your gift to ISP in care of Solid Rock
Missions.
This may be the conclusion of this page but it is not the conclusion of our work or its needs. SRM may bring organization to the chaos of mission work, but we rely on God to provide through faithful givers like you. We ask you to prayerfully consider how you can help with these giving needs and opportunities. Thank you for the important part you play as well. May God continue to bless you as you seek ways to serve Him through giving.
Solid Rock Missions
P.O. Box 334
Wauseon, OH 43567
Phone: 419-335-8046
Fax: 419-337-7827
E-mail:
srm@solidrockmissions.org