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For many, living their faith, means aiding the poor–not only by feeding them in soup kitchens or bringing them to homeless shelters, but by restoring their neighborhoods to an active and fresh condition .

All across the country, churches, and interfaith coalitions are channeling their energies into programs that do more than provide band-aids for the problems of poverty.

They are illustrating how, deeply held religious values can be a powerful force for change.

Kingdom-driven economic development, occurs when community economic development becomes an integral part of the ministry of a faith-based, kingdom-minded congregation.

Our focus is to expand opportunities in economically developing neighborhoods by collaborating with local stakeholders to reduce neighborhood blight, encourage entrepreneurship, and enhance quality of life in urban communities.

Kingdom-driven community economic development may be defined as the involvement of faith-based institutions in projects designed to revitalize their communities, establish sustainable economic development initiatives, attract investments, build wealth, and encourage entrepreneurship.

In order to launch community projects, faith-based institutions often form joint-ventures with other Kingdom, faith-driven organizations.

|Kingdom Economic Growth Project| K.E.G.P
a Kingdom Blueprint—was put in place by our corporate Office of Corporate Social Responsibility—our faith-driven business partner.

This project is our model of how effective joint-ventures can be created between faith-driven businesses, church communities, and local neighborhood & community stakeholders.

The Kingdom Economic Growth Blueprint- supports several programs in the area of :
— Community Economic Development—growing local communities and enhancing the prosperity and quality of life for all residents
—Local Economic Growth—an approach which allows and encourages local people to work together to bring economic benefits and improved quality of life for all residents in a local municipal area.

THIS PROJECT INVOLVES A SERIES OF TRAINING MEETINGS IN:

— Program Development
— Sustainability
__ Technical Assistance
— Capacity Building… for community projects/programs; and introduces RHEMA Consulting Solutions—Office of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), and its policy and program priorities to local grassroots organizations.

Our corporate Office of Corporate Social Responsibility, is committed to a policy of respect for, and cooperation with, individuals, faith-driven community organizations and neighborhood stakeholders.

We will work towards:

1. Training for smaller grassroots and
   faith-based organizations

2. Meetings with faith leaders to address issues involved in funding and grants to the faith community

3. Planning groups to build strategic alliances with faith-based and community groups (Kingdom Alliance)

4. Host community involvement between a small group of congregations and families around pertinent issues of economic, jobs and entrepreneurship.

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The mainstream news media, almost always—frequently report examples of *traditional economic development.

Churches, ministries and faith-driven influencers, and business, must make a special effort and be willing to do more than is required, to achieve its divine purpose!

In addition to providing various social services, the church and kingdom-driven organizations and individuals, must become the forerunner of economic development efforts in their local communities.

One major project could be rehabilitating boarded-up storefronts in its community. These storefronts can house travel agencies, medical and legal professional offices, barber shops, restaurants, home-care agency and preschools.

Remember the biblical mandate:

(2 Cor. 6:14)

Do not make mismatched alliances with unbelievers, (includes “unbelieving” believers), that is inconsistent with Kingdom truth & faith.

For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?

*Fiscal Year 2025 Grant Announcements*

In partnership with our corporate Office of Corporate Social Responsibility, the Prophetic Innovation Centre Branch announces matching grant opportunities—for local “Kingdom-Driven,” community economic development projects. (have God's purposes and priorities), as the purpose and priority, and being deliberate in your faith, with your end to glorify God.

Our local community grants are awarded through an open application process and provide funding directly from our Corporate Giving, to local organizations in central & eastern North Carolina.

Guidelines

Local community matching grants are effective means of funding small projects, especially those with active community support.

• Eligible community, faith-driven organizations must operate on the local level (or be a chapter of a larger organization that operates locally) and directly benefit the service area of the facility from which they are requesting funding.

• The 2025 grant cycle begins May 1, 2025 and the application deadline is June 30, 2025.

• Applications and Project details, may be submitted at any time during this funding cycle. Please note that applications will only remain active in our system for 30 days, and at the end of this period they will be automatically rejected.

• All organizations applying for a local Community Grant will be “vetted,” within the application process. Vetting is the process of performing a background check on someone before offering them employment, conferring an award, or doing fact-checking prior to making any decision

• Organizations must be a grassroots, faith-driven organization with a proposed project that benefit the community at large.

Grant Eligibility
To receive funding for any type of grant, organizations must:

• Demonstrate fiscal and administrative stability

• Deliver services addressing critical community needs

• Have a proposed project that benefits the community at large.

Grant proposals are also evaluated based on the following considerations:

1. Ability to measure and report on established outcomes-aligned to strategic objectives, which includes providing a forecast of expected outcomes in the application, and may also require periodic impact reports with actual project/program results.

2. Promote diversity, equity, and inclusion and leverage racial equity/social justice and sustainability best practices and principles.

3. Promote innovative, and its capability to cope and perform well under an increased and expanding workload.

4. Incorporate human capital and volunteerism opportunities.

Applicants must also register with RHEMA C-Solutions—Office of Corporate Social Responsibility for each project submitted.

If your organization is not registered with us, and you do not have an active registered account by the deadline, the application will NOT be accepted.

NO EXCEPTIONS WILL BE MADE.