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About Pastor Foley

The Reverend Dr. Eric Foley is CEO and Co-Founder, with his wife Dr. Hyun Sook Foley, of Voice of the Martyrs Korea, supporting the work of persecuted Christians in North Korea and around the world and spreading their discipleship practices worldwide. He is the former International Ambassador for the International Christian Association, the global fellowship of Voice of the Martyrs sister ministries. Pastor Foley is a much sought after speaker, analyst, and project consultant on the North Korean underground church, North Korean defectors, and underground church discipleship. He and Dr. Foley oversee a far-flung staff across Asia that is working to help North Koreans and Christians everywhere grow to fullness in Christ. He earned the Doctor of Management at Case Western Reserve University's Weatherhead School of Management in Cleveland, Ohio.

Do transformational gifts to charity make us happier than transactional ones?

Posted on September 23, 2009 by Pastor Foley

Do you remember the research last year that concluded that giving money to charity made people happier? Katya Andresen points us to a Drake Bennett post that updates that research, and the additional information he provides nuances that earlier conclusion quite a … Continue reading →

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You likely already have too many speaking engagements booked for support raising

Posted on September 22, 2009 by Pastor Foley

I’m in Denver for the quarterly meeting of the board of Dare2Share Ministries, on which I serve. One board member raised the question, How can we get Greg Stier, Dare2Share’s Founder and President, in front of more people as a … Continue reading →

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The philanthropic key: transform your champion, not the packaging of your ask

Posted on September 21, 2009 by Pastor Foley

The Daily Tell shares a report about two new sites for which financial giving is a P- (Participation-) level activity: SeeYourImpact.org and Jolkona.org. Both sites operate according to the same principle: Encourage donors to give by providing a plethora of project options … Continue reading →

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