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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.

A brochure I actually like

Posted on May 27, 2009 by Pastor Foley

Brochures and DVDs are typically my two favorite whipping boys for what’s wrong with our fundraising programs. Nonprofits spend way too much time and money on them and frequently mistake a good brochure for a fundraising program. So when I … Continue reading →

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Predictions for the future of fundraising: Transformational Giving 1, Transactional Fundraising 0

Posted on May 26, 2009 by Pastor Foley

Heartening predictions for Transformational Giving devotees in fundraising guru Mal Warwick’s May 2009 newsletter: Large charities clinging to enormous donorfiles will lose ground to those that emphasize donor quality over quantity. Major donor or foundation consortia will flourish, issuing Requests … Continue reading →

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Consultant’s advice: disembowel your donor

Posted on May 22, 2009 by Pastor Foley

We began this week with a disconcerting fundraising analogy from Fund Raising Success magazine. I never imagined we’d find an even worse analogy to top that by week’s end, but in fact we have one! Our pal Joe Milligan at … Continue reading →

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