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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.

‘So when do I ask for money?’

Posted on April 21, 2009 by Pastor Foley

The most popular question I receive regarding Transformational Giving goes like this: ‘OK, so I understand that fundraising is not the process but rather the result of the process of equipping a champion to get involved in the cause. So … Continue reading →

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Nonprofit organizations as false ultimates, or the idolatry of traditional fundraising

Posted on April 20, 2009 by Pastor Foley

Fundraising is an inadequate way to explain the biblical framework for giving because it introduces a Kingdom nonentity–the nonprofit organization–and seeks to portray it as the locus of God’s activity. By ‘Kingdom nonentity’ I mean that the New Testament introduces … Continue reading →

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…as opposed to The Transactional Ten

Posted on April 17, 2009 by Pastor Foley

Yesterday’s post on the ‘TG Ten’–the ten biblical principles that undergird Transformational Giving–becomes even more provocative when juxtaposed against the other TG Ten, namely the principles that undergird traditional (or what I call Transactional) fundraising. Call me out if you … Continue reading →

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