About Faith Connects
What is Faith Connects?
A community for finding community. A nonprofit that uses a database and online platforms to connect Christians through in-person interactions and virtual networking.
Mission
Faith Connects' mission is to unite the Church.
Vision
Faith Connects’ vision is to inspire, facilitate and mediate fellowship among christians by providing opportunities for connection with the aim of strengthening our capacity to live and experience the truth with the biblical design of relationships, discipleship, and service.
Objectives
Meetups:
Meetups are events, groups, or hangouts.
Locate, Organize and Publicize our own as well as other meetups throughout our cities. Allow app access to database for those looking to connect to or start hosting meetups.
Mentorship:
Developing and acquiring courses, training, workshops and discipleship groups within the Faith Connects community to give instruction and counseling to the issues christians are facing.
Matchmaking:
1. We use matchmaking software to provide a free network of people looking for marriage, friendships , roommates, and exercise/hobby buddies. The database also includes our Ministry Network and Directory.
2. We have options for large churches or online communities to use our systems to easily connect their singles.
3. We also have options for parents who want create profiles for their children.
Through ➡️
Media:
Using web systems and applications to facilitate online groups and in-person interactions and networking. Establishing an online presence through creating social media content and newsletters. Helping launch smaller ministries through our database and running their media platforms.
Ministry Network & Directory
The Ministry Network
A network of people working, volunteering, or collaborating with ministries and churches to efficiently connect, communicate, and mobilize.
The Faith Directory
A list of churches, ministries, denominational organizations, meetups, businesses, schools, and online creators within the database that can be easily searched by those in the Faith Connects community.
Aspirations
Ministries:
1. Rebuilding Connections
In the modern world of cars, phones and internet the old structures of how communities and connections were formed have mostly dissolved, leading to an increase in isolation. Faith Connects’ solution is to create spaces for more interactions using modern software allowing people to spend more time enjoying the real world.
2. A community for finding a community
Finding a truth based Church where you can express your gifts and find deep fellowship with other believers can be a challenging process that takes time. Faith Connects wants to create an "in-between" community that encourages and offers accountability to singles who want to push themselves in persevering to find friendships and faith communities.
2. Faith Connects Services
Our aim is to aid and reinforce the local Church and communities by offering opportunity, accountability, overseeing, mediation, and instruction for individuals using Faith Connects’ resources and services. We hope our focus on increasing fellowship and the Truth, found in God’s word, will overflow into eternally rewarding friendships, marriages, families, and connections that will reshape communities and cities from the inside out.
Mobilize:
Invite and inspire the Church to missions as we map out the needs of our cities, communities, ministries, and churches then instruct, train and equip the Church to overcome those needs.
Message:
Our content and conduct is guided by our beliefs, values, and opinions which is found on our website. Our motivation is to shepherd people toward experiencing joy and sanctification through God’s design for fellowship. God has called us to be His hands and feet for each other and we cannot experience the fullness of God without mutual sacrifice and love.
Morals:
All who want to participate in activities must agree and sign Faith Connects' Code of Conduct to which they will be held accountable to. If someone violates the code of conduct, they will no longer be able to access Faith Connects Matchmaking. Depending on the violation they may still be able to access our Mentorship programs and some gender-specific Meetups, meaning they can only attend Meetups where everyone is of their gender (Male or female).
Motivation:
Our motivation is to give people the choice to put down their electronics and entertainment through offering more opportunities for real in person connection while our AI powered systems aid them in finding what they are looking for.
Marriage:
Faith Connects supports and creates spaces and content for those who are called to singleness. We believe that most people have a desire to be married. We also believe marriage is the foundation for a healthy and thriving society. We aim to join in God’s work and heart in bringing together like minded individuals who are discerning marriage in their life. We hope our ministry will create Christ centered marriages and families that God will use to bless and sanctify His people. (Genesis 24:40) But Abraham said to his servant, "The LORD, before whom I have walked, will send his angel with you and make your journey successful and you shall find a wife for my son.”
Men:
It is no secret that, at large, men have left the church. Faith Connects is committed to reaching out and creating spaces for men to work through the issues they are experiencing. We are also committed to encouraging seasoned christian men to begin the uncomfortable, at times, process of practicing sharing their faith and testimony.