Worthy Ministries is a non profit 501c3 organization based in the
United States with a global outreach to more than 120 countries on
a daily basis.
We are primarily an internet ministry, but are also significantly
involved in the land of Israel, ministering to many spiritually hungry
people throughout the Holy Land, and taking an active role with "Project
Hear O Israel."
Each week, Worthy Ministries delivers thousands of daily devotionals
and news briefs across the globe. This past year alone, we have sent
out more than 8.4 million news briefs and inspirational devotionals
and have received thousands of encouraging responses from appreciative
subscribers. For the past 9 years, many millions have utilized our
sites and services.
While the internet is normally understood as a free medium through
which to receive news and information, for an online ministry of our
size and scope there are significant maintenance costs, which include
the costs of servers and operational staff. In addition to this there
are numerous expenses associated with our ministry in the land of
Israel.
Since we rarely send out appeals, many people may have assumed that
our work is underwritten or supported by large organizations or sponsors,
but this is not the case. Our presence and ministry depend solely
upon individual subscribers and contributors who appreciate the benefits
and blessings of our work. Our deep gratitude goes out to every person
who has helped and enabled us to continue with this vision.
During the past two years, especially, (like many ministries) we've
experienced a serious loss of income -- not from a lack of donations,
but merely due to international monetary exchanges. Slightly over
2 years ago, the dollar to shekel rate was 4.7 to the dollar; now
that rate has dropped to less than 3.3 shekels. Put simply, a $100
donation two years ago, supplied the buying power of 470 shekels --
today, that same $100 gives us 330 shekels of buying power, a revenue
loss of over 30% from circumstances completely beyond our control!
[See Dollar to Shekel Exchange
Rate Chart]
In these financially difficult times our faith is stretched and we
all must seek to be better stewards of the Lord's resources, and that
is our intention as we trust Him completely to fund the work that
He has founded. For any who are moved to participate with us we are
sharing below our current needs:
First, we are praying for the finances to add more staff. We are currently
so short staffed, that we only answer less than 1/20 of the emails
that arrive daily in our inbox. These are important communications
which we sincerely desire to address, yet a mere 3 minute response
per email would require 2 additional full time staff members working
40 hours a week on correspondence! So if you've sent an email and
haven't received a response, please consider the substantial burden
we're facing. As the internet ministry continues to blossom, we're
falling sadly behind in communicating personally with those who write
to us.
Furthermore, our present goal is to employ a full-time staff of writers
so that we no longer use secular news services to provide our readers
with pertinent information to equip their prayers. Once this staff
of writers is on board we will be operating as a completely independent
Christian News organization. For this we need roughly 400 monthly
supporters. Would you prayerfully consider being one of these?
Again, we want to sincerely thank those of you who have labored in
prayer and sent financial gifts for Worthy Ministries. Your love and
faithfulness are a tremendous blessing and encouragement for which
we're eternally grateful.
You can mail a check or money order to:
Worthy MinistriesP.O. Box 43
Telford, PA 18969-2184