Helps Ministries 
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Summary
Helps Ministries ("Helps") is a non-profit, non-denominational Christian ministry headquartered in Asheville, North Carolina.
Helps Ministries' founders recognized a need for a practical and professional, hands-on type ministry willing and able to help other Christian ministries and missionaries in pragmatic ways. Therefore, Helps was launched in 1976 utilizing the spiritual gift of "helps" found in 1 Corinthians 12:28 to identify the unique purpose of our ministry. Since then, Helps has started, strengthened, and served alongside hundreds of front-line ministries all over the world.
Contact information
Mailing address:
Helps Ministries
PO Box 6449
Asheville, NC 28816
Website: www.helpsministries.org
Phone: (828) 277-3812
Email: [email protected]
Organization details
EIN: 561133231
CEO/President: Jeffrey Pott
Chairman: Mike Griffin
Board size: 2
Founder: Rev. David and Esther DeJong
Ruling year: 1976
Tax deductible: Yes
Fiscal year end: 12/31
Member of ECFA: Yes
Member of ECFA since: 2013
Purpose
Vision: To be a dynamic and innovative, international ministry leader ensuring that Christian ministries and missionaries are empowered and equipped to fulfill their unique ministry calling.
Mission statement
Partnering with the global Church to build ministries, serve field workers, and defend the vulnerable for God's kingdom purposes worldwide.
Statement of faith
We believe the Holy Scriptures, consisting of Old and New Testaments, were originally given by God, divinely inspired, without error, infallible, and are entirely trustworthy and the supreme authority in all matters of faith and practice.
We believe in one God, Creator of all things, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
We believe in our Lord Jesus Christ, God manifested in the flesh, His virgin birth, sinless life, divine miracles, vicarious and atoning death on the cross, bodily resurrection, ascension and exaltation, and His personal, imminent and visible return in power and glory.
We believe that Adam and Eve, created in the image of God, were tempted by Satan, the god of this world, and fell; that their sin has passed to all people, who as a result are lost, and are unable to save themselves from the wrath of God, and need to be saved.
We believe that salvation is a gift of God to those who repent and personally believe in Jesus Christ; that it is accomplished by God's grace through the shed blood of the Lord Jesus Christ and regeneration by the Holy Spirit.
We believe in God the Holy Spirit who indwells all believers enabling them to live holy lives, and to witness and work for the Lord Jesus Christ despite opposition from the world, the flesh, and Satan.
We believe in the spiritual unity of all believers, the church, as the Body of Christ and in the resurrection of eternal life with God, but they that are lost are condemned unto the resurrection of eternal separation from God.
We believe that Christ commanded the Church to go into all the world and make disciples of all peoples, baptizing them in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and teaching those who believe to obey all that Christ commanded.
POSITION ON CHARISMATIC MOVEMENT
Helps Ministries is a non-charismatic movement, and does not believe that speaking in tongues or the exercising of other lesser gifts (I Corinthians 12:28b) form the indispensable evidence of the gift of the Holy Spirit. We do, however, appreciate the sincerity and Christian character of many within this movement.
Donor confidence score
Transparency grade
C
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Financial efficiency ratings
Sector: Evangelism Support
| Category | Rating | Overall rank | Sector rank |
| Overall efficiency rating | | 560 of 1106 | 16 of 35 |
| Fund acquisition rating | | 481 of 1107 | 16 of 35 |
| Resource allocation rating | | 345 of 1107 | 7 of 35 |
| Asset utilization rating | | 848 of 1106 | 26 of 35 |
Financial ratios
| Funding ratios | Sector median | 2009 | 2008 |
Return on fundraising efforts Return on fundraising efforts = Fundraising expense / Total contributions | 6% | 6% | 6% |
Fundraising cost ratio Fundraising cost ratio = Fundraising expense / Total revenue | 6% | 5% | 5% |
Contributions reliance Contributions reliance = Total contributions / Total revenue | 99% | 84% | 80% |
Fundraising expense ratio Fundraising expense ratio = Fundraising expense / Total expenses | 5% | 3% | 3% |
Other revenue reliance Other revenue reliance = Total other revenue / Total revenue | 1% | 16% | 20% |
| Operating ratios | Sector median | 2009 | 2008 |
Program expense ratio Program expense ratio = Program services / Total expenses | 84% | 89% | 89% |
Spending ratio Spending ratio = Total expenses / Total revenue | 97% | 170% | 164% |
Program output ratio Program output ratio = Program services / Total revenue | 83% | 151% | 147% |
Savings ratio Savings ratio = Surplus (deficit) / Total revenue | 3% | -70% | -64% |
Reserve accumulation rate Reserve accumulation rate = Surplus (deficit) / Net assets | 4% | -38% | -8% |
General and admin ratio General and admin ratio = Management and general expense / Total expenses | 12% | 8% | 8% |
| Investing ratios | Sector median | 2009 | 2008 |
Total asset turnover Total asset turnover = Total expenses / Total assets | 1.17 | 0.74 | 0.18 |
Degree of long-term investment Degree of long-term investment = Total assets / Total current assets | 1.33 | 1.67 | 1.47 |
Current asset turnover Current asset turnover = Total expenses / Total current assets | 1.69 | 1.24 | 0.26 |
| Liquidity ratios | Sector median | 2009 | 2008 |
Current ratio Current ratio = Total current assets / Total current liabilities | 39.03 | 22.56 | 14.65 |
Current liabilities ratio Current liabilities ratio = Total current liabilities / Total current assets | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.07 |
Liquid reserve level Liquid reserve level = (Total current assets - Total current liabilities) / (Total expenses / 12) | 6.59 | 9.26 | 42.39 |
| Solvency ratios | Sector median | 2009 | 2008 |
Liabilities ratio Liabilities ratio = Total liabilities / Total assets | 6% | 19% | 16% |
Debt ratio Debt ratio = Debt / Total assets | 0% | 17% | 11% |
Reserve coverage ratio Reserve coverage ratio = Net assets / Total expenses | 79% | 109% | 468% |
Financials
| Balance sheet | ||
| Assets | 2009 | 2008 |
| Cash | $1,184,854 | $1,757,933 |
| Receivables, inventories, prepaids | $15,648 | $45,581 |
| Short-term investments | $0 | $0 |
| Other current assets | $0 | $0 |
| Total current assets | $1,200,502 | $1,803,514 |
| Long-term investments | $0 | $0 |
| Fixed assets | $805,563 | $839,512 |
| Other long-term assets | $0 | $0 |
| Total long-term assets | $805,563 | $839,512 |
| Total assets | $2,006,065 | $2,643,026 |
| Liabilities | 2009 | 2008 |
| Payables and accrued expenses | $53,209 | $123,124 |
| Other current liabilities | $0 | $0 |
| Total current liabilities | $53,209 | $123,124 |
| Debt | $335,426 | $295,851 |
| Due to (from) affiliates | $0 | $0 |
| Other long-term liabilities | $0 | $0 |
| Total long-term liabilities | $335,426 | $295,851 |
| Total liabilities | $388,635 | $418,975 |
| Net assets | 2009 | 2008 |
| Without donor restrictions | $1,617,430 | $2,224,051 |
| With donor restrictions | $0 | $0 |
| Net assets | $1,617,430 | $2,224,051 |
| Revenues and expenses | ||
| Revenue | 2009 | 2008 |
| Total contributions | $737,451 | $232,835 |
| Program service revenue | $101,100 | $29,722 |
| Membership dues | $0 | $0 |
| Investment income | $36,294 | $25,335 |
| Other revenue | $1,480 | $1,440 |
| Total other revenue | $138,874 | $56,497 |
| Total revenue | $876,325 | $289,332 |
| Expenses | 2009 | 2008 |
| Program services | $1,320,063 | $424,170 |
| Management and general | $124,620 | $37,806 |
| Fundraising | $42,366 | $13,737 |
| Total expenses | $1,487,049 | $475,713 |
| Change in net assets | 2009 | 2008 |
| Surplus (deficit) | ($610,724) | ($186,381) |
| Other changes in net assets | $0 | $0 |
| Total change in net assets | ($610,724) | ($186,381) |
Compensation
Compensation data for this ministry has not been collected.
Response from ministry
No response has been provided by this ministry.
The information below was provided to MinistryWatch by the ministry itself. It was last updated 4/23/2024. To update the information below, please email: [email protected]
History
Helps Ministries ("Helps") was founded in 1976 as Helps International Ministries, Inc. by Rev. David P. DeJong and his wife, Esther, as a unique ministry that could assist and work alongside of other missions and ministries in fulfilling the Great Commission - spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the world.
Prior to founding Helps, DeJong served as a missionary builder with Africa Evangelical Fellowship for 17 years. While serving in Africa, DeJong would often receive requests for construction help from other missions and missionaries, but he was not free to work on projects for other missions.
When he returned to the States in the early 1970s, he acted on his vision for a mission that would provide essential technical 'helps' to evangelical missions and ministries. Helps International Ministries was incorporated in Asheville, North Carolina on April 14, 1976.
Initially, Helps offered a construction ministry, and then added architectural design services. The headquarters was relocated to Harlem, Georgia in 1982, and other technical ministries were added to the Helps family of services - including a transportation ministry, accounting ministry, and computer ministry. In the 1990s, the home office was moved back to Asheville, North Carolina, and the organization continued to expand and adapt its services in order to meet growing ministry demands.
While the face of our ministry and many of our service programs have changed since our founding, our mission - partnering with the global Church to build ministries, serve field workers, and defend the vulnerable for God's kingdom purposes worldwide - remains true to our original vision. Our scope of ministry continues to grow and flourish both here in the United States and abroad.
Program accomplishments
Several of our faith-supported missionaries and ministry partners serve specifically by providing practical and technical "helps" to others in ministry, helping them to grow and focus more efficiently on the work God has called them to.
Some of these services include missionary newsletter design, printing, and mailing services; architectural planning and design; photography/videography; and supporting new or growing ministries administratively.