About
Sequoia Ministries International (SMI) is non-profit Christian networking organization that brings together individuals, groups and others interested in taking part in joint projects to help those in need.
SMI is fully registered in the United States as an NGOs category 501C3. Our Ministry works with 3 NGO's in East Africa focusing on Evangelism, Drug addiction recovery and Training for self sustenance.
SMI is fully registered in the United States as an NGOs category 501C3. Our Ministry works with 3 NGO's in East Africa focusing on Evangelism, Drug addiction recovery and Training for self sustenance.
Sequoia Ministries Int'l (SMI) helps people in developing countries improve their quality of life and reach their God-given potential through assisting them with educational helps, community development projects, benevolence helps and Christian outreach. In the communities in which we work, we strive to make a difference one life at a time, by joining with the local people to provide holistic ways to help people lead healthy and purposeful lives.
We do this primarily through partnerships. SMI identifies and selects service projects to come alongside and to assist in a variety of ways on the grass roots level. Our assistance begins by forming a partnership, which can be either short term or long term. After the partnership is formed, particular projects are selected and SMI then invites others, from anywhere in the world to help. For example, this means you can help an African orphanage buy food this month, or help with an evangelism outreach into an unreached people group, or assist a single mother in a slum, or help drill a borehole for water in an area where people are literally dying of thirst, or take part in supporting an underground church.
We do this primarily through partnerships. SMI identifies and selects service projects to come alongside and to assist in a variety of ways on the grass roots level. Our assistance begins by forming a partnership, which can be either short term or long term. After the partnership is formed, particular projects are selected and SMI then invites others, from anywhere in the world to help. For example, this means you can help an African orphanage buy food this month, or help with an evangelism outreach into an unreached people group, or assist a single mother in a slum, or help drill a borehole for water in an area where people are literally dying of thirst, or take part in supporting an underground church.
Core Values
- Sequoia Ministries International bases its work on the following core beliefs...
- The Bible is the inspired, infallible, and only authoritative Word of God.
- There is one God who exists eternally in three Persons, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
- We believe in the deity of Jesus Christ, that He was born of a virgin, lived a sinless life, performed miracles, and atoned for sin through His shed blood and death. He was bodily resurrected from the dead, He ascended to the right hand of God the Father, He now acts as our mediator and advocate, and He will personally return in power and glory.
- Salvation of lost and sinful man comes through understanding, repentance of sin and personally entrusting in Christ as Lord and Savior. This results in regeneration by the Holy Spirit.
- The Holy Spirit indwells all true believers and enables them to live a godly life.
- Both the saved and the lost will be resurrected from the dead; the saved unto the resurrection of eternal life and the lost unto the resurrection of condemnation and eternal punishment.
- There is spiritual unity of all true believers in our Lord Jesus Christ and all are members of His body, the Church.
- The ministry of evangelism is a responsibility of both the church and each Christian.
- Christians must dedicate themselves to holy Christian living, service of the Lord and His daily authority over their lives.
- In matters of daily living, we must have concern for the hurts and needs of our fellowmen.
Who we work with
Ministry Partners - SMI partners with Christian ministries and service projects who have:
- an effective and established work that is meeting a need
- show evidence of high accountability and good stewardship
- are actively empowering others
- have indigenous work (locally established with national workers)
- have committed and capable leadership with a growing expertise in their field
Unique Strategies
Carefully Selected Projects - SMI carefully selects each of our projects using a screening process incorporating high ethical standards.
Our criteria for selecting and adopting a project includes, but is not limited to:
Partnering - The work of Sequoia Ministries is dependent on the collaborative efforts of partners and supporters worldwide. SMI works with literally thousands of people and each person plays an important role in the growth and success of each project.
Investment Opportunities - SMI provides a service to each of our supporters allowing them to confidently invest in excellent and cost effective international humanitarian projects that are held to the highest ethical standards.
Designated Giving – SMI allows for anyone to “earmark” their contribution(s). Donations can be designated to the SMI General Ministry Fund, or to specific SMI projects.
No Administration Fees Taken Out of Project Contributions - Each supporter should know that 100% of their project contribution(s) will be used solely on the designated project(s) of their choice. All administrative and operating costs of SMI are underwritten at this time. Therefore, SMI does not retain any portion of a project contribution for administrative or operating costs.
The Bottom Line is Growth - SMI has a serious commitment to empowering others and promoting healthy growth in each and everyone of our projects. We are not in the business of simply maintaining a work, rather we seek to grow a work, its workers and its beneficaries.
Practical Teaching – SMI looks for a particular teaching method when involved in any training or teaching. We look for training projects that not only have classroom teaching, but also incorporate hands-on learning outside of the classroom. This allows the learner to gain exposure and confidence through experience, increasing their potential for life application, learned problem solving and long term success.
Reproducing Teaching - SMI is actively involved in developing Teachers and Trainers at the local level. SMI also supports projects that develop Trainers of Trainers (TOT’s), that is teaching Trainers to teach others to be Trainers. In so doing, the number of opportunities for trainings at the local level grows dramatically, and the result is an exponential growth of those receiving affordable training.
Our criteria for selecting and adopting a project includes, but is not limited to:
- need
- project feasibility and effectiveness
- measurable and attainable goals with strategic objectives
- realistic budgeting
- financial sustainability
- strict reporting with regular receipting and accounting
- periodic assessments
- history of good working relations
- evangelically compatible
Partnering - The work of Sequoia Ministries is dependent on the collaborative efforts of partners and supporters worldwide. SMI works with literally thousands of people and each person plays an important role in the growth and success of each project.
Investment Opportunities - SMI provides a service to each of our supporters allowing them to confidently invest in excellent and cost effective international humanitarian projects that are held to the highest ethical standards.
Designated Giving – SMI allows for anyone to “earmark” their contribution(s). Donations can be designated to the SMI General Ministry Fund, or to specific SMI projects.
- The General Ministry Fund allows SMI to allocate your donation to where it is most needed.
- SMI Project contributions go directly to support the designated project(s) of the donor.
No Administration Fees Taken Out of Project Contributions - Each supporter should know that 100% of their project contribution(s) will be used solely on the designated project(s) of their choice. All administrative and operating costs of SMI are underwritten at this time. Therefore, SMI does not retain any portion of a project contribution for administrative or operating costs.
The Bottom Line is Growth - SMI has a serious commitment to empowering others and promoting healthy growth in each and everyone of our projects. We are not in the business of simply maintaining a work, rather we seek to grow a work, its workers and its beneficaries.
Practical Teaching – SMI looks for a particular teaching method when involved in any training or teaching. We look for training projects that not only have classroom teaching, but also incorporate hands-on learning outside of the classroom. This allows the learner to gain exposure and confidence through experience, increasing their potential for life application, learned problem solving and long term success.
Reproducing Teaching - SMI is actively involved in developing Teachers and Trainers at the local level. SMI also supports projects that develop Trainers of Trainers (TOT’s), that is teaching Trainers to teach others to be Trainers. In so doing, the number of opportunities for trainings at the local level grows dramatically, and the result is an exponential growth of those receiving affordable training.