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You can support ministry work that matters to you with confidence, knowing your gifts advance our key charitable purposes and uses funds efficiently and effectively to fulfill the ministry goals that you cherish.
The following information is provided as a requirement of Alberta's Charitable Fund-Raising Act, RSA 2000, c C-9.
The Great Commission Foundation ("The GC") is a charitable trust, established by a Deed of Settlement made as of September 1, 2002 and governed by an Amended and Restated Deed of Settlements made as of October 22, 2024.
The GC is a public foundation that is registered with the Canada Revenue Agency (with Canadian Charitable Registration Number 859928483 RR0001).
The charitable objects of The GC are:
1. The advancement of Christianity by spreading its principles;
2. The relief of poverty by the assistance to those persons lacking the necessities of life by giving them food, clothing, shelter or financial assistance;
3. The advancement of education including, without limitation, by the teaching of scripture and the promotion of literacy; and
4. The advancement of other "charitable purposes" as defined within subsection 149.1(1) of Income Tax Act, which includes the disbursement of funds to "qualified donees" as also defined in subsection 149.1(1).
We engage other ministries as agents to carry out projects that fulfill our charitable objects.
The GC anticipates raising an estimated amount of $12,000,000.00 this year from donation for the fulfillment of its charitable objects from donors in Alberta, Canada. The processing of these donations will cost, on average, six percent. The money raised will be going to fulfill the charitable objects of The GC.
For further information, please contact our Donations Team at donations-ca@thegc.org or call us at 1-855-488-7020. To speak directly to the GC's Donation's Manager, please call Kathy Stewart at (604) 229-8008. The GC has two (2) Canadian offices. Please visit our contact page for further details
The purpose of our ministry is to lead a Christ-centered faith community by teaching the Word of God and providing essential social services to those we serve. We are committed to church planting, training church ministers, and proclaiming the Good News to all people while fostering greater obedience to Christ and compassion for our neighbors. Our work includes supporting community development through educational assistance, providing meals for schoolchildren, offering uniforms and shoes to those in need, and constructing boreholes to ensure access to clean water. Through these efforts, we seek to demonstrate Christ's love in practical ways and uplift the lives of individuals and families within our communities.
Biharamulo as the youngest Diocese in the Anglican Church of Tanzania, our challenges in ministry are; lack of resources such as; means of transport, lack of finance to support our communities in poverty alleviation, support children that are not able to go to school due to the lack of school needs. Another challenge is the lack of clean water in our communities that causes contamination diseases mostly for chidren.
We are trying hard to find a way of supporting our communities by drilling boreholes and also see the possibility through our donor (St Paul Toronto) to have a means of transport to our pastors/clergy so that we can easily fulfill our pastoral duties.
Ministry No. 1796
Program Countries: Tanzania
Focuses: Church Planting, Pastoral Development, Evangelism
Website: https://www.anglican.or.tz/
Team Lead: Vithalis Yusuph
Team Members: Diocesan Management Team
Email: vithalisyusuph@yahoo.com
Donate to the work of GCF carried out through the ministry of ACT - Diocese of Biharamulo.
*The Great Commission Foundation (the "Foundation") operates on the basis of Donor-Advised Funding. It is our utmost goal to meet the Donor's desire and intent to provide support to particular Foundation projects but, ultimately, the responsibility for the disbursement and ministry use of funds is the Foundation's. If the Foundation does not use the donation in the way the donor prefers, the Foundation will not return the donation to the donor.
*You will receive an official Canadian tax receipt for all eligible donations by the end of February of the following year. Thank you for your support of the missions and programs of the Foundation.
Call our donations department toll free 1-855-488-7020 or local 1-604-960-2595 Ext. 425
Office hours are 7am – 4pm (PST) Monday to Friday. (GCF’s office is closed on stat holidays)
Email donations-ca@thegc.org – Please do not send credit card numbers via email.
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Since 2002, The Great Commission Foundation has enabled ministry projects to thrive by providing charity admin expertise and guidance while promoting collaboration in fulfilling the Great Commission. We are registered with the Canada Revenue Agency for charitable work (charity number: 85992 8483 RR0001).