Helping Hands / Provision Bridge
Bryan Green, Cheryl Green, Wendy Long, Connor Green and Rachel Consiglio
Helping Hands and Provision Bridge are sister, non-profit organizations that work together.
Helping Hands, Inc. is dedicated to God’s calling to serve others. We have the privilege of providing direct assistance to qualified individuals in need and charities, both locally and internationally. We get more dollars to those in need, tax free, and direct.
The Corporate Assistance Program (CAP) through Provision Bridge helps companies like yours do good for your employees. It exists to assist employees who need a helping hand. It’s a powerful, Greater Way to Give.
World Vision | Corporate Engagement Team
Larry Noble, Russ Shumaker, Andy Pyne, Claudia SotoNeira, Terry Johnson, and Drew Clark
We work with companies of all sizes to create solutions that align with company goals and missions in unique, impactful ways. Together, we grow your business and help people in need.
A question our team asks you and your leadership team is, ‘What keeps you up at night?’ The World Vision Corporate Engagement team is here for your real business solutions.
Does your company want to be seen as a leader in finding ways to ‘give back’ to the local community or make a difference in the world through providing clean water, microloans, or empowering third world entrepreneurs?
Do you desire to have employees more engaged and attract top talent who want to know their company is ‘making a difference?’
Do you lack warehouse space? Did you know World Vision has a world-class distribution system to get product where it’s needed anywhere in the world and in response to disaster in the US and overseas.
AM Agency
Aaron McClung, Aaron Smith
From branding and marketing to culture and communication, we help companies activate their purpose to fuel growth. We’ve partnered with many Convene-member companies throughout our twenty-five-year history. We’d be honored to partner with you in helping bring your purpose to life in your organization. Contact us today to begin your journey.
AM loves to equip business leaders with the practical tools we use in our agency to activate purpose. Ask your Convene Chair to bring in our CEO and fellow Convene member, Aaron McClung, to speak to your Convene Team®.
Audia | Business is a Tool for Human Flourishing
Brian Audia
Our vision is to see purpose-driven companies performing optimally, creating exponential impact that can be measured. The primary strategy for this is demonstrably increasing the performance and engagement of an organization’s greatest resource: the people. We grow people who grow businesses and alongside you, turn them into stakeholders completely engaged in their work, thriving and flourishing with great results.
Utilizing proven principles of strategic planning, higher engagement and best-in-class processes, the result is a higher level of achievement and greater joy for the individuals that contribute to the success of the whole.
As business, government, nonprofit and ministry leaders with a wide array of technical and occupational expertise, we have helped thousands to discern the best path forward for their enterprises, from nonprofits and churches, to small businesses and multinational, multi-billion dollar companies.
Our business is our ministry, and our "businesstry" is one of “bearing fruit on the trees of others.” When your business and people thrive, we thrive.
Services:
Strategic planning
Executive Coaching
Talent optimization
Organizational health and culture
Team-building and increased engagement
Speaking and workshops
Sales and customer service training
HAGGAI International
Milton Key, Jamey Campbell, Dr. David Davis
One in four individuals have never had the opportunity to hear and respond to the Gospel. At Haggai International, we refer to this as Gospel poverty and consider it one of the greatest injustices in our world today.
For over 50 years, our vision has been to see every nation redeemed and transformed by the Good News of Jesus Christ. Our 140,000 strategically positioned leaders are multiplying their influence in 189 nations with this vision in mind—praying and ministering to impact the world in areas of justice, education, poverty, government and more. We have equipped these leaders to effectively demonstrate and share the love of Jesus, serving as catalysts among their own nations. We have seen lives changed, communities transformed, and nations being redeemed.
God continues to raise up more leaders across the world who need equipping and encouragement to achieve exponential impact and sustainable momentum. At Haggai International, we inspire and equip these leaders — already living, working, and serving in places where life without Christ unfortunately prevails — to reach their own people with the Gospel.
Mission Increase Foundation
Dale Stockamp, Gail Stockamp, Dan Davis, Lee Willhite, Scott Harris, Scott Sharpen
Since 1999, Mission Increase has served over 9,500 nonprofit ministries across the U.S. and internationally who reach nearly every country in the world. In the last 25 years, our affiliated nonprofits have generated a cumulative $2.5 billion in new Kingdom capital ($600 million in 2022 alone) while creating significant community collaboration and God-glorifying testimonies. We praise Jesus for the blessing of seeing the Parable of the Talents so clearly at work! Our 2030 goals, God willing, are to catalyze $1 billion annually for Kingdom impact, and steward our convening platform to bring thousands of nonprofit ministries together in collaboration to transform lives
and communities for Jesus.
National Christian Foundation
Sara Turner, Laurie Farquhar, Paul Rigby, Sarah Timmermans, Matt Hames
At the National Christian Foundation (NCF), we understand you want to be a good steward of all God has entrusted to you. That’s why we come alongside you with shared biblical values, innovative charitable solutions, and highly personalized service so you can give more strategically and with greater purpose. Since 1982, givers at NCF have mobilized more than $18 billion for 90,000 churches, ministries, and charities. Across the country, NCF's team is comprised of some of the brightest, most passionate experts in charitable giving. But even better, we share your biblical view of generosity that inspires our work every day. If you’re looking for a trusted Christian giving and granting partner, let's start a conversation today. Connect with your nearest NCF office at www.ncfgiving.com.
The Pocket Testament League
David Collum, Keith Neigenfind
The Pocket Testament League is an international movement of people that in the last 3 years has invited 30 million people to meet Jesus Christ. We do that by mobilizing Christ-followers to use the simple repeatable process to share a Gospel of John. Every year we receive thousands of stories of lives being transformed from around the world.
Blue Trust
Greg Gilbert, Marshall Potter, George Andrews
Blue Trust advisors apply biblical wisdom and technical expertise to help clients make wise financial decisions to experience clarity and confidence and leave a lasting legacy. With nearly $52 billion in assets under advisement and a nationwide network of 18 offices, we offer comprehensive financial services and objective advice to more than 10,000 clients across the wealth spectrum in all 50 states. As of 12/31/23 and subject to change.
Capturely
Rob Eyler and Cory Eyler
Step into the Virtual Studio for a unique virtual headshot experience where you receive expert direction during a live, remote photo session from the comfort of your phone. Or opt to have an in-person office visit where Capturely’s professional photographers bring the studio to your location for a VIP headshot experience your team will love.
Offering a customer portal for simplified project management, Capturely can ensure effortless planning, easy scheduling, and customizable headshot selections to create your own company style guide and ensure your headshots remain consistent and on-brand.
Whether choosing an on-site photoshoot, a virtual studio session (or a combination of both), Capturely’s convenient capture methods can scale for organizations of any size.
Headshots by Capturely. Helping you put your best face forward.
Enterprise Stewardship
Pete Ochs and Mark Beebe
We inspire and equip Enterprise Stewards to build High Impact Businesses for the glory of God. We help you:
Improve your financial performance. You will measure your cash flow, position your business in the top 20% of your industry and embrace financial generosity. We call this Economic Capital.
Inspire great culture. You will elevate your team with shared principles and community impact by fostering a culture that resonates with authenticity and purpose. We call this Social Capital.
Integrate your faith and work. You will live your faith at work cultivating authentic connections so your team experiences genuine relationships that reflect Christ’s love in your workplace. We call this Spiritual Capital.
You will learn a proven framework used by successful impact companies based on the key drivers of PRINCIPLES, PEOPLE, PRACTICES, and PERFORMANCE. Our team will provide an in- depth assessment of your people, practices, and profit to provide a baseline for future planning. Each week you use an on-demand curriculum to learn MBA-level, best practices with hands on tools. And every month, our results-oriented coaches will identify strengths and weaknesses and help your team execute and implement the system.
Families Set Free
Mike Brickley
Did you know that there are over 1,000,000 enslaved Christians in 20,000 slave camps in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan? Trapped for generations, and abandoned by the church, the children never get to go to school, and the women and young girls are routinely raped by the slave owner and all his friends. These brothers and sisters are literally prisoners of war, and we need to get. them .out! Since we learned about this 3 years ago, with God’s help we have rescued over 4,000 people, started 800 small businesses, and ended over 52,000 years of combined slavery (all at a cost of only $230 per person!). Within Convene the talent exists to set them all free! Please see us and let’s rescue them all, and do something BIG, of Biblical proportions, together!
Fast Slow Motion
Michael Johnson, John Burdett, Matt Dyar
Fast Slow Motion helps growing businesses build scalable systems on the Salesforce and HubSpot platforms. Combining expert consulting, real-world business experience, and technical expertise, the Fast Slow Motion team of over 130 consultants focuses on delivering quick and lasting positive impact to their clients. Founded in 2014, Fast Slow Motion has completed over
2,000 projects for over 900 small and mid-market businesses in a wide range of industries across the United States and Canada.
Free Wheelchair Mission
Angela Gomez and Georgia Kloos
Free Wheelchair Mission is the world’s largest nonprofit manufacturer of cost-efficient, durable wheelchairs designed for the developing world.
Since 2001, we have distributed more than 1.4 million wheelchairs to individuals living with disabilities in 95 countries, providing renewed dignity, independence, and hope through the gift of mobility.
We design and manufacture wheelchairs that are shipped by ocean container to our worldwide network of distribution partners, whom we also train in wheelchair provision, assembly, maintenance, and use. By collaborating with like-minded partners across the globe, we provide mobility to people living with disabilities in under-resourced countries— all at no cost to the recipient.
Whenever possible, our partners help us let wheelchair recipients know that they are loved by God.
Groundwire
Sean Dunn
Groundwire is the leading voice in online evangelism, using media and technology to reach the younger generations in the US. By interrupting digital entertainment with short, compelling content, Groundwire invites their audience to chat one-on-one about their struggles and points them towards Jesus.
How do you reach a generation that does not want to be in the same room with you? How do you share truth with someone who plugs their ears every time you disagree with them?
With a focus on Millennials and Gen Z, these are the questions that (delete
that) Groundwire has had to find answers for, and with God’s leading, they have.
Groundwire knows their audience (lost, hurting, isolated, confused), knows where they spend their time (addicted to their phones), and understands how to get past their mask and speak into their pain.
The harvest is ripe, and Groundwire is seeing hundreds of people come to faith in Jesus every single day.
Hope International
Holly Wylie and Robyn Williams
For 27 years, HOPE International has been investing in the entrepreneurial spirit of men and women living in underserved communities of the world as we proclaim and live the gospel. Providing biblically based training, savings services, and loans that restore dignity, HOPE alleviates spiritual, material, and social poverty so families can flourish and thrive. Now serving in 24 countries, providing these services to over 2.9 million families, and $1.7 billion in loans, we are dreaming beyond our boundaries to serve more families sooner and better! Join us this fall at one of our major regional events or in Southern California on Thursday, 10/10/24!
Made To Flourish
Bryana Jones, Roni Leahy, and Aaron Hanbury
Made to Flourish is a national nonprofit organization that promotes and facilitates the integration of the Christian faith into all spheres of professional and non-professional work. At Made to Flourish, we long to see churches not only strengthen the gathered congregation on Sunday, but meaningfully equip and commission people like you to join God’s mission in the places they live and work throughout the week. We recognize that, despite the best intentions, church often feels disconnected from where you live and what you do every day. So, we exist to help churches, church leaders, and believers just like you close the gap between your Sunday faith and your Monday life.
Marketplace Chaplains
Jason Brown, Danica Dedmon and Gary Khan
Marketplace Chaplains is honored to serve Convene headquarters, Chairs, and hundreds of Convene member companies across North America. Dedicated Care Teams help employees with mental, emotional, and spiritual needs that are often hidden or difficult for leadership and management to navigate. In total, Marketplace serves 1,522 companies where their Chaplains provide confidential help, hope, and care to over 6,000 worksites every week; impacting over 1.5 million employees, residents, and family members. For 40 years, local Chaplains have served 24/7 as confidants – assisting with stress, anxiety, relationships, suicide prevention, and many other common issues that lead to disengagement. Chaplain Care Teams embrace the importance of listening and understanding in a non-judgmental manner and provide additional resources to help restore well-being.
New Life CFO
Burt Copeland and Lola Copeland
Clarity. Direction. New Life. Comprehensive fractional CFO, financial and accounting services that breathe new life into your plans, processes and profits.
Pepperdine University
Claudio Ludovisi, Vanessa Jahn, Dr. Cole Short
Pepperdine University is a Christian university committed to the highest standards of academic excellence and Christian values, where students are strengthened for lives of purpose, service, and leadership. Nestled in the picturesque coastal community of Malibu, California, Pepperdine offers a distinctive academic experience blending rigorous scholarship with a values-centered approach. With a stunning campus overlooking the Pacific Ocean, Pepperdine provides an inspiring environment conducive to both learning and personal growth.
Known for its commitment to academic excellence, Pepperdine offers a wide range of undergraduate and graduate programs across its five schools: Seaver College; Graziadio Business School; Graduate School of Education and Psychology; Caruso School of Law; and the School of Public Policy with convenient regional campuses across southern California. The university's faculty comprises esteemed scholars and practitioners dedicated to fostering critical thinking, creativity, and ethical leadership among students. At Pepperdine, the purpose of higher education is to develop and equip people of value and virtue who in turn create value and virtue in their communities, countries, and the rest of the world.
Sovereign’s Capital | The Business Consulting Group
Clint Park
www.sovereignscapital.com/markets/business-consulting-group
The Business Consulting Group at Sovereign's Capital serves faith-driven and family business owners in succession planning, strategic planning, and corporate culture development. We leverage biblical wisdom and practical expertise to help business owners faithfully “forward steward” the companies with which they have been entrusted. Our familiarity with the unique needs of the owner and the business allows us to handle the complexity involved in business transitions to create strategies that foster spiritual integration, human flourishing, and love of neighbor within the companies we serve. Our group complements the work of Sovereign's Capital's investment strategy teams as they partner with portfolio companies wishing to expand their Kingdom impact in the companies they steward.
TechMD
Dianne Liu
TechMD is a leading national brand in technology management, with a proud history rooted in Endicott, NY, where it began as ICS in 1987. Evolving through strategic acquisitions, including Acuity Tech, Cards Tech, 1nteger, and TechMD, ICS rebranded into two distinct national brands by 2023: TechMD, specializing in managed technology, and 1nteger Security, focusing on cybersecurity. Led by partners Kevin Blake and Travis Hayes since 1995, TechMD has cultivated a national presence through regional offices and remote teams across the United States, catering to a broad spectrum of businesses, from small firms to large enterprises.
TechMD is synonymous with quick responses, enhanced communication, comprehensive after-hours support, and in-depth technical education. However, it's their personalized service model that truly sets them apart. Kevin Blake, the CEO, encapsulates this ethos, stating, "TechMD is committed to understanding and fulfilling our clients' unique technological needs. We prioritize 'technology fitness' and seamless reliability, yet it's our tailored client interactions that really distinguish us." He emphasizes the satisfaction derived from aiding clients to positively impact their respective fields and communities.
The Townsend Institute
Michelle Thompson
The Townsend Institute at Concordia University Irvine offers fully accredited online graduate degrees and professional certificates in three content areas: Organizational Leadership, Executive Coaching and Consulting, and Counseling. Masterful psychologist and relationship expert Dr. John Townsend founded the Institute to address both the head and the heart, incorporating scriptural truths with current neuroscience. Trained on the Townsend model, our faculty comprises practicing professionals with real-world experience applying the very principles they teach at the Townsend Institute. Discover how the Institute’s approach goes deeper than behavioral change and moves us to growth.
VA USA
Brett Baker and MaryElaine Baker
Founded in 2018 by Mary Elaine and Brett Baker,VAUSA® emerged from their firsthand experience with the liberating advantages of remote work, particularly for military families like theirs. Mary Elaine's transition to a virtual assistant underscored the significance of flexibility in balancing work and family amidst the unpredictability of military life. Recognizing the need for a platform that fosters trust and effective collaboration between clients and virtual assistants, VAUSA® was born. Grounded in the owners' faith, VAUSA® seeks to glorify God by serving clients, contractors, and the community with principles that honor Him. As America’s Choice® for Virtual Assistants, VAUSA® strategically builds remote teams for faith- and purpose- driven businesses, prioritizing meaningful job creation and community support for military families.