We sincerely invite you to become a warrior and elite soldier of the Kingdom of God — break through with us and stride towards a new horizon.
Dearest KRC readers, alumni, family, and supporters,
This letter is to share with you what may be the most pivotal ministry of KRC to date. It is an urgent and significant invitation, one that my fellow KRC coworkers and I are earnestly praying for. We humbly ask the Holy Spirit to stir your heart to pray sincerely as well and to join this glorious movement.
I hope you will allow me to take 5 minutes of your time and kindly ask you to read through this letter
What exactly is this ministry about? — We are wholeheartedly and passionately recruiting【A Thousand Elite Soldiers of God's Kingdom】and【The 300 Warriors of God's Kingdom】！We earnestly hope you will accept the challenge and join us in becoming a resource for God's Kingdom, expanding the reign of Christ.
【A Thousand Elite Soldiers of God's Kingdom】As long as you are willing to contribute financially to God’s Kingdom each year and, as your time and energy allow, make use of KRC's various platforms to share the gifts and talents God has bestowed upon you, you are【A Thousand Elite Soldiers of God's Kingdom】We hope you can provide your email and contact information so that we can stay in touch with you, not only to share updates from KRC but also to hear from you and include you in the prayers of our team, interceding on your behalf.
Furthermore, we sincerely hope you are willing to become a part of KRC as【The 300 Warriors of God's Kingdom】. If the Lord moves your heart to support us in addressing the ongoing financial challenges we face, and you are willing to contribute $1,000 or more annually to KRC, you will receive a biweekly KRC family letter. This will keep you updated on our team and the global matters we consistently focus on, enabling you to pray for us. We will also stay in regular contact with you, praying for your life, needs, and ministry. Of course, we also hope you will actively engage with KRC's platforms to share your personal testimony.
As is widely known, KRC has faced increasingly difficult financial challenges since the pandemic, and the past two years have been even more severe. Over the years, we transitioned from hosting large, diverse workshops and cultural camps to experimenting with smaller, single-topic workshops; from physical workshops to online workshops; from printed magazines to preparing for audio-visual ministry; and from an outdated, one-way website to building a new, multifunctional website capable of supporting digital ministry. Just as the foundational 'infrastructure' for these ministry transitions was beginning to take shape, we encountered unprecedented and extremely severe financial trials over the past two years.
In 1999, filled with passion, I embraced the vision for God's Kingdom and began with a literature ministry. Now, in 2024, it has been 25 years, and I have reached the age typically recognized as retirement. For the past several months, amid KRC's financial crisis, while working with the team on the new website and audio-visual ministry, I often found myself immersed in spiritual battles, engaging in what felt like a war of prayer. At times, these prayers would stretch through the night as I sought confirmation: Is KRC truly the ministry God wants to accomplish? Is the vision and mission God gave to KRC no longer needed today? The Lord responded to me with a question: What was the vision I gave to KRC in the beginning?
In 2004, I articulated the vision God had given me through 'What We Believe' and 'What We Dream,' clearly expressing KRC's commitment to partnering with the Holy Spirit to discover, develop, and nurture the unique gifts and talents of believers. The goal was to connect and share resources from all sectors to influence families, churches, communities, and workplaces, fostering Kingdom values that impact the world around us, glorify God, and expand His Kingdom. Deep within my heart, I cried out to the Lord the vision and mission I had received all those years ago. In that moment, I became acutely aware of the Lord asking me: 'Do you think that, 25 years later, people no longer need to be reminded and challenged to live out Kingdom values? Or is it even more necessary and urgent today? If KRC is called to proclaim the message of the Kingdom to this generation, much like a prophet, shouldn’t it faithfully and obediently fulfill that calling?'
I responded to the Lord, saying, 'If this vision is truly from You, we are willing to obey. But what should we do? In recent years, the changing environment has made it impossible to organize the various in-person workshops and camps we used to host, and it seems that the number of magazine readers is also declining. What should we do?'
The Lord reminded me that, over the past few years, through the suggestions of coworkers and board members, new ministry models have been proposed. Moreover, several young and talented coworkers have gradually joined the ministry team. Aren’t we already on the path of transitioning into a new ministry model?
Even so, it feels as though we are standing before the vast Red Sea, lacking the financial resources needed to move forward! I have always believed that if this work is what the Lord wants to accomplish, He will surely provide. However, over the years, KRC's financial needs have grown, while those who have supported us through donations in the past are rapidly declining. Based on the current rate of contributions, only about 2% of our readers (around 4,000 printed magazine copies per issue, excluding online readers, with only about 80 individuals contributing annually) financially support KRC. If not for the generous, large contributions of a few brothers and sisters that resolve the financial crisis at the end of each year, we would barely be able to sustain our work.
In the midst of my cries and prayers, the Lord reminded me: Is $300,000 a difficult thing for Him? If 30 brothers and sisters contribute $10,000 each year, or 60 contribute $5,000 each year, or 150 contribute $2,000 each year, or 300 contribute $1,000 each year—or if many brothers and sisters participate in giving—$300,000 could be reached in no time.
【A Thousand Elite Soldiers of God's Kingdom】and【The 300 Warriors of God's Kingdom】It became vividly clear in my heart: In this increasingly chaotic and turbulent world, where many Christians are beginning to feel discouraged, disheartened, and even resigning themselves to 'lying flat,' I want to invite you to join KRC in standing in the gap and becoming warriors and elite soldiers of God's Kingdom—transformers of the culture of our time. In this broken era, let us 'rise and build' (Nehemiah 2:18) a heavenly, God-glorifying lifestyle and value system.
To emphasize once again, becoming【A Thousand Elite Soldiers of God's Kingdom】or【The 300 Warriors of God's Kingdom】refers not only to financial contributions but also to actively using KRC's online platforms and joining us in serving through writing, audio-visual media, and various other fields.
Here, I also want to express my heartfelt gratitude to the many brothers and sisters who have responded to the previous fundraising letters over the past few months. Many of them are already【The 300 Warriors of God's Kingdom】I hope you will allow me to include you in【The 300 Warriors of God's Kingdom】as it has been a tremendous encouragement to my team and me.
If you are willing to respond to this invitation, please scan and complete the response form to indicate your willingness to join the ranks of God's warriors and elite soldiers through your contributions and participation. You are also welcome to contact me directly; my email is: lily@e-krc.org.
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Warrior Response Form
