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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
We are James and Anna Schuster. Both of us grew up as missionary kids in Asia, and we are now are missionaries who work for the collegiate ministry Christian Challenge in Arizona. Christian challenge is the Southern Baptist Convention’s collegiate mission arm. The mission of our ministry is 'to engage college students with the Gospel, develop disciples of Jesus Christ, mobilize servant leaders for the church, and send missionaries to the world'. Across the state, we do this by partnering with local Churches to reach various college and university campuses. Each campus works with students through weekly events, such as bible studies on campus and discipleship, as well as attending state-wide events where all the campuses get together to serve and/or praise God!
James and Anna are in the process of establishing a new Christian Challenge ministry on Pima Community College East campus in Tucson, Arizona. Across the whole of the five Pima Community College (PCC) campuses, 17,000 students enroll every year. According to national estimates, only 3-5 percent of them are evangelical believers. We see an urgent need to help students love God, live his word, and serve his people. We are partnering with authentic life Church in Vail, Arizona to reach PCC East.
When it comes to working with college students, our work is definitely cut out for us, and the work isn’t simple. On top of that, when establishing a collegiate ministry, we are dependent on God providing students with a passion to serve the Lord. However, we have heard a call from God to go out into the field. The harvest is ready here in Tucson, and we are praying that God will provide students and that the college would be welcoming of the ministry and that there would be a healthy relationship between us and the college.
Donate to the work of GCF carried out through the ministry of James and Anna Schuster.
*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).