About the Spirit of Elijah Ministries, International
Elijah Ministries is a non-profit ministry, and contributions are tax-deductible as a 501(c)(3). The ministry is funded as the Lord provides through individual and church contributions, love offerings, and honoraria. It is desired that individuals support their local church first.
Elijah Ministries gives away many of its materials and your donation enables us to continue to pass along these resources, produce new resources, and continue ministering across the country and in other countries around the world.
Donate to Elijah Ministries
You may mail checks to Elijah Ministries to P.O. Box 377, Bulverde, TX, 78163. If you wish to give to a certain aspect of the ministry, please put it on the memo on the check.
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Message from the Board of Directors
To all the Elijah Ministry Family,
Greetings from South Africa! First, on behalf of the Board of Directors of Elijah Ministries I am writing to thank you for your partnership over the years with EM. You would think that as Norm is moving through his early 70’s that he might begin to slow down a bit and dial back some of his ministry opportunities, but I assure you that is NOT the case. If anything, 2024 has been busier than ever.
In recent weeks Norm has traveled to Brazil, Columbia (the country), Romania and South Africa. While his travel within the U.S. is usually covered by the host groups, his travel outside the U.S. is carried by the ministry. But because Norm is experiencing God’s grace so powerfully in these places, more and more opportunities continue to appear. Now he must pray through which ones he can accept, always keeping in mind his duties to his family at home as well. This has been a very fruitful year for Norm and Elijah Ministries. He continues to do Equipping Men retreats, homeschool conferences, father/son events, and church conferences along with his numerous ongoing Live to Love Adventure discipleship groups.
Last year Norm invited me to join him in South Africa for a debriefing week with the Global Challenge Expedition team. He had trained them in February in preparation a one-year journey of ministry and travel. We listened to their stories for a week while also engaging with the mother organization, Global Challenge. While here I discovered some opportunities that fit my wife’s and my abilities and callings, so we decided to come back for a month in June and are now here for another 5 months.
God continues to open up avenues of ministry here in South Africa that I want to invite you to consider supporting financially. This is fertile ground for the gospel and such a great place to invest in the kingdom in a way that truly maximizes the impact of our resources. We are partnering with Global Leadership Academy, a K-12 private school, which has a scholarship program for poverty-stricken students from the black township. Through the Live to Love message and his mentorship, Norm has helped ground the school staff and the Global community in living to love with Jesus. (You can give here if you wish to sponsor a student). We give God glory for how God works through Norm’s life and ministry here in South Africa.
We on the board of directors thank you for your past support. We would be remiss not to ask that you prayerfully consider including Elijah Ministries in your year-end giving plans and for 2025 as well. We are seeing new and exciting opportunities opening around the world in Ukraine, Romania, Brazil, and Vietnam. We want to be able to answer the call when it comes, as the Lord directs. You may give here or send a check to the mailing address above.
Please pray for Norm and the ministry as we move into a new year, and Merry Christmas to you and your families.
John Gross, President, The Spirit of Elijah Ministries International Board of Directors
Thank You from Norm & Alma Wakefield
Alma and I are very grateful for your expression of God’s love and faithfulness to Elijah Ministries as you have given, served, and prayed for us and the ministry. We consider your giving as an act of the Lord entrusting us with a serious responsibility to build up His body through teaching His Word and loving well those to whom He sends us.
Your partnership with us makes it possible for us to give in His name to groups, regardless of their financial condition. What a blessing!
On behalf of the Board of Directors, I thank you for your love and support. May the Lord continue to use us in His work all over the world as He wills.
Frequently Asked Questions about Donations
Thank you for supporting The Spirit of Elijah Ministries. Your giving enables me to serve and share what God has given to me. Without God’s provision through you, I could not continue to minister through Elijah Ministries. On behalf of the Board of Directors, the thousands whose lives have been more deeply anchored in Jesus Christ, and my family, I express our gratitude and joy that you would serve with us through Elijah Ministries.
What does my donation go to?
Unless otherwise directed, your donation goes into the general budget which provides for salaries, ministry operating expenses, the production of resources, and provision of ministry and resources to individuals and groups who cannot afford the resources.
Why do you need support when you sell materials?
The highest motivation for inviting friends to support The Spirit of Elijah Ministries, International is to give them an opportunity to share in the advancement of the gospel and give for Jesus’ sake, so others may receive the blessing they have received through the ministry. It is an honor and privilege for us to labor together for the sake of the gospel. Also, Elijah Ministries is a non-profit ministry, which means the majority of its financial support is from the public. Contributions help us provide resources in Spanish to ministries and individuals in Mexico and the US who cannot afford to purchase them, as well as support the production of new materials and resources. We often have the blessing of giving away resources to single moms and others who are suffering financial hardship. This is why we offer many of our online resources for free and sell our other resources for as little as possible. Even though our prices are comparatively low, we realize that some may not be able to afford desired resources. Therefore, we have a whatever-you-can-afford policy. Your support allows us to do this and bless countless others. Your support also allows Norm to do what he does. Travelling and speaking around 30 times a year, Norm is only able to do this because of many people’s generosity.
Who is on the Elijah Ministries Staff?
Executive Director: Norm Wakefield
Office Assistants (Part time): Various
Who oversees the financial decisions?
The financial decisions are made by a volunteer board of directors.
Vice-President: Jim Grandholm, Sawyer, MI
John Gross, Davidson, NC
What is the purpose of Elijah Ministries?
Mission Statement: To build up the local church by equipping and training men and their families. Strategy: We seek to accomplish our mission through several avenues of ministry, of which your support allows us to do full-time.
- Speaking at state and national homeschool venues. Norm has spoken both nationally and internationally.
- Speaking at men’s retreats, marriage conferences, family-life conferences, and father/son events.
- Writing and publishing books that give practical application of the gospel on significant issues of life and relationships.
- One or two international outreaches annually. Norm has ministered in Canada, Mexico, South Korea, Japan, Russia, Romania, and Tanzania.
- Local discipleship preaching/teaching that are messages based on the gospel being applied to life and relationships. These messages are recorded and made available via the website to others.
- Monthly email articles entitled, The Chariot of Fire.
- Internet based ministry venues.
- Personal counseling ministry.