Summary
Pacific Island Ministries, Inc. ("PIM") is a discipling and training mission. The primary avenue by which the ministry conducts its operations is through missionary education in Papua New Guinea. Specifically this is done through educational and vocational training of indigenous controlled schools of mission. PIM works in remote areas promoting the knowledge of Scripture and obedience to its mandate. PIM's programs provide the following: sponsorship of schools, Bible education, adult training courses, the supply of Christian educational materials, community development, health services, the installation of clean water systems, program support activities, the training of nationals for their continued expansion, and presenting North Americans with the needs. PIM operates largely in rural Papua New Guinea, in the upper Sepik Basin and in the Waria Valley. PIM is related to Pacific Ministries Developments by identical boards (funds are segregated according to source and purpose) and affiliated with Pacific Island Ministries (Canada). This organization is a nonprofit, contributions to it are fully tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. It is a member of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA).
Contact Information: [ Back to top ]
| Mailing Address: | P.O. Box 1765
Grass Valley, CA
95945-1765 |
| Website: | www.piministries.org |
| Phone: | (530) 272-8170 |
| Email: | You need to enable javascript to see the email |
Organization Details [ Back to top ]
EIN: 942453418
| CEO/President: |
Mr. Douglas Heidema |
Tax Deductible: |
Yes |
| Chairman: |
Mr Robert Van Sprosen |
Fiscal Year End: |
June 30 |
| Board Size: |
15 |
Financial info from: |
990 |
| Founder: |
Mr. Orneal Kooyers |
Member of ECFA: |
Yes |
| Year Founded: |
1977 |
Member of ECFA since: |
1980 |
Pacific Island Ministries, Inc. ("PIM") is a discipling and training mission. The primary avenue by which the ministry conducts its operations is through missionary education in Papua New Guinea. Specifically this is done through educational and vocational training of indigenous controlled schools of mission. PIM works in remote areas promoting the knowledge of Scripture and obedience to its mandate. PIM's programs provide the following: sponsorship of schools, Bible education, adult training courses, the supply of Christian educational materials, community development, health services, the installation of clean water systems, program support activities, the training of nationals for their continued expansion, and presenting North Americans with the needs. PIM operates largely in rural Papua New Guinea, in the upper Sepik Basin and in the Waria Valley, however it also fosters development of indigenous Christian leadership elsewhere, especially in third world countries, using its publications promoting Biblical principles. PIM is related to Pacific Ministries Developments by identical boards (funds are segregated according to source and purpose) and affiliated with Pacific Island Ministries (Canada).
This organization is a nonprofit, contributions to it are fully tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. It is a member of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA).
Pacific Island Ministries expresses its purpose statement as follows:
Pacific Island Ministries is a discipling, training mission with special interest in Papua New Guinea where the mission pioneers in remote areas promoting the knowledge of Scripture and obedience to its mandates through sponsorship of schools, Bible education, adult training courses, the supply of Christian educational materials, community development, health services, the installation of clean water systems, the support activities making these possible, the training of nationals for their continued expansion, and presenting North Americans with the needs. PIM also fosters development of indigenous Christian leadership elsewhere, especially in third world countries, among the disadvantaged, using its publications promoting Biblical principles.
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Statement of Faith [ Back to top ]
Pacific Island Ministries expresses its statement of faith as follows:
The Scriptures, the Bible, are the Word of God and divinely inspired, true and absolutely trustworthy; therefore they have authority over everyone's life in every respect.
God exists as the one eternal God, Creator and Lord of the universe, who, in the unity of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, governs all things according to His will and accomplishes His purposes in the world and in the church.
Man has fallen from fellowship with God by the disobedience of man's first parents Adam and Eve, and, therefore, suffers in a depraved state in need of regeneration and sanctification by the Holy Spirit.
God intervened in the person of His Son, Jesus Christ, who being born of a virgin, made atonement for man's sins by his death and the shedding of blood on the cross, rose bodily again on the third day, to ascend and to rule at the right hand of the Father.
Only by repentance and believing that his personal sins are forgiven in Christ's sacrifice is man restored by grace to communion with God and has the power in the person of the Holy Spirit to be transformed into God's likeness.
Christ will return when God's purposes are completed to raise both the righteous and the unrighteous for judgment to reward and to punish man according to his works.
God grants everlasting life and glorious, eternal fellowship for those who are saved, and assigns eternal punishment to those who are not.
Pacific Island Ministries was established by Neal and Martha Kooyers and a group of West Coast Christians as a nonprofit and tax-exempt corporation on December 16, 1977. It was originally called Sepik Christian Akademies, Inc., and was intended for the purpose of supporting Christian missionary activities in Papua New Guinea. The corporation's name was changed to Pacific Island Ministries, Inc. on August 27, 1981.
Pacific Island Ministries, Inc. is a charter member of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA), and has continued as a member since 1980.
(From the PIMI - Notes to the Financial Statement, July 31, 1999)
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Research Analysis
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| Transparency Grade of : A |
| Criteria category | Grade | Other Comments |
| Timeliness: | 100 | |
| Financial Information: | 100 | |
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MinistryWatch.com 5 Star Financial Efficiency Ratings [ Back to top ]
| Ranking Category | Rating | Overall Rank | Evangelism Support Sector |
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| Overall Efficiency Rating |  | 39 of 348 | 5 of 37 |
| Fund Acquisition Decision |  | 39 of 348 | 6 of 37 |
| Resource Allocation Decision | | of 348 | 31 of 37 |
| Asset Utilization Decision | | of 348 | 31 of 37 |
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