Sonlife Ministries

Summary

Sonlife Ministries serves the church locally and globally, by training leaders in youth ministry, church ministry, and women in ministry for effective leadership based on the life and ministry priorities of Jesus Christ. We offer training for leaders and events for High School students (SEMP) and Jr. High students (EQUIP).

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).

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Purpose [ Back to top ]

Sonlife Ministries ("Sonlife") was established to fulfill the Great Commission by using a biblical strategy of evangelism and discipleship to train and mobilize the leadership in local churches. Sonlife accomplishes these goals through church and student leadership and discipleship training seminars. Sonlife calls these seminars Strategy, Advanced, Growing Healthy Church (GHC), and Student Evangelism Missions Project (SEMP). Video and product resources, consulting services, educational ministries, and written materials are also used to accomplish their goals. In addition, through an agreement with International Teams and OCSC, Sonlife provides leadership training to pastors involved in overseas youth ministry.

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).

Mission Statement [ Back to top ]

Sonlife Ministries uses the following to communicate its mission:

Calling emerging leaders to encounter Christ's person, express His passion and extend His global mission through His church. Christ's Person. Christ's Passion. Christ's Mission. Christ's Church.

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Statement of Faith [ Back to top ]

Sonlife uses the following to communicate its faith:

We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative Word of God.

We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His personal return in power and glory.

We believe that for the salvation of lost and sinful people, regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential.

We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a godly life.

We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost; they that are saved unto the resurrection of life and they that are lost unto the resurrection of damnation.

We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ.

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Sonlife is a non-profit Christian Ministry whose mission is calling emerging leaders to encounter Christ's person, express His passion, and extend His global mission through His church. Sonlife was born from this God-given vision in 1979. For the first decade, Moody Bible Institute provided the base for Sonlife to field test training and to build model ministries within the Midwest.

The first several years, founder and Executive Director Dr. Dann Spader concentrated his efforts upon equipping youth leaders in the Chicago area. Dann spent extensive hours training and coaching these youth leaders in the character and priorities of Christ. God used this to transform their lives and ministries resulting in a core of passionate young leaders committed to doing ministry the way Jesus did.

As God moved these leaders to other parts of the country, local churches throughout the U.S. were experiencing the fruit of youth ministries committed to disciplemaking. By 1985 Sonlife began accepting invitations to equip leaders across North America, and by 1990 over 20,000 leaders per year were experiencing face to face training.

In 1993 it was evident that Sonlife needed to respond to the requests from denominations to help equip their church leaders, such as Elders and Senior Pastors. At this time Sonlife launched a church leadership track.

In 1995 Sonlife moved to global multiplication of leaders, and by 1999 our overseas partners, together with our North American team, provided training for leaders in 47 countries. Also, in 1998 we began to mobilize women in strategic disciplemaking ministries in North America and since then over 4900 women have been trained.

And now here we are in the new millennium with over 60,000 leaders, in 72 countries who are encountering Christ's person, as we continue to train thousands of leaders annually.

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Ranking Category	Rating	Overall Rank	Leadership Training Sector
Overall Efficiency Rating		202 of 348	12 of 16
Fund Acquisition Decision		202 of 348	12 of 16
Resource Allocation Decision		of 348	7 of 16
Asset Utilization Decision		of 348	7 of 16