Over the past few months, we’ve witnessed wildfires raging out of control on the West Coast and devastating floods sweeping through rural areas on the East Coast, leaving financial, emotional, and spiritual devastation in their wake. Yet time and again, Convoy of Hope swiftly responds, deploying people and resources with compassion to those in need. They strategically offer help and hope to communities around the world, and I pray we never take their sacrifice and service for granted.
Only God knew, seventy years ago, when Evangel College was founded, that it would be geographically positioned near the world’s most impactful relief organizations—Convoy of Hope. Only God saw how our missional objectives and strategies would align as EU deploys its graduates into the fires of liberalism and the flood waters of indifference and selfishness rising daily.
Evangel graduates build their careers and raise their families on the foundation of God’s Word. Our graduates walk into boardrooms, classrooms, hospitals, and mission fields and are bright lights and messengers of hope with God’s Word as their guiding force. And they don’t walk alone—they attend, serve, and support churches led by pastors who were also shaped by a faculty devoted to the good news of the Gospel.
I highlight this sovereign proximity to Convoy of Hope because Evangel students have a unique, God-ordained advantage—the opportunity to witness firsthand how He is still powerfully at work in our world. However, in these challenging times, Evangel is competing against funding sources that not only operate outside the awareness of taxpayers but often work to diminish, degrade, and even deconstruct the potential of the next generation.
The facts speak for themselves. In Missouri, MSU received $99,196,038 in state appropriations for the 2023-24 fiscal year, along with an additional $37 million in federal funding for campus renovations. Meanwhile, Evangel University and institutions like ours rely not on government funding, but on the generosity of those who believe in the transformative power of Christian higher education. And when you consider that, counting CBC’s early days, God has been preparing young people for over a century through the faithful support of believers like you, it’s clear—your generosity is not just sustaining a university; it’s sending the Gospel around the world.
And even though, over the past three years, we’ve received more than $100 million in support, it pales in comparison to the funding state schools receive to shape their environments, provide pluralistic platforms for faculty, and offer massive scholarships and discounts—strategically designed to draw young minds into ideologies open to everything except a Judeo-Christian foundation, simply because it refuses to bow to the prevailing cultural tides.
Now more than ever, Christians must invest in biblically centered universities—places where God-fearing, church-attending faculty are not the exception but the standard, shaping hearts and minds daily through their academic platforms. The call to action is clear: parents and pastors must encourage their students to choose wisely when selecting a university. Sending them to Evangel isn’t just a decision for higher education—it’s a strategic and cultural advantage, strengthened by the invaluable partnership we share with Convoy of Hope.
In fact, I would put our return on investment up against any secular institution in the country. Given Evangel University’s comprehensive academic offerings, the donor ROI—the impact on the character, calling, and contribution of our graduates—stands toe-to-toe with any Ivy League or state institution in America. What we build here doesn’t just launch careers; it transforms lives, strengthens the Church, and creates a lasting legacy that will echo for generations to come.
We need the large gifts, no doubt—but just as importantly, we need an army of committed monthly donors who will stand with us to rescue, equip, and deploy and provide scholarship monies so that this generation in greater numbers can attend EU.
Help us prepare and send the next generation of CFOs, military leaders, educators, public servants, politicians, pastors, missionaries, healthcare professionals, and law enforcement officers—leaders who will serve with both conviction and compassion. Make no mistake—this is not about producing soft graduates, but rather resilient, principled leaders with real-world skills, who see others as Jesus does: infinitely valuable.
Your bold partnership changes the world by equipping and sending out compassionate professionals—strategically placed by the Holy Spirit to make a global impact.