We educate, equip, and empower youth with the truth that restores hope, builds resilience, and leads to lasting transformation. The ARK Foundation is an interdenominational ministry focusing on assisting adults and children in crisis in Central Texas, and serving other local public and faith-based organizations who have followed Jesus’ example in Luke 4:18 “to proclaim good news to the poor…to pro
claim freedom for the prisoners…to set the oppressed free.”
ARK was founded in 2005. At its conception, funding was raised for university scholarships to students from Haiti. As a result of this funding, many Haitian children were the first in their families and communities to attend a university, and most have now returned home to bless Haiti with doctors, teachers and other homegrown professionals to strengthen the infrastructure of their nation. ARK has always been about following where the Lord leads, and we are excited about this continued direction. The ARK Foundation exists to meet both the spiritual and physical needs that exist among the people God has called us to serve (including trafficked victims, as well as the needs of individuals, organizations and agencies serving these victims). We stress that while physical assistance is scripturally mandated, feeding the body without feeding the spirit, ultimately leads only to death. In meeting the challenges before us, we will not be guided by “organizational affiliation,” but by “affiliation with Christ.” Also, we will endeavor to create an attitude of cooperation between local agencies and mission organizations, churches, and individual Christian and secular activists. We emphasize that in order for an organization to be the viable entity God intends for it to be, it must be composed of the body of Christ, functioning as God intends the body to function. We promote and encourage recognition of our own place and the place of others in the body. We practice praying and caring for each other as two of the many privileges that accompany membership in the body of Christ. We emphasize the practice of intercessory prayer by our actions and through encouraging others in the practice of it. This is especially true of the spread of the Gospel and the fight against the darkness of this world and for those involved in that effort. The Law of the First Fruits is a principle by which we are pleased to abide. As an organization, we give a tithe of all non-designated funds to Christian work which is not necessarily directly related to the ARK Foundation. It is also our intention to remain debt free. We also believe that the Biblical admonition to do all things “decently and in order” particularly applies to Christian organizations. We, therefore welcome opportunities to demonstrate scriptural accountability. While we stress that each employee of the ARK Foundation will be responsible for raising his or her own support, we believe that it is the responsibility of the organization to provide spiritual as well as physical assistance in obtaining that support. Additionally, it is appropriate for the organization to provide the necessary tools for that person to properly perform the task at hand. We also diligently endeavor to establish appropriate minimum and maximum support levels for each work responsibility in order to assure moderate living for each employee.
