Who is Reliant?

Who is Reliant? Slides

Sections in this Session 

• Reliant Mission
• Roots in the Great Commission
• Reliant Values
• Reliant Structure
• Financial Accountability
  
  

Our Mission

Reliant partners with missional churches and Gospel-centered nonprofits to mobilize support-based field staff for the Great Commission.  

What We Do

We are a mission agency. We serve as a hub between the local churches, field staff, and generous donors who support the work. Our first allegiance is to the local church or ministry. This is why we exist. 

Our story

Matthew 28:18-20 - The Great Commission

Reliant Leadership Structure

Board of Directors

• • Legal and Financial Governance
  • Independent Board
  • Currently Nine Directors
  • Church Network Representation
  • Executive Management Committee

Executive Director

Office Leadership Team

Mission and Values

• Reliant is a deacon ministry, providing a service-oriented and character-driven foundation for mission. 
• Reliant advances God's kingdom by empowering field staff.
• Reliant is locally oriented, coming under the mission of church and ministry leaders "on the ground."
• Reliant is committed to the highest standards in financial integrity and professional excellence.

• Reliant is invested in the biblical, field staff-support model for giving.

Fundraising="MTD"  

We want your fundraising to be successful! 

• Reliant is church-minded, honoring, and coming under the Body of Christ. 
• Reliant is broadly evangelical, partnering with those committed to the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the mission to make disciples to the ends of the earth. 

How Our field staff Think of Us

Reliant Central Departments Serving You  

field staff Resources

• MTD Training & Coaching, field staff Assessment, Church Partnership, Human Resources, field staff Care, Health Benefits....

Employment Services

• Payroll, Benefits, Reimbursements, Employment Changes

Accounting

• Fiscal oversight, Audit Management, Central Reimbursements

Gift Services

• Donation processing, Donor support

Legal & Organizational Affairs

Technology Services, Communications, Events Management

Finances  

• Process over $30 million annually in donations
• 24K active donors
• $7.2 million in cash and assets

Reliant is financially stable. 

• Designated accounts stored safely
• Financial reserve ("2-3 months")
• Internal & external audits = Lots of Double Checking

How Your Office Team is Funded

Reliant is not simply about being dependable. It's about being dependent.