About Wine And Bread International

There are individuals, families, and organizations that are doing Kingdom work but have limited ability to access larger amounts of funding.

The reasons for these limitations are varied:

  • Donors tend to donate to larger ministries instead of directly to families or individuals.

  • Donors often feel the funds are more secure and have greater accountability when given to bigger organizations.

  • Donors in the USA have been taught to give to non-profits that provide tax-deductible receipts.

  • Many families or individuals have ministries that do not fit within the normal "box" defined by the standard procedures of larger ministries.

  • Many missions organizations require every missionary to follow the same fundraising strategies and raise the same monthly amounts, regardless of the type of ministry they are doing. Our ministry partners need greater flexibility to do the work they are called to do, and therefore different financial needs and strategies are the norm.

  • Our mission is not a "one size fits all" approach.

  • Wine and Bread International (WABI) allows each family or individual partner to submit their financial need, and very little will be charged to them by WABI to give oversight and assistance to each partner.

  • All donations received by WABI for partners will be held in an account for distribution to each partner as they have need for stipends, programs, projects, etc. There will be held in their account the amounts due for taxes, insurance needs, travel, retirement or savings, or ministry material needs, as specified by the partner.

 

The History of Wine and Bread International

 

Wine and Bread International really was birthed in my youth when, as a missionary kid, I was around many different missions kids coming from different locations around the world.  My parents were also missionaries, but we lived stateside, and our stories were much different than many of the other kids I was around.  Most were home on furlough, and most of them had some serious hurts and wounds from the field. 

Of course, I did not understand all of that, but it did have an impact on me. 

My father, Jack King, and my mom, Janet King, raised me and my siblings to the best of their ability, and within the normal context of Christian Church and missions.  I do not have poor memories of my youth, but some of my siblings do.  That is not abnormal.  I think my parents tried to do what was right. 

Perhaps the hardest thing for me was the lack of good communication, not just in my home, but in the Church in general.  Many things were swept under the rug, and many people were getting hurt.  The lack of dealing with reality became an issue as I grew older.  Many of the things which I was experiencing just did not line up with scripture, but when I asked about it, I was the one that was the troublemaker.  Increasingly I began to recognize...

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