The PCA Unity Fund Brochure

HERE’S A
STORY ABOUT
THE NUMBER
This is the number of African American
Teaching Elders (Pastors) we had in the PCA in
2015. At that time we had 4,784 Teaching Elders
total. We didn’t even break 1%. (In addition, only
10% of this number represents Korean/Korean
American and .8% Latino TEs.) This fact is what
what became the PCA Unity Fund. I was motivated for our
described in Revelation 7:9, “…a great multitude that no one could
number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages
standing before the throne…”
We have only 55 African American Teaching Elders in
the PCA right now. This number means that the status
quo is not working. It’s a call for a paradigm shift –
a redemptive paradigm shift.
47
55

41
Because of the PCA’s Unity Fund, 41
seminary tuition subsidy recipients are
help to become Teaching Elders. And
they’re not just African American. There are
Asian American and Hispanic American
recipients as well, meaning that as new as the
Unity Fund is, it is already making a redemptive
paradigm shift.
THE FUND IS STILL IN ITS INFANT
STAGES, AND WE DESIRE TO DO
MUCH, MUCH MORE.
2019 marks the first year that full-time
development work will be done to realize the
unity fund’s potential for the gospel. Let’s all
pray for God to bless us and provide funding for
us to continue this gospel initiative!

UNITY FUND
PROCESS
5 FUNDING
PLANKS
$200,000 Primary Annual Budget
$5M Endowment
SEMINARY TUITION SUBSIDIES
TO APPROVED REFORMED SEMINARIES
GENERAL ASSEMBLY SCHOLARSHIPS TO ENABLE PRESENT
MINORITY RULING AND TEACHING ELDERS TO ATTEND GA AS COMMISSIONERS
SALARY SUBSIDIES FOR CHURCHES/CHURCH PLANTS
TO HIRE A MINORITY TEACHING ELDER FOR TWO YEARS
GRANTS FOR HISTORICAL RESEARCH TO EXPLORE THE ROLE
THAT MINORITY REFORMED THEOLOGIANS/PASTORS HAVE PLAYED IN THE PAST
SUPPORT FOR MINORITY SPIRITUAL LEADERS FOR MINISTRY
WITH RUF, MTW, CHRISTIAN EDUCATION, AND COUNSELING
RELATIONAL
NETWORK
FINANCIAL
SUPPORT
Relational Network
Connecting recipients to recruit,
help educate, and train promising
candidates for ordination and other
ministries.
HIGH
STANDARDS
Financial Support
Providing the funding necessary to
resources and tools they need to
thrive in the PCA.
High Standards
Upholding the PCA’s strict
standards to qualify as Ruling and
Teaching Elders to avoid
compromising quality for quantity.

TARGET
To move toward resembling the Church in her glory: “…behold, a great
multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and
peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb…”
Revelation 7:9
ETHOS
To find new and/or deeper ways to love our neighbors as
ourselves: “…You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
Matthew 22:39
COMMISSION
To expand our ability to take the gospel to all the people living in
our country: “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations…”
Matthew 28:19
Please consider donating https://www.egsnetwork.com/gift2/?giftid=AE094E8D4BE44C3
online
or by mail to
Mission to North America
PO Box 890233
Charlotte, NC 28289-0233
with the designation “PCA Unity Fund.”
www.pcamna.org/unity-fund
REV. SCOTT BRIDGES
PCA Unity Fund Development Coordinator
sbridges@pcanet.org
301.974.7935