by Ramesh Richard

“Only God” is the best way to explain RREACH—our very existence and ministry execution—over our first quarter century, these last 25 years.

When signing letters inviting friends to celebrate this anniversary with us, I was overwhelmed by two sacred facts:

Fact 1—Survival: That RREACH exists at all! The old song goes “through many dangers, toils, and snares, [we] have already come.” I would quickly add “through many a miss, mystery and mistake” we have already come. Twenty-five years is a very, very long time to survive and thrive. Huge businesses of similar age (including the prestigious club where our founding meetings were held) no longer exist. So let me quickly, rightly, easily attribute our longevity where it belongs: Only God! He is the explanation for this ministry’s existence. He has kept us viable, credible and valuable to His purposes.

Fact 2—Disproportion: That we’ve accomplished several difficult projects of large scale and global scope. Only God has helped us do so much for so many beneficiaries worldwide with so few (yet so gifted and faithful) staff and donors. Only God has allowed us to succeed with so little financial resources and in such a short time.

We have run a lean, nimble and wise organization focused on effective strategies and efficient execution within our purposes.

Again, I ascribe glory to the Only One, the One Who owned, sustained and finished each strategic initiative through us according to His plan. He is the only explanation for any success in innovation to evangelize opinion leaders and strengthen pastoral leaders around our world. He is the only reason we have been able to reach into large numbers of desperate souls all around our broken world with lasting solutions.

So when I chose “Only God” as our theme for this extraordinary anniversary year, I chose it not as a mere slogan. I chose it because it is a humble, core operational value of RREACH:

  • We don’t own physical buildings. Therefore we can maintain an expeditious, pilgrim-minded detachment from assets.
  • Our beneficiaries are not our donors, as in churches or radio constituencies. Raising funds might be easier if they were, but that distance keeps eternally and internationally minded donors supporting us generously over the long haul.
  • We don’t have products and services generating a consistent revenue that could distract us from our focused mission. If we did, I would be tempted to depend on them as the source of supply.

And yet we exist and execute God’s plans for us. How and why?

Only God. He has distributed gifts, created opportunities and provided the resources for the last quarter century. He explains our past perseverance and success. We give Him credit. We dare not embezzle the glory due Him. Neither do we want to miss saying “thanks” to each of you, who have been a powerful and generous part of the journey.

I declare at this anniversary junction that “Only God” will be our ongoing manner of existence and future means of execution. Over the next five years, we will face a complicated and integrated undertaking at a velocity, intensity and scale we have not previously known.

We welcome you to celebrate this anniversary yearlong (July 1, 2012-June 30, 2013) and join us with your prayerful support in upcoming years.

With Only God as our explanation, RREACH’s Global Proclamation Commission (2010-2020) will fulfill our vision to “change the way One Billion Individuals think and hear about the Lord Jesus Christ.” Praise to God, and thanks to you.

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