2022 End of the Year Report

Dear World Changers,

Thank you for all your financial support this past year as we, “Loved GOD and Loved PEOPLE!” Your gifts of generosity made the difference and allowed us to “CONNECT people to the cross,” “MENTOR disciples,” and “SEND out leaders to disciple and evangelize the nations.” In 2022, we baptized 26 new believers, we ended the year with 143 committed disciples, we averaged over 200 in our services, and we ordained 3 new disciple-making deacons. As of today, we have a church with 70% of our attendees in discipleship thus we are fulfilling the Great Commission- Praise the Lord!

We added 1 new youth life group in 2022 for a total of 15 life groups altogether hitting a monthly average of 215. By God’s grace we graduated 2 students from SUM Bible College into full-time ministry. Through the leading and power of the Holy Spirit, we completed our first full year of Legacy Ministry College; we currently have 20 students. God is good! In 2022, we were able to send both our children and youth to summer camp, and the youth attended their annual mission trip to Dallas. Plus, we have been faithful in preaching the gospel across the City of Chicago with our ministry truck; our evangelism team has a vision of reaching all 77 neighborhoods of Chicago with the gospel. We also rejoice in God’s faithfulness for our church plant in Dallas!

To fund the ministry, we graciously received $426,084.71 in tithes and offering. We raised $19,100.36 for missions to touch the world with the love of Jesus. We as a church, gave away $60,235.84 to help show the Kingdom of God in a tangible way in our community, around the U.S., and abroad, and gave our Dallas church plant $52,000. MPI Church is now the proud owner of a business called, “Kingdom Printing,” and the owner of our first property which is a parsonage for our lead pastors.

By God’s grace, in July, we hosted a powerful 3-day evangelism outreach to Lollapalooza and over 290 people attended over a 3-day period. God truly met our needs and gave us more than enough. Thank you for all your love and support this past year and we pray that God will richly bless you with the desires of your heart as you seek first His Kingdom and righteousness. Matthew 6:33, “But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.”

Loving God and People,

MPI Financial Committee Metro Praise International Chicago, IL.