Stronghold Ministry

What are our Giving Day goals? We seek to raise $100,000 during this Giving Day season from August 28 to September 18! We will double all donations up to $100,000 answering a match challenge by very generous Stronghold Ministry donors. Our overall goal is to raise $200,000. 

What makes us tick? According to the American Cancer Society, there were over 2 million NEW cancer cases in 2024 just in the US alone. This is up almost 100,000 every year since 2019! Thus, a growing multitude of cancer patients, caretakers, and their loved ones are asking the deepest questions: "Where is God in my pain? How do I overcome anxiety? Does God heal? How do I get to heaven if I die?"  Many are so ripe for God’s answers!

During our Executive Director's Stage IV cancer battle, Joe Fornear and his wife Terri felt so powerless. They learned, and are still learning, that He is our Stronghold and as we abide in Him, we experience His peace and strength. With your help we "visit" the sick with this same message. Jesus said in Matthew 26:36, "I was sick and you visited ME.”

How do we help people fighting cancer?

We have sent over 30,894 gift baskets to 44 countries. We hope to keep growing in our annual distribution, but are running behind last year's pace of 3248. Our donations have been down for 2.5 years, and according to the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability, overall giving to Christian non-profits has been down during this period. Thus, we invite your deeper prayer and partnership so we can continue to grow in:

• Sending out more free spiritual gift baskets - every recipient counts!
• Sharing the Good News of Jesus with those who "walk in the valley of the shadow of death" (Psalm 23). Almost daily, patients tell us doctors have slapped an expiration date on their lives, so timing matters!
• Providing God's Word through blogs, podcasts and videos, our Facebook prayer group, emails, phone calls, cancer support groups, and Abiding Life Coaching. One patient wrote, "This is EXACTLY what I needed," after our recent "In His Grip" devotional email, "When you don't understand God's mind, trust His heart." Joe's video here.
• Providing opportunity for cancer patients to leverage their fight as Ambassadors, helping us distribute thousands of gift baskets to other cancer patients. One patient Ambassador who is ON HOSPICE made this amazing request,

"Please send five gift baskets to me to share with others. Currently I am getting hospice care at home. Your ministry has blessed me on my journey."

Watch our new video Highlighting our programs below!