It’s vital to have a fund available to be able to seed new positions, allowing the staff time to raise their ongoing personal support. Our strategy is to have $20,000 available for each of the 2 new positions we will be looking to hire in 2025 for the Regional Director of Donor and Board Advancement and the Regional Director of Sport. 

Financial Need: $40K

This key future role will develop strategies and trainings to help our staff meet the financials needs of the ministry now and will also work to develop strategies in Legacy giving to help meet the needs of the future. This person will also train our staff to develop effective boards which can expand the overall capacity of the ministry. 

Financial need: 50K

This key future role will help our local staff leaders to effectively build ministry in the off-campus Sports environment. They would serve as a liaison assuring our staff understands and is effectively executing the proper systems and structures related to FCA Sports. 

Financial need: 50K

Brian Conklin is the Regional Vice President and leads the Northland Region. Additional operating funds are necessary to support the RVP role and the Northland Admin. 

Financial need: 150K

Shelley Pearson serves as the Northland RDIA. This key role assists the Regional Vice President to connect and mobilize our staff, board members, and volunteers in the United States with Southern Africa using the Pray, Give, Go needs communicated by our key international leaders. 

Financial need: 50K

Chris Anderson serves as the Northland RDTA. This key role assists the Regional Vice President in multiplying ministry by supporting our staff in recruiting, hiring, training, and developing the high performance of staff members. 

Financial need: 35K

Randy Jensen serves as the Northland RDMA. This key role assists the Regional Vice President with assuring that we are pursuing our mission by executing our E3 strategy in all FCA ministry environments. 

Financial need: 50K

The Northland Region has been aligned with the International Region of Southern Africa. Southern Africa includes 19 different countries. As a Region, we learn of many financial needs in Southern Africa that directly impact the ministry. We desire to help meet those needs when possible and when money is available. 

Financial Need: $100K

For 70 years, God has been using FCA camps to transform the lives of Coaches and Athletes. In 2024, the Northland Region had 3,824 Coaches and Athletes attend camp. As a region, we want to invest $10K for the Northland Sports Camp in Minneapolis, $10K to the Black Hills Sports Camp in South Dakota and $20K into the Northland Leadership Camp. These funds will help offset cost necessary to continue these camps with great excellence.

Financial Need $40K

Matthew 9:38, “therefore, pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.” is a constant prayer. The Lord has been very faithful in continuing to bring those workers. For the first time, the Region has surpassed the 100th staff member this year. As the Lord answers the prayer, we want to constantly be developing those workers to be great ministers of the Gospel and to always be ready to take on more leadership. To assure this takes place, we have three settings for development that incurs cost. Those settings are our annual all staff Gathering, Director Spring Training, and staff Quarterlies. These settings are critical to the ongoing development of our staff. 

Financial need: $40K

As a region, we talk a lot about putting the right people in the right seat and getting everyone rowing in the same direction. To assure this is happening, we invest into an operating system called EOS. EOS provides essential tools and software to help us operate as a team at a high level. 

Financial Need $10K

God has called FCA to reach “Every” Coach and Athlete. This powerful mission has launched FCA into a new adventure of launching ministry in off campus situations. Today, 60 million athletes participate in youth sports with a huge percentage of those happening in an off campus setting like Leagues and Clubs. With this new adventure, we are exploring opportunities to have FCA facilities to host these new opportunities. We have partnered with Sports Facilities Companies (SFA) to help us process through these opportunities. We are seeking $20,000 for each of our 4 states to cover the cost of the initial assessment stage for these facilities. If this initial phase makes it clear that we have a need for the facility, then we will launch a campaign to help meet the long-term need for the facility. 

Financial need: 80K