Turning Point Missions, Inc.: Why and How We Started
During the early fall of 2011 Mark Wybenga and Tom Doane were working together on a residential renovation project, when the discussion turned from construction details to mission outreach. It progressed quickly to the the question of “ how do we continue to do the residential construction we enjoy, while funding the mission work we both want to be involved with”? This discussion eventually lead to the formation of Turning Point Missions, Inc. - a non-profit corporation.
Turning Point Missions, Inc. is a faith based organization committed to bringing the “Good News of the Living Water of Jesus Christ” to the people of Haiti, and areas of Central and South America. We strive to reflect our love for Christ by providing employment for individuals who are unemployed and/or under-employed and by providing desperately needed clean water to those who do not have it.
Turning Point Missions, Inc. was formed in Grand Rapids, Michigan and the West Michigan area continues to be the center point of our home renovation work. We began purchasing houses, renovating them and then selling them with the profit from the sale funding our mission trips. This source of revenue remains the baseline means of funding our mission outreach.
Our initial mission trips were to the Dominican Republic working with Worldwide Christian Schools, followed by trips to the Cap-Haitien area of Haiti where Tom had volunteered previously with Living Water International. Haiti remains the primary focus of our current outreach work. It is hoped that with the completion of this website we can begin to develop outside contribution sources who will take an interest in what we are trying to accomplish in Haiti and join us in our work there and elsewhere.
Turning Point Missions, Inc. is a faith based 501(c)(3) non-profit organization committed to bringing the “Living water of Jesus Christ” to the people of Haiti, areas of Central and South America, as well as right here in West Michigan. We strive to do so through a two-pronged approach:
- The hiring of unemployed and underemployed individuals to participate in the renovation of homes, the profits of which are used to fund our Haiti Missions. One hundred percent (100%) of the profits from the sale of our homes, as well as donated funds go toward our Haiti outreach.
- Providing desperately needed clean drinking water to villages in need by constructing water filtration systems.
Because volunteers perform all of our management and administrative functions, we are able to keep administration costs to a minimum. We hope you’ll consider partnering with us to accomplishing these goals.
