Hello everyone, we hope you and yours are well.
It has been brought to my attention that there is some confusion about our ministry that I need to clear up.
Buchanans in the Wild is our family ministry. It consists of Melissa, Alex and myself. We converted it to a 501c3 non-profit organization because we wanted people who donated to us to be able to get the tax write off, and also so that those donations were not being counted as untaxed income against us. Any donation that has ever been given to us, has always gone into a separate account, been kept completely separate from our personal income and been used for ministry purposes.
As a nonprofit organization, Buchanans in the Wild has a board of directors that includes three godly men along with Melissa and myself. These gentlemen help provide oversight and accountability for financial and spiritual elements of the ministry as well as counsel and advice with different issues as they arise. They will also be involved in deciding the direction of the ministry moving forward.
The confusion is that some people thought that Buchanans in the Wild was only doing the Southeast Roanoke outreach, also known as Rest For Your Soul. While, yes, Rest For Your Soul was started by and currently is led by and funded by Buchanans in the Wild, Rest For For Soul is not the only thing that Buchanans in the Wild does. For example; Alex is involved in the planting of Calvary Chapel Bedford, Melissa is going back to Tbilisi Georgia to help with a Women’s Conference, Melissa and I are planning to to return to Manila in December, along with other possible trips that are being discussed.
The non-profit was started for Buchanans in the Wild, not Rest For Your Soul. Buchanans in the Wild is just an umbrella organization if you will and Rest For Your Soul is a ministry that falls under it.
We have been extremely blessed by the team of people who have joined us in Rest For Your Soul as has the Southeast Roanoke Community and we are excited to see what God is going to do through this.
If you have any questions, please email us.
melissa@buchanansinthewild.com
We love you and may God bless you.
Derek, Melissa and Alex
Buchanans in the Wild
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