New Covenant Missions

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Summary

New Covenant Missions recruits, trains, sends and equips Indigenous church planters to be strategically sent to the most unreached places in Africa. Currently we are working in 28 nations among 277 unreached people groups! We have created a sponsorship program so that individuals and churches in the U.S. can be directly involved with our indigenous teams on the field. Through this sponsorship program, we provide the Church Planter families with the basic costs of living.


Contact information

Mailing address:
PO Box 218
Coeur dAlene, ID 83816

Website: newcovenantmissions.org

Phone: (208) 561-9006

Email: [email protected]


Organization details

EIN: 820535692

CEO/President: Erik Laursen

Chairman: Michael Smith

Board size: 5

Founder: Mike Stemm

Ruling year:

Tax deductible: Yes

Fiscal year end: 12/31

Member of ECFA: No

Member of ECFA since:


Purpose

Our vision is to end the injustice of people dying without having an opportunity to hear about salvation through Jesus Christ. We will do whatever it takes to empower the local indigenous believers in Africa to fulfill the Great Commission in their communities (Matthew 28:19-20). We will be known by our love of God and our love of people. From coast to coast across Africa exists a "line in the sand". Also known as "the tension belt", this "line" is where terrorism, poverty, witchcraft, and corruption are destroying lives every day. This is the "frontline" where New Covenant has been called to spread the love of Jesus.


Mission statement

Our mission, is to strategically equip, train and send indigenous African church planters & missionaries to the most unreached places of their nations with an ambition to create locally sustained, kingdom focused, communities of Jesus followers in all of the nations of the "tension belt" and then into North Africa. We are taking the gospel where it has never been.


Statement of faith

We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative Word of God.
We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
We believe in the deity and humanity of Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, in His present rule as Head of the Church and in His personal return in power and glory.
We believe that for the salvation of lost and sinful men regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential.
We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit, by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a godly life.
We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost, they that are saved unto the resurrection of life and they that are lost unto the barrenness of damnation.
We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ.

Articles

7/25/2023New Covenant Missions Equips Native Church Leaders in 'Tension Belt' Area of Africa

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Financial efficiency ratings

Sector: Foreign Missions

CategoryRatingOverall rankSector rank
Overall efficiency rating116 of 113415 of 122
Fund acquisition rating577 of 113467 of 122
Resource allocation rating147 of 113417 of 122
Asset utilization rating70 of 11347 of 122

Financial ratios

Funding ratiosSector median20242023202220212020
Return on fundraising efforts Return on fundraising efforts =
Fundraising expense /
Total contributions
5%5%6%10%7%5%
Fundraising cost ratio Fundraising cost ratio =
Fundraising expense /
Total revenue
5%5%6%10%7%5%
Contributions reliance Contributions reliance =
Total contributions /
Total revenue
98%100%99%100%100%100%
Fundraising expense ratio Fundraising expense ratio =
Fundraising expense /
Total expenses
5%6%6%10%7%6%
Other revenue reliance Other revenue reliance =
Total other revenue /
Total revenue
2%0%1%0%0%0%
 
Operating ratiosSector median20242023202220212020
Program expense ratio Program expense ratio =
Program services /
Total expenses
85%92%91%88%90%91%
Spending ratio Spending ratio =
Total expenses /
Total revenue
100%100%96%102%94%93%
Program output ratio Program output ratio =
Program services /
Total revenue
84%92%88%90%85%85%
Savings ratio Savings ratio =
Surplus (deficit) /
Total revenue
0%0%4%-2%6%7%
Reserve accumulation rate Reserve accumulation rate =
Surplus (deficit) /
Net assets
0%2%24%-15%33%45%
General and admin ratio General and admin ratio =
Management and general expense /
Total expenses
9%2%2%3%2%3%
 
Investing ratiosSector median20242023202220212020
Total asset turnover Total asset turnover =
Total expenses /
Total assets
1.416.506.065.325.335.68
Degree of long-term investment Degree of long-term investment =
Total assets /
Total current assets
1.301.031.091.101.151.10
Current asset turnover Current asset turnover =
Total expenses /
Total current assets
2.316.676.635.876.156.27
 
Liquidity ratiosSector median20242023202220212020
Current ratio Current ratio =
Total current assets /
Total current liabilities
18.200.000.000.000.00261.13
Current liabilities ratio Current liabilities ratio =
Total current liabilities /
Total current assets
0.050.000.000.000.000.00
Liquid reserve level Liquid reserve level =
(Total current assets -
Total current liabilities) /
(Total expenses / 12)
5.061.801.812.051.951.91
 
Solvency ratiosSector median20242023202220212020
Liabilities ratio Liabilities ratio =
Total liabilities /
Total assets
6%3%7%24%6%3%
Debt ratio Debt ratio =
Debt /
Total assets
0%0%0%0%0%0%
Reserve coverage ratio Reserve coverage ratio =
Net assets /
Total expenses
61%15%15%14%18%17%

Financials

Balance sheet
 
Assets20242023202220212020
Cash$57,797$233,362$59,176$264,268$173,667
Receivables, inventories, prepaids$294,403$102,288$249,973$11,997$11,997
Short-term investments$0$0$0$0$0
Other current assets$0$0$0$0$0
Total current assets$352,200$335,650$309,149$276,265$185,664
Long-term investments$0$0$0$0$0
Fixed assets$4,318$6,523$9,840$11,693$8,827
Other long-term assets$4,956$24,685$22,115$30,685$10,406
Total long-term assets$9,274$31,208$31,955$42,378$19,233
Total assets$361,474$366,858$341,104$318,643$204,897
 
Liabilities20242023202220212020
Payables and accrued expenses$0$0$0$0$711
Other current liabilities$0$0$0$0$0
Total current liabilities$0$0$0$0$711
Debt$0$0$0$0$0
Due to (from) affiliates$0$0$0$0$0
Other long-term liabilities$10,868$24,605$81,669$20,656$5,914
Total long-term liabilities$10,868$24,605$81,669$20,656$5,914
Total liabilities$10,868$24,605$81,669$20,656$6,625
 
Net assets20242023202220212020
Without donor restrictions$350,606$342,253$259,435$297,987$198,272
With donor restrictions$0$0$0$0$0
Net assets$350,606$342,253$259,435$297,987$198,272
 
Revenues and expenses
 
Revenue20242023202220212020
Total contributions$2,357,279$2,294,330$1,773,177$1,794,902$1,252,222
Program service revenue$0$0$0$0$0
Membership dues$0$0$0$0$0
Investment income$469$248$65$32$51
Other revenue$719$12,004$2,078$3,860$0
Total other revenue$1,188$12,252$2,143$3,892$51
Total revenue$2,358,467$2,306,582$1,775,320$1,798,794$1,252,273
 
Expenses20242023202220212020
Program services$2,163,118$2,031,017$1,590,525$1,535,912$1,060,726
Management and general$57,464$52,760$49,620$36,747$35,244
Fundraising$129,532$139,987$173,727$126,420$67,653
Total expenses$2,350,114$2,223,764$1,813,872$1,699,079$1,163,623
 
Change in net assets20242023202220212020
Surplus (deficit)$8,353$82,818($38,552)$99,715$88,650
Other changes in net assets$0$0$0$0$0
Total change in net assets$8,353$82,818($38,552)$99,715$88,650

Compensation

NameTitleCompensation
Erik E LaursenDirector$112,545

Compensation data as of: 12/31/2024


Response from ministry

No response has been provided by this ministry.


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History

New Covenant Missions (formerly New Covenant Foundation) was formed in August 2001 as a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization by a group of Christian men in the Spokane, Washington area in the United States.
The founding principles were driven by the desire of indigenous Africans to evangelize their own people, provide for their own needs, plant locally sustained churches in unreached villages, and see spiritual and physical transformation in their communities.
The work was originally inspired by the indigenous Ethiopian believers and expanded to nearly every corner of Ethiopia within 12 years. Since 2013, the ministry has expanded beyond Ethiopia to work among 277 unreached people groups in 28 nations located within the tension belt of Africa.
All of the work on the ground is led by highly educated & experienced indigenous African leaders!


Program accomplishments

On average 108 people are choosing to follow Jesus every day after a transformative encounter with NCM workers. (Total of salvations and recommitments divided into the year)


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