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Mission Statement

To move outside the local church walls and extend into neighboring & global communities to address the needs of the whole individual - spirit, mind and body.

The Vision

S.O.A.R. Development Corporation is an outgrowth of Word of Deliverance Ministries for the World, Inc. It was established in October 2000 as a faith-based nonprofit community development corporation. S.O.A.R seeks to work within the Greater Cincinnati community by creating innovative human service programs and economic development solutions.

The Goal

The goal of S.O.A.R. is to leverage both human and economic resources that will help:

·         STRENGTHEN those who are weak physically, mentally and spiritually

·         OVERCOME barriers of discrimination and unequal opportunity

·         ACHIEVE the purpose that God has declared for all His children

·         RESTORE the dignity and value of men, women and children who are striving towards self-sufficiency and prosperity

Foundational Scriptures

Romans 8:35 - "Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution or famine or nakedness, or peril, or sword? V.37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors, through him that loved us."

Philippians 4:13 - "I can do all things through Christ (the Anointed One) which strengthens me."

Psalms 23:3, 4 - "He restoreth my soul; he leadeth me in the path of righteousness for his name's sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil; for thou art with me..."

Numbers 13:30 - "Let us go up at once and possess it (the land); for we are well able to overcome it." 

Partnerships

·   Vineyard Community Church

·   MercyWorks Cooperative

·   Cincinnati Works

·   Family Service of Greater Cincinnati

·   Greater Cincinnati Micro-Enterprise Initiative

·   Hamilton County Educational Service Center Head Start Program

·   Americorps VISTA

·   Beech Acres Parenting Center
 

Donors

• General Mills Corporation
US Department of Health & Human Services, Admin. Of Children & Families
• Ohio Children’s Defense Fund
• National Center of Faith-Based Initiatives
• Daniel P. and Susan Pfau Foundation
• Jack C. Smith Charitable Trust
• The Spaulding Foundation
• Volunteers of America Faith-based Initiative
• Fifth Third Bank
• Ohio CDC Association
• Lexis Nexis Employee Contribution Program
• Ashore Funding, Inc.
• Cincinnati Hamilton County Community Action Agency
• Allstate Insurance Foundation
• US Bank
• Carol Ann and Ralph V. Haile/U.S. Bank Foundation
• The Health Foundation of Greater Cincinnati
• The Greater Cincinnati Foundation

Professional Memberships

·   Greater Cincinnati Community Development Corporation Association

·   Economic Development Commission - City of Forest Park, OH

·   Ohio Community Computing Network