Note: This is an online course. Students do not have to move to Austin to take it. All our courses are now available online!
About the Instructor
Dr. Kenneth Acha has ten years of experience in non-profit creation and management. His experience is both personal and vocational. He grew up with a father who, being a complete orphan from birth, had suffered abuse and bore the scars of rearing himself. After his father died, when Dr. Acha was only nine years old, he grew up as an underprivileged child himself in Cameroon, Africa, without access to basic needs like medical care, education, and adequate nutrition.
After moving to the U.S. in December 2000, Dr. Acha founded a non-profit orphan care ministry in Cameroon called Shaping Destiny that has served over one thousand children in Africa. He has also started several other non-profits and for-profit businesses in addition to being the founder of Servants University. One of his passions is to equip people to serve the poor and make disciples. He obtained his M.D. degree from Texas A & M College of Medicine. Prior to that, he studied Biochemistry at Rice University in Houston, Texas.
Dr. Acha lives in Palm Springs, CA with his wife, Ellen, an RN/BSN nurse, and their two children.
About the Course
MINS 204 Starting a Non-Profit, 3 credits
This introductory course is designed to be a first step in equipping students who feel called to start a non-profit ministry or organization. They are taught how to discover and write their purpose, mission and vision statements, establish core values, develop strategies, set initial goals, write a business plan, select initial board members, choose a name for the organization and incorporate or register with their state government. The course will cover everything that a student needs to go from their dream to launching their new organization. The focus of this course will be on starting a non-profit ministry or organization, not running it. Students will be directed to other courses at Servants University that will prepare them to effectively run the organization that this course teaches them how to start.
Other names for this course include: Starting an Orphan Care Ministry; Starting a Non-Profit; Starting a Christian Ministry.
Course Delivery
This course is delivered online. Students don’t have to move to Austin to take it. Servants University now offers all its courses online so that students everywhere in the world can take them.
Recommended Background
No particular background is required. All are welcome.
Why? Jesus had no requirements for inviting his disciples (Matt. 4:18-22; Mark 10:17-21) to come and learn from him. This course invites people to come and learn. I have no requirements for people to come and learn. All are welcome, believers and nonbelievers alike.
Fees for the Course
This course is a 3 credit hour course and the fees follow the normal Servants University’s part-time fee schedule which can be found on our tuition and fees page.
Course Format
This online course is divided into eight modules, over eight (8) weeks. Modules typically consist of videos, PowerPoint lectures, articles, and assignments that support the material covered in the week.
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