Office of Education & Endorsement Endowments

OFFICE OF EDUCATION & ENDORSEMENT ENDOWMENT

The Office of Education & Endorsement Endowment was created for a permanent funding source for the ministry of the division. The original seed money was provided from a gift in honor and memory of Reverend and Mrs. Clifford Gustafson. This is a permanently restricted fund with five percent (5%) distributed from the endowment each year.

CHRISTIAN EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP FUND

The primary purpose of the Christian Education Scholarship Fund is to provide financial assistance for K-12 Christian schools and Bible colleges. It will also provide scholarships for teachers and administrators in UPCI-endorsed Christian schools (K-12), Bible colleges, and Urshan Graduate School of Theology, who are advancing their education. This is a permanently restricted fund with five percent (5%) distributed from the endowment each year

If you are interested in making a distribution, please contact Stephen M. Drury by phone @ 636.229.7976 or email @ smdrury@upci.org, or visit our giving site.

 

Testimonials

  • The United Pentecostal Church is blessed to have a person like Brother Drury directing our Stewardship Department. It was through him that we learned of the Donor Advised Fund in the Foundation. This is a fund whereby one can make a cash contribution of a desired amount. That contribution is placed in an investment fund directed by the Foundation. The donor has the privilege of directing proceeds, and even principal if desired, from those funds for support to any UPCI ministry they wish. Examples are: a Bible school of choice, Home Missions, Foreign Missions, Urshan Graduate School of...
    Albert & Gayle Skaggs - Read More
  • We have chosen to purchase a Charitable Gift Annuity with the United Pentecostal Foundation because it is a win/win proposition. You receive quarterly payments at a higher rate of return than the bank, with the payments partially tax-free. The tax deduction received when you purchase the Gift Annuity is a great blessing too. In the past we have purchased other Charitable Gift Annuities, but when the Foundation started offering them, there was no question—we would buy the next ones from the United Pentecostal Foundation. Why? Because at the end of our lives, the balance of each annuity...
    Jack & Margaret Durr - Read More
  • When I walked across the street to tell my nephew that I would provide the necessary funds to help complete their international adoption, I felt the Lord’s presence walking with me. Twenty-one years later, their little baby girl is now a beautiful, Apostolic lady filled with the Holy Ghost and baptized in Jesus’ name. When her grandfather (my younger brother) was diagnosed with terminal cancer, she moved 1,000 miles to help her “Grandpa and Grandma.” Little did I realize the blessing God would return simply because I obeyed His voice. When I chose to give a sizable...
    Joanne Velie - Read More
  • Our desire to participate in the United Pentecostal Foundation stemmed from our awareness of God’s blessings to our family and a desire to invest in something with a lasting impact. Being a middle-class family, we approached our lawyer about our wishes and soon realized the expense of establishing a Trust Fund was prohibitive for the amount of funds we had available. The United Pentecostal Foundation provided us an avenue of meeting our goal with no cost to us. We chose a Donor Advised Fund as we wanted our family to be involved in the designation of the funds. Our enthusiasm grew as...
    Dusty, Deanna & Katelyn Young - Read More