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SOM INC

COTTONWOOD, AZ · EIN 261614003 · Form 990 · FY2021 · NTEE X99 · Religion-Related · Medium ($1M-$10M) · spiritofmartyrdom.com
revenue
$2.9M
expenses
$2.8M
net assets
$698K
employees
7
volunteers
320
program ratio
96%
mission · from form 990

TO EDUCATE, COMMUNICTE, TEACH, AND EQUIP THE BODY OF CHRIST TO THE FREE AND PERSECUTED NATIONS WITH THE GOOD NEWS OF JESUS CHRIST.

profile · synthesized from sources

SOM INC supports Christian leaders globally to spread the Gospel in regions with limited access to Christian materials. They focus on distributing Bibles, broadcasting Christian radio, and establishing church planting and discipleship schools. The organization operates in various countries, including Colombia, Venezuela, Mexico, and Bangladesh.

named programs · 5 · from sources

what they call their work

Aviation Ministry
Using aircraft to access remote and hostile areas for Gospel outreach and delivery of supplies.
Bibles and Christian Materials Distribution
Distributing Bibles and other Christian literature in various languages to unreached populations.
Christian Radio Broadcasting
Broadcasting Christian radio programs in remote regions, including the installation of high-powered radio stations for tribal people.
Church Planting School
Training and empowering local leaders to establish new churches in unreached areas.
Sewing Discipleship School
Providing vocational training in sewing as a means of discipleship and empowerment.
activities · 7 groups

what they do

  • International Mission & Church Planting 10 activities
    • Church Planting and Evangelism
      Engages in church planting, bringing people to Christ, and sharing the Gospel in various regions, including unreached tribal areas of the Sierra Madres Mountains in Mexico and unreached villages in India. This includes establishing networks of house churches and inspiring believers to share the Gospel amidst persecution.
    • Establish and Nurture Churches
      Establishes and nurtures house churches and new churches in unreached villages and tribal areas in Mexico, India, and other regions, bringing people to Christ and sharing the Gospel.
    • Evangelism and Church Expansion
      Engages in evangelism by sharing the Gospel in unreached tribal areas, inspiring church planting, and empowering believers to face persecution, which has led to church expansion and conversions in various regions, including Mexico, Asia, and India.
    • Evangelism and Church Planting in Mexico
      Travels by various means to unreached areas of Mexico to share the Gospel, plant churches, and establish a network of home churches, focusing on unreached tribal areas of the Sierra Madres Mountains.
    • Evangelism in Unreached Areas
      Travels by vehicle, mule, and aircraft to unreached areas of Mexico to share the Gospel and establish house churches, bringing people to Christ.
    • Evangelize in Unreached Areas
      Travels by various means to unreached areas of Mexico to share the Gospel and emboldens African believers to share the Gospel amidst persecution.
    • Inspire Global Perspective on Persecuted Christians
      Provides messages during Sunday worship services and home groups that share a global perspective on the work of "living martyrs" in restricted areas, and emboldens African believers to share the Gospel amidst terrorist attacks and severe persecution.
    • Support and Empower Persecuted Christians
      Provides support, service, and prayer to the Asian church, inspires church planting, and empowers believers to face persecution, leading to church expansion, and serves persecuted Christians in India.
    • Support and Evangelism for Persecuted Christians
      Provides support, service, and prayer to the Asian church, emboldens African believers to share the Gospel amidst persecution, and serves persecuted Christians in India, inspiring church planting and leading to church expansion and conversions.
    • Support and Inspire Asian Church
      Provides support, service, and prayer to the Asian church, inspiring church planting and empowering believers to face persecution, which has led to church expansion and the conversion of over a million Indians to Christianity over the past 11 years.
  • Discussion Discipleship Method Training 8 activities
    • Organize Conferences for Indigenous Pastors
      Organizes conferences for indigenous pastors in South America to provide training and support.
    • Organize Pastor Conferences
      Organizes conferences for indigenous pastors in South America to provide training and support.
    • Organize Pastor Conferences and Training
      Organizes conferences for indigenous pastors in South America and provides training such as the Discussion Discipleship Method (DDM) to participants from various nations in Northwest Africa.
    • Pastor Conferences and Training
      Organizes conferences for indigenous pastors in South America and provides training on methods like the Discussion Discipleship Method (DDM) to participants from various nations in Northwest Africa.
    • Teach Discussion Discipleship Method
      Teaches the Discussion Discipleship Method (DDM) to participants from twelve nations in Northwest Africa.
    • Teach Discussion Discipleship Method
      Teaches the Discussion Discipleship Method (DDM) to participants from twelve nations in Northwest Africa to empower believers and facilitate evangelism.
    • Train in Discussion Discipleship Method
      Teaches the Discussion Discipleship Method (DDM) to participants from twelve nations in Northwest Africa.
    • Training and Conferences for Pastors and Missionaries
      Organizes conferences for indigenous pastors in South America and provides training to participants from various nations, such as teaching the Discussion Discipleship Method (DDM) in Northwest Africa. The organization also uses films as training tools for missionaries.
  • Basic Needs Provision for Youth and Families 6 activities
    • Humanitarian Aid and Community Development
      Provides humanitarian aid including flood relief in Venezuela, medicine, food, housing, agricultural tools, and training in Northwest Africa, and implements water projects to improve health outcomes in communities, and distributes bicycles and tractors in villages in India.
    • Provide Humanitarian Aid and Community Development
      Provides humanitarian aid including flood relief in Venezuela, medicine, food, housing, agricultural tools, and training in Northwest Africa, and implements water projects in communities to improve health outcomes.
    • Provide Humanitarian Aid and Community Development
      Provides humanitarian aid including flood relief in Venezuela, medicine, food, housing, agricultural tools, and training in Northwest Africa, and implements water projects in communities, contributing to improved health outcomes.
    • Provide Humanitarian Aid and Community Support
      Provides humanitarian aid including flood relief in Venezuela, medicine, food, housing, agricultural tools, and training to people in need in Northwest Africa, and implements water projects to improve health outcomes in communities.
    • Provide Humanitarian Aid and Community Support
      Provides humanitarian aid and community support, including implementing water projects, distributing bicycles to church planters in India, offering flood relief in Venezuela, and providing medicine, food, housing, agricultural tools, and training to people in need in Northwest Africa, and providing tractors.
    • Providing Humanitarian Aid and Community Support
      Provides humanitarian aid and community support, including implementing water projects, providing flood relief in Venezuela, distributing bicycles in Indian villages, and offering medicine, food, housing, agricultural tools, and training to people in need in Northwest Africa. The organization also provides tractors to address physical and spiritual needs.
  • Christian Literature Development and Distribution 5 activities
    • Distribute Bibles and Christian Materials
      Distributes Bibles, New Testaments, Christian tracts, and other Christian literature in various languages to support Christian leadership, evangelize, and meet demand in countries like Bangladesh, Colombia, Venezuela, and other Spanish-speaking nations, including through air-drops into hostile zones and during festivals.
    • Distribute Bibles and Christian Materials
      Distributes Bibles, New Testaments, Christian tracts, and other Christian literature in various languages and formats, including parachuting materials into restricted zones, to support Christian leadership and evangelism globally, particularly in Bangladesh, Colombia, Venezuela, and other Spanish-speaking nations.
    • Distribute Bibles and Christian Materials
      Distributes Bibles, New Testaments, Christian tracts, and other Christian literature in various languages to support Christian leadership, evangelize, and meet demand in countries like Bangladesh, Colombia, Venezuela, and India, including through air-drops in hostile zones and during festivals.
    • Distribute Bibles and Christian Materials
      Distributes Bibles, New Testaments, Christian tracts, and other Christian literature in various languages and formats, including parachuting materials into restricted zones, to support Christian leadership and evangelism globally, particularly in Bangladesh, Colombia, Venezuela, and other Spanish-speaking nations.
    • Distributing Bibles and Christian Materials
      Distributes Bibles, New Testaments, Christian tracts, and other Christian literature to support Christian leadership and share the Gospel in various regions, including Bangladesh, Colombia, Venezuela, and other Spanish-speaking nations. This includes parachuting materials into restricted zones and providing Bibles in native languages to tribal members.
  • International Pastor Support & Church Capacity Building 5 activities
    • Establish and Operate Church Planting Schools
      Establishes and operates church planting schools in various countries, including Bangladesh, Northwest Africa, and Mexico, to train and empower church leaders and plant new churches, with 27 schools currently operating twice a year.
    • Establish and Operate Church Planting Schools
      Establishes and operates church planting schools in various countries, including Bangladesh, Northwest Africa, and Mexico, to train church leaders and facilitate the establishment of new churches, with 27 schools operating twice a year as of 2023.
    • Establish and Operate Church Planting Schools
      Establishes and operates church planting schools in various countries, including Bangladesh, Northwest Africa, and Mexico, to train leaders and empower church expansion. As of 2023, the organization operates twenty-seven church planting schools twice a year.
    • Establish and Operate Church Planting Schools
      Establishes and operates church planting schools in various countries, including Bangladesh, Northwest Africa, and Mexico, to train and empower church leaders and facilitate the establishment of new churches, with 27 schools operating twice a year as of 2023.
    • Establishing and Operating Church Planting Schools
      Establishes and operates church planting schools in various countries, including Bangladesh, Northwest Africa, and as part of the SOM International network, to train and empower church leaders. As of 2023, the organization operates twenty-seven church planting schools twice a year.
  • Bicycle Distribution and Repair for Community Mobility 2 activities
    • Distribute Bicycles
      Distributes bicycles to church planters and in villages in India to aid in outreach and mobility.
    • Distribute Bicycles for Church Planters
      Distributes bicycles to church planters in remote areas of India to aid their ministry and outreach efforts.
  • Uncategorized 13 activities
    • Christian Radio Broadcasting
      Conducts Christian radio broadcasting in Colombia, Venezuela, and other Spanish-speaking nations, producing over a thousand programs and developing new high-powered radio stations to reach tribal populations, aiming to impact approximately 200,000 tribal people.
    • Christian Radio Broadcasting
      Conducts Christian radio broadcasting in Colombia, Venezuela, and other Spanish-speaking nations, producing over a thousand radio programs on various topics. The organization is developing new high-powered radio stations and enhancing existing installations to reach tribal populations and achieve wide coverage.
    • Christian Radio Broadcasting
      Conducts Christian radio broadcasting in Colombia, Venezuela, and other Spanish-speaking nations, producing over a thousand programs and developing new high-powered radio stations to reach tribal populations and achieve wide coverage.
    • Christian Radio Broadcasting
      Conducts Christian radio broadcasting in Colombia, Venezuela, and other Spanish-speaking nations, producing over a thousand programs and developing new high-powered radio stations to reach tribal populations and achieve wide coverage.
    • Conduct Christian Radio Broadcasting
      Conducts Christian radio broadcasting in Colombia, Venezuela, and other Spanish-speaking nations, producing over a thousand programs and developing new high-powered radio stations to reach tribal populations and achieve wide coverage.
    • Establish and Operate Sewing Discipleship Schools
      Establishes and operates ladies' sewing discipleship schools, including in Bangladesh, to train widows and single mothers in sewing trade skills and Christian identity, with 27 schools currently operating twice a year.
    • Establish and Operate Sewing Discipleship Schools
      Establishes and operates ladies' sewing discipleship schools, including in Bangladesh, to train widows and single mothers in sewing trade skills and Christian identity, with 27 schools operating twice a year as of 2023.
    • Establish and Operate Sewing Discipleship Schools
      Establishes and operates ladies' sewing discipleship schools, including in Bangladesh, to train widows and single mothers in sewing trade skills and biblical discipleship, with 27 schools operating twice a year as of 2023.
    • Establishing and Operating Sewing Discipleship Schools
      Establishes and operates ladies' sewing discipleship schools that train widows and single mothers in sewing trade skills and biblical discipleship. As of 2023, the organization operates twenty-seven sewing discipleship schools twice a year.
    • Global Perspective Sharing
      Shares a global perspective on the work of "living martyrs" in restricted areas through messages during Sunday worship services and home groups.
    • Missionary Training Tools
      Uses the SOM-Latin America film "La Montaña" as a training tool for missionaries.
    • Operate Sewing Discipleship Schools
      Operates ladies' sewing discipleship schools in Bangladesh and other regions, training widows and single mothers in sewing trade skills and biblical discipleship. As of 2023, the organization operates twenty-seven sewing discipleship schools twice a year.
    • Operate Sewing Discipleship Schools
      Operates ladies' sewing discipleship schools to train widows and single mothers in sewing trade skills and Christian identity, with 27 schools operating twice a year as of 2023.
financials · form 990 · fy2021
revenue
Total revenue$2.94M
Contributions & grants$2.94M100%
Program service revenue$00%
Investment income$00%
Other revenue$0
expenses
Total expenses$2.77M
Program expenses96%
Admin / overhead4%
Fundraising0%
Salaries & benefits$363K
Grants paid out$0
Largest expense lineCompensation
balance sheet
Total assets$696K
Cash$696K
Investments$0
Liabilities$-2K
Net assets$698K
Liquid reserves3.0 mo
2 years on record · 2020–2021 · YoY revenue +45.1%
leadership · form 990 part vii · fy2021

who runs it

board members · 7
  • ANGELA WINDSOR — TREASURER
  • DAVID WITT — President & CEO
  • FAYE COAKLEY — MEMBER
  • JAMES LAWLER — MEMBER
  • JOHN MAHON — VICE PRESIDE
  • MONTIE FORTKAMP — MEMBER
  • WILLIAM WITT — SECRETARY
relationships · 5

who they work with

  • Russell Stendal Partner — American missionary to Colombia who approached David about joining forces with SOM International in 2009.
  • SOM-USA Partner — Assisted in establishing the first church planting school within the SOM International network.
  • SOM-USA Partner — Assisted in the establishment of SOM-North Africa in 2014.
  • SOM-USA Partner — Provided support to Bangladeshi Christian leadership through distribution of Bibles and Christian materials since 2008.
  • rlpartnership.org Partner — Potential ministry or outreach partner linked on website.