THE CHRISTIAN CHAIN INC

During this fiscal year, we took the program that encompassed the primary work of our organization for the past eight (8) years and rebranded and built upon the foundation to make this program more accessible across the United States. This program, called Samaritan Bags (samaritanbags.com), was designed to meet the "connecting the world to Jesus Christ" part of our mission statement. The objective is to offer a way for people to meet the needs of vulnerable individuals around the Phoenix Valley and throughout the United States. The Samaritan Bags program connects churches and community organizations to pack bags with non-perishable food and personal care items. These bags can be donated outright to organizations or rescue missions; or be carried around in volunteers' cars for chance encounters. Due to the challenges faced with the COVID-19 global pandemic, we were unable to hold our normal in-person packing events and then distribute the bags to those in need. So, we took this opportunity to update and expand the design our website to include an online packing and event guide, online shopping help, tutorials and aids, as well as a portal to help organizations and groups organize their packing event and take online donations of cash and items. Though we have missed our in-person packing events, we were able to use the time to prepare for the future and saw a quick return on our efforts. During this fiscal year we have averaged 221 monthly visitors with an estimated 46% engagement rate compared to the average 72 monthly visitors with an estimated 21.79% engagement rate seen from the initial launch of the website in 2013 until the start of this fiscal year.

During this fiscal year, we launched a program called Partners in Unity (partnersinunity.com), which is at the heart of our organization's vision, that is to see unity within the Body of Christ. This program was designed to meet the "connecting churches to churches" part of our mission statement. The objective is to offer a way for members to become bridge builders among the many Christian denominations seeking to enhance the long-term health of the Church by supporting church leadership and interdenominational cooperation. The Partners in Unity program seeks to promote unity within churches by identifying areas of growth opportunity within congregations and providing tools and actionable resources that churches can use to strengthen unity within and outside their congregations. During the second fiscal quarter, this program went from a concept to initial launch of two projects all within a short 2-month period. The first project was a questionnaire called the Unity Gauge (unitygauge.com). This questionnaire helps church leadership to decipher how their congregation feels and understands Biblical unity and offers a comprehensive report to the elder board of the church along with detailed offerings designed specifically to help them grow in the area of Biblical unity. During the development of this project, we held a round table meeting of ministers and church leaders from various ecclesiastical backgrounds in an effort to gain insights into the questions that we should include. The second project was an online resource called the Unity Accord (unityaccord.org). This is an online portal where individual members can explore the doctrines and history of Biblical unity as well as providing active ways for the member to engage with others to help promote Biblical unity. Since the initial launch of the Unity Accord website, we have seen an average of 357 monthly visitors with an estimated 75% engagement rate. The grant listed was a donation given to a small organization that was seeking funds for a book on the unity of the Body of Christ.