JUNIOR DESOUZA MINISTRIES

Thank you for visiting the donation page. Please read carefully the information below, as it will explain JDM's financial policy and donor information.

Presently JDM can only receive paper donations (check, money order, cash, etc...), as it is not yet set up to process electronically. Those desiring to give should contact JDM at juniordesouzaministries@msn.com.  

JDM's Non-profit Purpose  JDM is an official non-profit organization for three purposes: self-initiated donors, the employment of a ministry team, and the funding of ministry projects.

• self-initiated donors  JDM does NOT ask for financial donations. However, self-initiated donors regularly express interest in contributing and giving. In order to provide them with a more formal entity to give into, one with government recognition and tax deduction ability, JDM has incorporated as a non-profit organization.
• ministry team employment  Junior intends to form a small ministry team in the near future. Incorporating JDM as a non-profit provides a financial vehicle to employ an excellent ministry team to execute JDM's vision.
• funding of projects  JDM performs various ministry projects: short-term missions, poverty relief, audio/video recordings, retreats, and the like. Junior desires to expand the scope, frequency, and effectiveness of such endeavors. By incorporating as a non-profit, funding can be formally accumulated and applied to do exactly this. 

JDM's Financial Procedures  JDM's financial procedures are four-sided: transparency, independent oversight, salary ceilings, and material modesty. 

      (1) TRANSPARENCY.....JDM makes all financial records public once a year. This is done via JDM's website, email newsletter, and any other avenue whereby JDM can express its financial transparency, integrity, and accountability to the global body of Christ.

      (2) INDEPENDENT OVERSIGHT.....JDM's finances are overseen by an independent accountant or accountant-type, named alongside the yearly financial presentation.    

      (3) SALARY CEILINGS.....JDM has a salary ceiling for Junior and all its team members. Junior has willingly declared that his monthly salary ceiling shall not exceed $4,000, or $48,000 yearly. He also gains income from book sales and ministry engagements paid directly to him. The salary ceiling of team members will not necessarily be identical to Junior's. It will, however, be an appropriate blend of both abundance and moderation.

      (4) MATERIAL MODESTY.....JDM and its team members operate within the discretions of financial and material modesty. JDM believes and teaches a healthy Scriptural view of financial blessing, capability, and empowerment. However, JDM absolutely does not support material emphases or material excesses. 

NOTE 1 from Junior: It is fully biblical for spiritual leaders to ask for financial support to fulfill their ministries. Many passages show this: Luke 8:1-3 (Jesus) and 1Corinthians 9:11 (Paul) are just two examples. However, there has been tremendous abuse of this legitimate practice, and it is from this abuse that my "no asking" conviction has arisen. This conviction is mine alone. I do not expect other ministries to conform to it, nor do I condemn or frown upon any ministries that do assume the biblical practice of asking.      

NOTE 2 from Junior: Neither is it wrong for a Christian to abound financially, as long as it is done honestly, morally, and ethically. I cannot and will not issue a blanket condemnation of all wealthy Christians, Christian leaders, or Christian ministries. There are simply too many biblical passages, Old Testament and New, mentioning financial abundance in a positive light. JDM believes and teaches a healthy Scriptural view of financial capability. My condemnation is, however, of materialistic abuses, hyper-prosperity, financial gain at the expense of donor ignorance, financial shadiness, focusing ministry effort on money instead of spiritual priorities, neglect of the poor, and the like.