Ivy League Origins: How Your Gift Trains African Pastors Like Harvard Once Did
- Dr. Daniel Gilbert
- Apr 8
- 2 min read
Tuesay, April 8
7:40 am
Daniel & Mary Beth Gilbert
A generous donor, who like you, has a heart for God’s work in the world, has offered to MATCH every EmPowered Living gift up to $10,000 until Easter Sunday!
You care and I knew you would want to know!
Consider...
Did you know that Harvard, Yale, and most of America’s prestigious Ivy League universities began as schools to train pastors? Their founders understood a profound truth: when you educate pastors, you transform nations.
These institutions helped build America’s moral, social, and educational foundation. Today, with your help, we have the same opportunity in Africa.
Just as colonial American pastors shaped their young nation through biblical education, African pastors are poised to transform their communities.
But they need our help.
Will you consider giving a gift today?
For just $70, you can provide comprehensive theological training to one African pastor. And thanks to our matching gift challenge, your impact will be DOUBLED!
Think about that. You can equip a leader to:
Guide their community with biblical wisdom
Combat dangerous false teachings
Build ethical frameworks for local governance
Foster unity across tribal and cultural divisions
Yes, it is ambitious, but we are dreaming of training 1,000 Pastors in 2025. We hope you will dream with us!
Total Need: $70,000.
From America’s Past to Africa’s Future
Most Americans are shocked to find out that many of their Ivy League schools were founded by religious denominations to train ministers and educate leaders in theology, law, and civic life:
Harvard (1636): Established by Puritans to ensure a literate, Biblically educated clergy and citizenry. Its original motto was “Christo et Ecclesiae” (For Christ and the Church).
Yale (1701): Created by Congregationalists dissatisfied with Harvard’s perceived drift from orthodoxy.
Princeton (1746): Founded by New Light Presbyterians to train ministers during the Great Awakening.
Columbia (1754): Began as King’s College under the Anglican Church, with a curriculum emphasizing theology and classical languages.
The African Parallel Today
Africa stands at a similar crossroads. Like colonial America, many African nations are building their democratic institutions, establishing educational systems, and seeking social cohesion amid diversity.
And just like early America, Africa needs education that goes beyond mere information transfer.
It needs transformation.
Imagine the impact of 1,000 trained pastors:
Thousands of congregations strengthened
Countless lives transformed
Communities united and uplifted
Nations shaped by biblical truth
Your Gift Will Be DOUBLED Until Easter Sunday!
With the $10,000 matching gift, your donation goes twice as far:
Your $70 becomes $140—training TWO pastors
Your $140 becomes $280—training FOUR pastors
Your $280 becomes $560—training EIGHT
Your $350 becomes $700—training TEN pastors
Your $700 becomes $1,400—training TWENTY pastors
Just as America’s early religious schools helped build a great nation, your gift today—DOUBLED by our matching challenge—will help build Africa’s tomorrow.
Will you invest in Africa’s future by sponsoring a pastor’s education before our Easter Sunday deadline?
Thank you!
P.S. Please, while you you are thinking about it, give an African pastor the comprehensive theological training they need to build Africa’s tomorrow. Click below to give securely online.
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