Simplicity Ministries is located in Fairview, OR. The organization was established in 2000. According to its NTEE Classification (X21) the organization is classified as: Protestant, under the broad grouping of Religion-Related and related organizations. This organization is an independent organization and not affiliated with a larger national or regional group of organizations. Simplicity Ministries is a 501(c)(3) and as such, is described as a "Charitable or Religous organization or a private foundation" by the IRS.
For the year ending 12/2023, Simplicity Ministries generated $160.1k in total revenue. This represents relatively stable growth, over the past 8 years the organization has increased revenue by an average of 2.2% each year. All expenses for the organization totaled $175.6k during the year ending 12/2023. While expenses have increased by 6.6% per year over the past 8 years. They've been increasing with an increasing level of total revenue. You can explore the organizations financials more deeply in the financial statements section below.
Form
990EZ
Mission & Program ActivityExcerpts From the 990EZ Filing
TAX YEAR
2023
Describe the Organization's Program Activity:
Part 3
TRAVELING PREACHING MINISTRYEVANGELIST MIKE THIBODEAUX PREACHES AT MINISTRY EVENTS EACH YEAR IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL CHURCHES, PRIMARILY IN THE NORTHWEST, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: YOUTH AND COLLEGE CAMPS AND EVENTS, REVIVALS & EVANGELISTIC EVENTS, SUNDAY SERVICES, SIMPLE EVANGELISM CONFERENCES, MEN'S EVENTS, MARRIAGE CONFERENCES, ETC. THIBODEAUX PREACHED AT 20 MINISTRY EVENTS TO APPROXIMATELY 1,126 PEOPLE IN 2023. THERE WERE 11 RECORDED PUBLIC DECISIONS OF FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST AS SAVIOR IN LORD, 2 ASSURANCE OF SALVATION DECISIONS, APPROXIMATELY 110 PUBLIC DECISIONS OF REPENTANCE AND RENEWAL, 1 CALLED TO MINISTRY. THIBODEAUX CONDUCTED EVANGELISM TRAINING AT 4 EVENTS, TRAINING A TOTAL OF 170 PEOPLE TO SHARE THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST WITH THOSE WHO DO NOT KNOW HIM AS LORD AND SAVIOR.LOCAL PROJECTSMEN OF SIMPLICITY (MOS): MOS IS A THREE-YEAR JOURNEY OF WEEKLY DISCIPLESHIP GROUPS FOR MEN, OCCURRING SEPTEMBER THROUGH JUNE EACH YEAR. MOS BEGAN IN 2009. IN 2023, MIKE LED ONE GROUP IN THE GRESHAM, OR AREA ON MONDAY NIGHTS. IN ADDITION, VIA ZOOM VIDEO CONFERENCING, CHURCHES, GROUPS, AND INDIVIDUALS FROM OUTSIDE GRESHAM, OR LOCATION PARTICIPATE IN MOS ON MONDAY NIGHTS. WE CALL THIS MOS CONNECT, A LIVE FULLY INTERACTIVE VIDEO CONFERENCE CALL VIA ZOOM. IT WAS FIRST LAUNCHED IN SEPTEMBER 2017. THE GOAL OF THESE GROUPS IS BIBLICAL MANHOOD - MEN LEADING AND LIVING SIMPLY AND PURELY DEVOTED TO CHRIST (2 COR. 11:3). THIS MEANS THAT MEN ARE NO LONGER LIVING FOR THEMSELVES BUT FOR CHRIST WHO DIED AND ROSE AGAIN ON THEIR BEHALF (2 COR. 5:15). THE MOS GUYS FOCUS ON DEVELOPING A BIBLICALLY HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD IN CHRIST, WITH OTHER BELIEVERS AND THEIR FAMILY, AND WITH THOSE WHO ARE NON-BELIEVERS IN THE COMMUNITY IN ORDER TO INTRODUCE THEM TO JESUS CHRIST. THE MEN OF SIMPLICITY DISCIPLESHIP JOURNEY CONTINUED TO GROW AS WE MOVED INTO 2023. JANUARY - JUNE OF 2023, WE HAD 9 CHURCHES/GROUPS WITH A TOTAL OF 89 MEN INVOLVED AND AN AVERAGE ATTENDANCE OF 69 MEN. IN THE SEPTEMBER - DECEMBER 2023 TERM, WE 3 CHURCHES INVOLVED IN PREVIOUS YEARS MOVE ON TO CONTINUE MEN'S DISCIPLESHIP THROUGH THEIR LOCAL CHURCH AND WE ADDED 5 NEW CHURCHES/GROUPS FOR A TOTAL OF 97 MEN INVOLVED WITH AN AVERAGE ATTENDANCE OF 86 MEN EACH WEEK DURING THE MONTHS OF SEPTEMBER - DECEMBER OF 2023.S.E.A.D.S. & BRIGHT LIGHTS: DEBBIE THIBODEAUX CONTINUED TO LEAD THE WEEKLY SIMPLE EVANGELISM AND DISCIPLESHIP STRATEGY (S.E.A.D.S.) WOMEN'S GROUP ON TUESDAY MORNINGS WHICH SHE HAS FAITHFULLY LED SINCE 2001. THERE WERE 12 WOMEN INVOLVED IN 2023. SHE IS IN THE EIGHT YEAR OF LEADING A WEEKLY DISCIPLESHIP GROUP CALLED B.R.I.G.H.T. LIGHTS FOR TEEN GIRLS ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOONS. THERE WERE 18 TEENS GIRLS IN B.R.I.G.H.T. LIGHTS IN THE 2023 SCHOOL YEAR. FIVE OF THESE GIRLS ARE LEADERS IN TRAINING (MEANING THEY ARE DISCIPLING YOUNGER GIRLS, TEACHING BEFORE THE WHOLE GROUP ONCE THIS YEAR, AND RUNNING THE SPECIAL EVENTS FOR THE GROUP). THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE DISCIPLED THROUGH WEEKLY DISCIPLESHIP IN 2023 WAS AROUND 127 PEOPLE. ALL GLORY AND PRAISE TO GOD FOR THE WORK HE DID THROUGH THIS MINISTRY IN THESE LIVES IN 2023.GO CHURCH EAST COUNTY CHURCH PLANT: SIMPLICITY MINISTRIES AND THE THIBODEAUX PARTNERED WITH CHURCH PLANTER MARK FORD TO ASSIST IN PLANTING A NEW CHURCH COMING OCTOBER 6, 2024 ON THE EASTERN EDGE OF PORTLAND OREGON METRO AREA. SIMPLICITY MINISTRIES INVESTED A ONE-TIME GIFT OF $10,000 ON DECEMBER 15, 2023 TO ASSIST WITH LOCAL OUTREACH PROJECTS IN THE CHURCH PLANT TARGET AREA TO BE CONDUCTED IN THE SUMMER OF 2024. MIKE THIBODEAUX ALSO ASSISTED IN THE RECRUITING OF THE CORE TEAM FOR THE PLANT DURING THE MONTHS OF AUGUST-DECEMBER OF 2023. DURING THE LAUNCH PHASE, FALL OF 2024, THIBODEAUX AND HIS FAMILY WILL LEAD THE WORSHIP SINGING ON SUNDAY MORNINGS, HELP THE CHURCH WITH MEN AND WOMEN'S DISCIPLESHIP, AND HELP DEVELOP LEADERS FOR THE CHURCH. *NOTE: THE GO CHURCH PLANT IS ITS OWN 501C3 NON-PROFIT AND IS NOT UNDER THE FINANCIAL UMBRELLA OF SIMPLICITY MINISTRIES. THIS WAS A COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIP IN MINISTRY.INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS:SIMPLICITY MINISTRIES CONDUCTED PRELIMINARY TRAINING AND DISCIPLESHIP FOR 3 RWANDAN PASTORS IN DISCIPLESHIP AND DEVELOPING SYSTEMS FOR SMALL GROUP DISCIPLESHIP IN RWANDA. THIS TRAINING WAS ADMINISTERED VIA ZOOM JANUARY - JUNE 2023 IN PREPARATION FOR THEIR SERVICE IN A NEW CHURCH LAUNCH. THIBODEAUX HAD AN INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH THESE PASTORS VIA ZOOM ON DECEMBER 1ST, 2022. EIGHT ADDITIONAL ZOOM MEETINGS WERE SCHEDULED AND HELD ABOUT EVERY TWO WEEKS FROM JANUARY THROUGH JUNE OF 2023. THESE MEETINGS PREPARED THESE PASTORS FOR THE PLANTING OF A CHURCH AT THE HOPE VOCATIONAL TRAINING CENTER IN KIGALI, RWANDA IN 2024 AND EQUIP THEM TO EFFECTIVELY DISCIPLE THOSE THE CHURCH REACHES. IN ADDITION, OUR MINISTRY GAVE $2,070 TO RWANDA RISE FOR THE PURCHASE AND DISTRIBUTION OF 276 BIBLES IN THE KINYARWANDA LANGUAGE TO EACH STUDENT AT THE HOPE VOCATIONAL TRAINING CENTER.
Name (title) | Role | Hours | Compensation |
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Mike Thibodeaux President | 40 | $102,190 | |
Debbie Thibodeaux Vice President | 0.5 | $0 | |
Robert Sherwood Chair | 0.5 | $0 | |
Jay Hill Treasurer | 0.5 | $0 | |
Stan Albright Secretary | 0.5 | $0 | |
Tim Porter Board | 0.5 | $0 |
Statement of Revenue | |
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Total Revenue from Contributions, Gifts, Grants & Similar | $147,844 |
Total Program Service Revenue | $9,000 |
Membership dues | $0 |
Investment income | $0 |
Gain or Loss | $0 |
Net Income from Gaming & Fundraising | $0 |
Other Revenue | $3,277 |
Total Revenue | $160,121 |
Statement of Expenses | |
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Grants and similar amounts paid | $0 |
Benefits paid to or for members | $0 |
Salaries, other compensation, and employee benefits | $146,046 |
Professional fees and other payments to independent contractors | $5,000 |
Occupancy, rent, utilities, and maintenance | $0 |
Printing, publications, postage, and shipping | $2,535 |
Other expenses | $9,969 |
Total expenses | $175,620 |
Balance Sheet | |
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Cash, savings, and investments | $178,462 |
Other assets | $0 |
Total assets | $178,462 |
Total liabilities | $662 |
Net assets or fund balances | $177,800 |