CMA HeartBeat September 2018 | Page 4

From the CEO By JOHN Ogden Sr CMA team, this year’s Run for the Son celebration was the best ever and I am thankful for all you have done to invest in changing the world, one heart at a time. With this year’s efforts, the worldwide impact of Run for the Son has been increased. We asked the question – what does this really mean in a quantitative view? This year, you raised $4,769,143.37 for Run for the Son. This allows us to make an invest- ment of over $900,000 into each of our ministry part- THANK YOU <1000 1000-1499 1500-1999 2000-2999 3000-3999 4000+ 10,194 761 160 183 55 121 $1,829,813.55 $842,674.95 $267,762.54 $443,237.78 $182,968.98 $826,103.34 Jesus Film Viewers 4,163,759 1,590,238 505,303 836,448 345,287 1,558,966 Salvations 462,640 176,693 56,145 92,939 38,365 173,218 Motorcyclists Ministered to 288,506 110,187 35,012 57,957 23,925 108,020 74,022 28,271 8,983 14,870 6,138 27,715 216 82 26 43 18 81 Participants Amount Bibles Modes of Transportation ners with the remaining funds being invested in evan- gelizing the motorcycling world. But when you break those numbers down into their areas of impact, the results are staggering. What God accomplishes with every dollar invested is beyond any numbers we could ever put on a chart. Still, every member, every partici- pant has had a global impact on ministry around this nation and around the world and we want to take a few minutes to reflect on just a bit of what God is doing with the funds raised. You will see in our largest category of participants, those who raised less than a $1000, that no matter if you participated with $0.01 or $999.99, your effort, combined with the efforts of thousands of others, has had an astounding impact on ministry. CMA is a grass roots ministry, where everything that everyone does is important. This proves God’s principle that we are called to be in community with one another and that our efforts, joined with others, multiplies the overall effect. We celebrate what God is doing through the CMA team. For our other categories of supporters, it is plain to see just how impactful your efforts have been and will be around the world as the funds are invested in min- istry outreach. Again, it takes a team working together with all that God has given us, to make the kind of impact that you have made in ministry. CMA, thank you for your faithfulness. Thank you for your heart to see God’s light spread around a lost and dying world. Thank you for your sacrifices of time, ener- gy and finances to take the Gospel to the lost, the hurt- ing, the forgot- ten. I am proud of who God has called us to be and I look for- ward to serving with you as we continue march- ing forward in changing the world, one heart John and Becky Ogden, at a time. CMA John is the CMA CEO/Chairman of the Board of Directors.