Train 10 Formation Guides in 24 months to multiply Steve Hong's 30 years of cross-sector work
73% of seminary graduates leave ministry within 5 years. BIPOC missionaries average 2-year tenure. Online courses proliferate while embodied formation disappears.
Seminaries don't partner with missions orgs. Progressive and conservative churches won't co-create. Faith organizations isolated from secular impact work.
AAPI missionaries 40% underfunded vs. white counterparts. Formation requires assimilation to white evangelical norms. Church-trauma survivors flee Christian spaces.
We're mass-producing leaders who burn out, perpetuate inequity, and fragment the witness of the Church.
Kingdom Rice trains Formation Guides—leaders who form other leaders across sectors through embodied discipleship.
Steve's closest disciples from anchor partners. Six intensives plus monthly supervision. Learn to co-facilitate with Steve.
First 3 co-teach with Steve. Total: 9 Formation Guides by Month 24.
9 Formation Guides lead training. Steve advises, doesn't execute. Total: 19+ Formation Guides by Year 5.
Think: Jesus → 12 disciples → 70 sent out → early church multiplication
Key insight: 10 anchor partners (15% of total) drive 70% of deep engagement. We're scaling what already works.
Cross-Sector Collaboration Framework
5 Nuos values translated across 6 sectors (seminary, missions, church, nonprofit, corporate, civic). Co-created by anchor partners. Enables cross-sector collaboration.
Partnership Brokering Platform
Maps ecosystem (100+ partners by Year 5). Brokers cross-sector collaborations. Produces annual "State of Formation" reports for foundations.
Documentary Case Studies
Embed with anchor partners, produce cinematic documentaries. Partners use for fundraising (ROI proof). Kingdom Rice gains credibility and recruitment.
Asian-centered formation, cross-religious collaboration, economic equity, disability advocacy
60+ partner ecosystem, network mapping and brokering, values-based knowledge sharing
Formation for pluralistic contexts, embodied witness over content-based evangelism
Asian-centered theology creates space for marginalized voices, trauma-informed bridge-building
Formation Guide credential: 24 months, under $20K vs. MDiv: 3 years, $60K
Keep fees low for accessibility. Sustain through donor partnerships and modest earned revenue.
Cohort fees stay low ($500/person) for accessibility. Major gifts and foundation grants sustain the work.
30 years cross-sector formation: Cru AAPI director, seminary adjunct, spiritual director, church planter. Co-author of fundraising book addressing AAPI missionary inequity. Network: 60+ partner orgs spanning denominations, ethnicities, sectors.
Manages partner relationships, logistics, data, finances. Frees Steve to train Formation Guides full-time.
$5K-10K/year for co-teaching, supervision, curriculum development. Part-time role—multiply in their own contexts, not full Kingdom Rice employees.
We're raising $300K for Years 1-2 to train the first 3 Formation Guides, hire a COO, and build the Values Translation Library.