Mission
Bridging TWO Hearts. Building ONE Future.
Vision
ONE30 seeks to support children suffering from generational poverty. Since its beginning, we have positively impacted nine impoverished communities in five countries by providing food, clothing, shelter, and career training within a Christian environment.
Our Story
Kip and Cheryl Potter have served on staff as Director of Missions Ministry of their local church since June 2014. Caring for children in Africa, among other aspects of overseas missions operations, was a primary focus of the ministry at that time. As an organized way to connect families to the hearts of children and the needs of people in Africa, Kip designed an initiative entitled Heart for the Kingdom Kids which allowed families in the local church to advocate for a select child for $30 per month in efforts to improve their quality of life and meet their essential, educational, and economic needs.
As the Lord began to expand the influence of the local church and opportunities for ministry into other countries, it became exciting to imagine that if one local church could be so generous, certainly a NETWORK of churches, corporations, and families was nearly unstoppable! The Potters began to pray about ways to creatively unite people everywhere in efforts to attend to the children within their circle of care.
So it happened that on a trip to Africa in January 2020 when Kip held a little girl named Gloria who was wearing a ragged, brown make-shift “dress,” that he was inspired to start the ONE30 Network. The ONE30 Network was born out of a desire to have someone dream BIG DREAMS over these orphans and seemingly forgotten children just like good parents everywhere are dreaming for the future of their children. All children deserve a “hope and a future” that is bright and full of promise. All children should have someone praying over them and working to safeguard their future.
In 2017, with the Heart for the Kingdom Kids initiative, our first boy named Rooney, a child living in Kasese, Uganda, was advocated for by Kip and Cheryl’s 16 year-old son Jaron. Since then, the ONE30 Network has grown to support over 1,500 children in five different countries! In March of 2022, the ONE30 Network became a 501c3 non-profit organization. The network now has multiple orphanages and schools in its care, as well as a growing network of churches, corporations, families, and individuals working together to make the dream of a better future for many children become a reality.
ONE child for $30 per month is “ONE30.” By donating $30 a month, our advocates aid to provide the essential, educational, and economic needs of all of our children while dreaming over and connecting with their chosen child. Donations go to our partnering schools and orphanages helping to ensure that each child is provided with clean water, food, clothing, shelter, and medical care, and an education that is Christ-centered and founded on Biblical truth. Finally, we seek to provide career training for older students that will positively impact the lives of their families and their communities for generations to come.
Bridging TWO Hearts. Building ONE Future.
