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Kingdom Investments

Our Mission

Perimeter’s Kingdom Investments ministry multiplies your kingdom-based investments through matching funds, strategic ministry partnerships, and launching new ministry ventures in the areas of mercy, justice, and kingdom growth.

What we do

Kingdom Investments is a grant-making ministry of Perimeter Church, existing to provide resources to start and grow ministries of mercy, justice and kingdom growth. Kingdom Investments aims to transform communities by engaging ministry partners and multiplying investments. Each dollar that we grant is matched by the ministries’ donor base and each grant is structured to have the most impact on the beneficiaries.

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Current grants

Grants awarded in the past 12 months

A Beacon of Hope

A Beacon of Hope provides holistic, life-affirming, integrated sexual health care that fosters knowledge and hope, transforming the lives of women and their families for generations. This grant is to help with the purchase and expansion of a new “Beacon” home.

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Anago Partners

Anago Partners vision is to serve the Church so that it is flourishing missionally, spiritually, emotionally, relationally, and organizationally. This grant is for a project that involves three churches of different sizes, allowing them to perform the Church Health Assessment (CHA) and use their church as a proving ground—at no cost to them—and engaging them in a comprehensive evaluation process.

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Baptist Church Bunavestire (Romania)

Located in Bucharest, Romania, this grant is help fund the renovation of the upper two floors of their building to become a faith hub.

Brookhaven Presbyterian Church

A daughter church of Perimeter, their vision is to help the community be with God by embodying the church’s values. This grant will help transition its parsonage home into the BPC Foster Home designed specifically for keeping larger sets of siblings together.

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Corners Outreach

Corners Outreach’s mission is to equip Metro Atlanta’s underserved students of color and their families to lead full lives through educational development and economic opportunities. This grant was to fund the finishing of the soccer field and to build a walkable food pantry.

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House of Cherith

House of Cherith’s mission is to empower female survivors of sexual abuse, exploitation, trafficking, and domestic violence to reclaim their dignity and self-worth, renew their faith in humanity, and rekindle their passion for a lifetime of success. This grant is to help fund the expansion of portions their Mommy and Me program.

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Frontline Response

Frontline Response is on the frontlines every day rescuing individuals out of the darkness of sex trafficking and homelessness while preventing children and other vulnerable individuals from falling victim. This grant was to fund the buildout of the kitchen and dining room within their Global Response Center.

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Guatemala: Mana de Vida

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This school is a ministry of Vida Real Church, with a mission to provide a Christian education to children in the Escuintla area of Guatemala. The students Mana de Vida serves are under-resourced, and many come from broken homes and traumatic situations. The school offers a high-quality education, along with psychological, spiritual, and physical support, all at no cost. This grant will help fund the installation of a large solar panel system to reduce electricity costs at the Escuintla campus of Vida Real Church and the Mana de Vida School.

JMA Ministries, INC

JMA’s vision is to bring the gospel of Jesus Christ to the most unreached and untold people in the world in a holistic manner by addressing their spiritual, physical, educational, and emotional needs. This grant is for two projects: a pig farm in Yangon and a mission center in Mon.

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Lifeline Children's Services

Lifeline Children’s Services is a holistic ministry that ultimately desires to partner with the church to care for vulnerable women, families, and children. They serve women and men in unplanned pregnancies, orphaned and vulnerable children locally and across the world, and families during the journey of adoption. This grant was to help fund the “Your Families Count” and “Heritage Builders” programs.

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Neighborhood Cooperative Ministries

Neighborhood Cooperative Ministries (NCM) is a faith-based, non-profit, ecumenical ministry dedicated to providing emergency assistance to families in Norcross, Peachtree Corners, Doraville and Tucker, Georgia of Gwinnett County. This grant is to fund the engagement of Research Consultants to help NCM develop monitoring and evaluation systems for three to their current. NCM’s primary intent is to improve current program monitoring and to help measure NCM’s impact on clients short-term and long-term.

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NightLight (Thailand)

NightLight is an international organization compelled by love to reach out to, rescue, and restore all those who are negatively impacted by sex trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation. This grant was for multiple projects to shore up their infrastructure and to enhance their mission in Thailand.

No Longer Bound

No Longer Bound is a long-term, residential, faith-based program for men in addiction. This grant request supports the finalization of facilities for No Longer Bound’s transition phase. This phase focuses on men’s reintegration into society after completing the main program, providing deliberate preparation for work, home, and family life.

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Never Alone Widows, Inc.

Their mission is to take widows from desperation to destiny through the healing power of Jesus Christ. This grant funds the development and creation of a Bible study specifically for widows.

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Poland ProNovis

This grant award is to help purchase a lakeside property near Poznan, Poland. It will be used to create the first Christian training center in northwest Poland to be known as The Evangelical Poland Impact Center (Epic Center). The Epic Center will play a critical role in strengthening the Christian church community in Poland.

Prison Alliance

Prison Alliance is a global discipleship ministry specifically designed for people behind bars. This grant was to fund the digital expansion of their correspondence Bible study program.

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Promise686

Promise686’s vision is to fulfill God’s promise “to set the lonely in families.” We work toward this goal by mobilizing church communities to care for vulnerable children. This grant is to fund the completion of the development and launch of their mobile application: “Promise Serves.”

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Proximity Gap Network

Proximity Gap Network bridges the gap in community care services by partnering with organizations and churches to bring essential resources to those in need. This grant is towards purchasing a van for transportation for young students whose families are experiencing homelessness.

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UboraTZ

This grant award is for the construction of a Christian high school in the Siha District of Tanzania. The school will be unique in Tanzania/East Africa in that it will provide a science, technology, engineering, and math curriculum, practical training in agribusiness, and an integrated biblical worldview and servant leadership focus. The proposed school will complement UBORA’s existing primary school, and bring high school operations in-house to prevent students from faltering spiritually and academically when attending non-UBORA boarding high schools. This Christian high school forms a critical part of UBORA’s pipeline that will create a steady stream of Tanzanian, Christ-centered leaders who will transform their country into a thriving nation.

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Union Athens Church

This grant is to replant Christ Community Church as Union Athens Church. Church Planter Garrett Moore has received permission from the Foothills Presbytery of the PCA to replant Christ Community Church in Athens, GA.

Wellspring Living

Wellspring Living’s mission is to transform the lives of those at risk for or victimized by sexual exploitation. This grant is to help fund a portion of the construction and equipping of 2 therapeutic rooms within their new Youth Residential Program building.

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West Africa Reformed Mission (WARM)

A division of Mission to the World, WARM’s vision is to partner with West African national churches in order to advance the gospel of the kingdom of Jesus Christ throughout the region. This grant was awarded to help fund a portion of phase one of building and relocation of the Safe Girls Home Ministry known as Teranga Village.

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Our Team

Staff

Board Members

Curtis Cain

Curtis Cain

Curtis joined Perimeter Church in 1996. He currently serves as an elder and member on the Board of Perimeter’s Kingdom Investments. Over the past 25+ years, Curtis has been actively involved in men’s discipleship groups, youth discipleship groups, youth ministry, and the BPI-Guatemala ministry. Outside of Perimeter, Curtis served on the World Team Board, a global missionary sending agency, and the High Tech Ministries Board, a workplace ministry based in Atlanta. He currently is a co-leader of a Grace@Work group that provides weekly Bible studies in the technology workplace.

Curtis and his wife, Sandi, have been married for 34 years and live in Johns Creek. They have two adult children, Mallory and Connor.

In the marketplace, Curtis is a Partner with TechCXO serving in interim and fractional roles as Chief Financial Officer of various technology companies. Over the course of the past 30+ years, Curtis has served in multiple operational and financial leadership roles—including CEO, COO, and CFO—of software and technology companies.

Bryce Dykes

Bryce Dykes

Bryce has been a member of Perimeter Church since 2012. His faith journey began during his college years at Georgia Tech, where he became a believer through Campus Outreach. Since then, he and his wife Kelsey have been passionate about discipleship and have led numerous discipleship groups throughout their time at Perimeter.
In his time at Perimeter Church, Bryce has served in a variety of roles, including the Elder Ministry Team, Kids Discipleship, Adult Discipleship, as a member of the Pastor Nominating Committee, and as an Elder since 2015.
Bryce lives in Peachtree Corners with his wife Kelsey and their four children: Addy, Dalton, Eloise, and Blakely. He enjoys coaching youth sports, including baseball and flag football, and has recently taken up playing tennis as part of their neighborhood activities.
Professionally, Bryce is a Director at Cox Communications, where he leads a team dedicated to frontline tool analytics and experience optimization.
Lesley Gadegbeku

Lesley Gadegbeku

Lesley has been a member of Perimeter Church since 2004. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing from Howard University in Washington, D.C. Her areas of nursing practice include the adult intensive care and neonatal units. She has worked in many hospitals in Atlanta and across the country while serving as a travel nurse. Lesley is also a licensed real estate agent and has training as a court mediator.

As a lifelong advocate of women and children, she has been passionately involved in supporting charities and community programs that address the needs of these special groups.

Through active volunteerism, she has devoted time and resources to many charities, including the Atlanta Children’s Shelter, My Sisters House Atlanta, Chamblee Mercy Care, Battle Betty Foundation, Sister’s Network Inc. Free Mammograms, Operation Big Book Bag, Annual Youth Symposium, Swim 1922 Drowning Reduction, Project Cradle Care, Meals On Wheels Atlanta, The Atlanta Food Bank, Saint Jude Children’s Research Hospital, March of Dimes, Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta, and The Women in Science and Health Careers Network for High School Girls.

Within the Perimeter community, she has served as a lead teacher for the Saturday night Kids Town program and as a camp nurse for Camp All-American. She currently serves as a Global Liaison on the Kingdom Investments Board.

Lesley is an active member of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc., whose mission is to enhance the quality of life for women and their families in the U.S. and globally through community service, social, and civic action. Membership provides her with a steady vehicle for community service. She has held offices on the local level and is currently chairwoman of two international committees. She also enjoys mentoring young women in successfully navigating career, family, and mature Christian development.

Lesley and her husband Philippe have lived in the Berkeley Lake community since 1991, where they enjoyed raising their daughter Zoë.

In addition to nursing and volunteerism, Lesley enjoys the creative outlets of ceramics, oil painting, and creative writing. Traveling is her favorite activity. She considers the opportunity to stick her toes in the sand next to her husband, Philippe, a special blessing!

Jer Goss

Jer has been a member of Perimeter church since 2009. His heartbeat aligns with Perimeter’s mission to form gospel-rooted disciples of Christ who make and train disciples. He has served in various capacities including the Elder Ministry Team, Pastor Nominating Committee, COVID Taskforce, and the Welcome Committee. He currently serves as an elder, disciple leader, and Perimeter School class lead parent.
Currently living in Johns Creek, Jer and his wife, Caitlin, have three sons, Daniel, Andrew, and Jacob. As a family, they enjoy any outdoor activities including hiking, running, and various sports. You can often find Jer on a baseball field or basketball court where he coaches his three boys.
For work, Jer owns and operates Goss RV, a motorcoach rental, sales, management, and service company that focuses on creating unforgettable experiences for their clients and partners. He is a second-generation leader that has served in his role running the company for over eight years now. In total, Jer has 22 years of experience in the motorcoach industry.
Angela Pau

Angela Pau

Angela has been a member of Perimeter since 2017. She received a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations from Johns Hopkins University, a Juris Doctor from the University of Maryland and a Master of Laws in Taxation from Boston University. After assisting corporations in state and local tax matters, she now helps individuals and families minimize taxes and build wealth through active and passive real estate holdings. She has contributed as a general partner and limited partner of large multifamily syndications and owns/manages properties of her own.
Angela is passionate about giving and has long supported non-profits that combat human trafficking, establish access to clean water, provide jobs via micro loans, education for orphans and disaster relief across the globe, amidst others.
Together with her husband, Derrick, they have participated in various ministries at Perimeter serving children, men and working moms. Currently, Angela co-leads a girls group for her daughter and Derrick serves as elder and leader of a weekly men’s group. Prior to Perimeter, they have provided support to large and smaller churches by leading hospitality groups, hosting gatherings, singing, playing keys, setting up/breaking down equipment, whatever was needed! They have three children, twins in elementary and a middle schooler. As a family, they enjoy playing tennis, traveling and experimenting with baking to find the latest, greatest gluten-free chocolate chip cookie.
Debra Potter

Debra Potter

Debra has been at Perimeter Church since 2003. Prior to her current role as a Generosity Advocate with the National Christian Foundation, she served on staff at Perimeter in Community Outreach for over 17 years. She has dedicated her life to connecting people to their purpose and passion so that they can experience the joy of being generous stewards of everything God has entrusted to them.

She and her husband Todd have been married for 22 years and live in Suwanee with their daughter Lindsay. Their family mission is to extend Christian hospitality to whomever God brings into their lives. So whether God calls them to offer a place to live, a meal to share, a late night chat around the fire or a feast to celebrate, their prayer is that all will “Taste and see that the Lord is good – Psalm 34:8” Debra also serves on the Advisory Council for the Salvation Army of Gwinnett.

Manny Rodriguez

Manny Rodriguez

Manny joined Perimeter Church in 1996. He has been a Perimeter Elder for over 20 years and has served on the Elder Ministry Team for six of those years, including Chairing the Finance Committee. He has also been involved in different ministries at Perimeter and Atlanta Mission, currently serves on the Board at Friends of Refugees, and has led Men’s groups for the last two decades. Manny currently works at Georgia-Pacific as a sales executive, and he and his wife Joann have two adult children and one grandchild.

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