Hi! My name is Gretchen Ming & I am the creator & founder of Sent Out Apparel! I was a camp kid & it was at camp where I first heard the gospel, gave my life to the Lord, got baptized, & felt God place missions on my heart.
Safe to say, I love camp. So much so I went & worked three summers as a counselor at camp to share Jesus with students. During my time there, I got to witness life transformation in my campers, but I also saw & heard about the financial burden camp was placing on families.
After camp, I came home and U.S. Army Chaplain Josh Gilliam spoke on missions which reignited my heart for missions. He shared that 41% of the world has never heard the gospel. In a powerful demonstration, Josh sectioned out $100 worth of pennies to represent the average breakdown of American church spending.
He dumped the first bucket filled with 5,000 pennies onto the stage to represent staffing costs, the next bucket, 3,000 pennies for building expenses, the next bucket, 1,200 pennies for programs, the next bucket, 790 pennies for missions, and finally, he no longer needed a bucket, he grabbed 10 pennies from his pocket for the 41%.
Between my time at camp & Josh's message I wanted to help fill the gap for camper's families & for the nations. Sent Out Apparel was created to help fill these two gaps.
Jesus Sent Out the disciples to go tell the world about Him & we are still Sent Out by God on a mission to tell people about Jesus. I thought I could combine my heart for missions & camp ministry by helping send out young adults to spread the gospel & by sending out students to go hear the gospel at camp! Now I'm just stumbling through the rest of the steps so bare with me :)