Our History

Truth in Christ Ministries Incorporated (TICM) is a growing non-profit tax exempt Christian ministry that was incorporated in October 2000. It is formally recognized by the IRS as a 501(c)(3) Tax Exempt organization and contributions are tax deductible.

The Board of Directors is comprised of 21 people who know it’s founder, Daniel Klopp of Princeton, Iowa, in a variety of capacities (friend, church member, family, and ministry contacts). This ministry is totally dependent on financial contributions of supporters; it is supported financially and prayerfully by friends of the ministry, family members, and Daniel’s home church, and organizations with similar goals and purposes. Purpose Statement from Articles of Incorporation is as follows:

1. To encourage individuals and groups to live life in a personal relationship with Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior and in accordance with His teachings.
2. To be an organization providing a Christ centered source of encouragement to people desiring spiritual renewal and provide training for them in application of Biblical truths to daily living.
3. To encourage people to grow in their relationship with Jesus Christ and to take active roles in local churches.
4. To cooperate with or participate in ministry with one or more other non-profit corporations and organizations having one or more purposes or activities similar to those of this corporation.
5. The primary methods of accomplishing the above purposes will include, but not be limited to, leading and assisting with Christ centered worship, spiritual renewal, and prayer services at Christian churches, camps, and retreat centers.
6. To provide required resources and training for people who desire to participate in ministries of Truth In Christ Ministries, Inc. or organizations with purposes similar to those stated above.

TICM desires that people find comfort, hope, peace, love, and freedom in the Lord Jesus Christ and serves the body of Christ in the above ways wherever requested throughout the world if resources of time and money allow it.

The ministry began out of the dream and vision that Daniel Klopp, TICM’s Executive Director and Director of Ministries, had in 2000 of how God could enable him to the answer the call for his assistance with youth leadership in Christian camps in Australia and Peru. Formation of TICM and responses to these requests subsequently led to requests for his leadership in camps and other forms of Christian outreach in other countries

In the late 1990’s, while majoring in social work at University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Daniel served in roles as youth leader and speaker in Christian camps in North America. After ministering in this way for a period of time, he received an invitation to provide youth leadership in camps in Australia; however, raising funds for that trip was difficult. Subsequent invitations to minister in Australia and Peru led to formation of TICM to provide a tax exempt manner to raise funds to allow him to expand the area of ministry to these countries.

In January 2001, the ministry of TICM began with a trip by Daniel to Peru where he served for two months in various leadership roles in Christian camps and other forms of outreach to youth.

By 2004, the TICM had provided ministry in Australia, Fiji, Tonga, United States, Canada, Kenya, Peru, and Chile and scope of the ministry had expanded beyond camp leadership to: ministering in churches, retreats, orphanages, youth leadership training and mentoring programs, and many informal gatherings, prayer groups and one-on-one settings, assisting in the birthing, nurturing, and continual growth of prayer groups in Ventanilla, Lima, and assisting with starting of new Christian camps in the regions of Iquitos and Pucallpa, Peru. Another outreach of TICM in Peru has been discipleship and development of Christian youth leaders by providing financial assistance to young people who desire to attend Christian camps in which TICM is involved.

Present

At present, TICM Executive Director, Daniel Klopp, works primarily in the region of Peru but is also providing leadership during summer 2006 for Christian Camps and retreats throughout the U.S. The ministry in Peru is continuing to expand and God seems to opening doors leading to the ministry becoming full time in the near future. Ministry in Peru during the first half of 2006 included:

• Providing leadership at CFO camps throughout Peru
• Continuation of existing outreach ministries which are primarily to youth in and around Lima. This included youth leadership in a local church in Lima (La Gloria and Paz church), street ministries in Lima, outreach in the community of Ventinilla, and other areas surrounding Lima
• Expansion of the ministry outreach significantly by assisting Shama Orphanage, a Christian based orphanage that houses approximately 25 boys between the ages of 8 and 15, and outreach to homeless youth who live in the streets. Work with the Shama Orphanage included hands on help with programs within the orphanage twice a week and providing some mini-retreat opportunities outside the orphanage for the youth and children who live there. .

The ministry of TICM in Peru was enhanced greatly in 2006 by assistance provided by several people from the U.S. who served on a short-term basis for periods ranging from two weeks to 4 months.

Thanks to the prayers and financial support of people worldwide, TICM continues to serve the Body of Christ throughout North America and Peru.

Future

TICM is continuing to serve wherever asked subject to limitations of time and financial resources and is open to all requests to serve the Body of Christ as God leads, but Executive Director, Daniel Klopp, is feeling a vision and passion for having the primary focus of the ministry be in Peru. He applied for and received a residential visa in early 2006; that enables him to be in Peru on a full-time basis and we see this as one of the steps leading to a full-time TICM ministry in Peru and fulfillment of our "Vision Peru".

Exact nature of the expanded ministry in Peru is continuing to unfold; the overall ministry and opportunities for expansion in Peru will be discussed at our TICM Board of Directors Annual Meeting in July.

As the ministry expands in Peru, we envision a need for more people to assist with the hands-on ministry, both short-term and longer term. Several people and some families are making plans for assisting ministry of TICM in Peru 2007.

Expansion of the ministry will also require substantially increased fund raising to cover costs of rental of housing and other expenses associated with maintaining a continuous ministry presence in Lima, so we are depending on God to raise up support for this ministry by expanding our base of contributors and prayer partners.