2024-04-29T08:00:54-04:00 2023-12-31 990EZ 2023-01-01 562571581 FORGIVENESS MINISTRIES INC % Steven S Diehl FORG 9256896427 1855 ANDREWS DR CONCORD CA 945211424 Steven Diehl Chairman Key Employee 2024-04-29 Steven Diehl XXX-XX-XXXX 2023 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z X www.forgivenessministries.com X X 114421 X 110496 3925 0 0 0 114421 99687 1212 8767 109666 4755 -9182 -4427 X 2924 6707 2924 6707 12106 11134 -9182 -4427 See Schedule O See Schedule O 0 98213 98213 Steven S Diehl Board Member Chairman Key Employee 50 66840 13887 0 Doug Bedinger Board Member Secretary 0 0 0 0 Ladd Van Holten Board Member Treasurer 0 0 0 0 Susan Wallace-Reif Member at large 0 0 0 0 false false false false false 0 false false Steven S Diehl 1855 ANDREWS DR CONCORD CA 945211424 9256896427 false false false false false false false false NONE NONE X 0 0 0 96002 110496 206498 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 96002 110496 206498 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 206498 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 96002 110496 206498 1 1 0 0.00 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Part I, line 16 | Other Expenses:, Amount:| Information Technology, $2607| Insurance, $1201| Interest, $1743| Meals, $412| Office, $820| Telephone, $1807| Travel, $177| Part II, line 26 | Explanation:, BOYAmount:, EOYAmount:| Payroll liabilities, $585, $587| Accounts Payable, $11521, $10547| Part III, General | Explanation:| Forgiveness Ministries is a Christian ministry that exists to help: Individuals to learn and practice all aspects of authentic biblical forgiveness so that God may heal their souls and restore broken relationships. This includes: o How to fully receive Gods forgiveness o How to effectively forgive others o How to sincerely ask others to forgive us o How to overcome self-condemnation o How to resolve anger towards God o How to restore broken relationships o How to promote and encourage love and justice in relationships Churches and Christian organizations to become better communities of forgiveness. o Where people are welcome and accepted as they are o Where people are helped into a healing loving lifestyle o Where justice and fairness are promoted between genders ages races nationalities etc. Part III, Line 28 | Explanation:| Forgiveness Ministries is primarily a teaching training ministry. Our primary teachers are Steve and Becky Diehl. Their salary is the majority of our expenses. Our main programs are: Live teaching o Due to the Covid restrictions of recent years when the live teaching aspects of our ministry were greatly curtailed we have been working to reintroduce our ministry to churches and communities making ourselves available for public speaking engagements by visiting churches contacting pastors etc. o Three weekend seminars were presented to over 100 people. o Two weekly small groups were facilitated throughout the year helping over 20 people. o Free individual counseling was given to over 45 people throughout the year o Mentoring training was given to eight people o One weekly Zoom meeting training Christian leaders in Kenya for six months o Responded to over 70 phone and e-mail contacts Printed teaching o Continued promotion distribution sales and gifts of: Our book Developing a Lifestyle of Forgiveness Our book What You Might Not Know About Forgiveness Hundreds of our Focus on Forgiveness brochures o Continued writing a new book How to Become More Like Jesus o Continued writing a new book Why I Dont Want to Forgive o Ongoing regular newsletters teaching forgiveness to over 850 people Electronic teaching o Promoted our 38 teaching videos to our YouTube channel o Updating our website regularly o Regular communication teaching through Facebook with almost 1,000 followers