New Goals

I am honored to have been elected as the chairman of Breakthrough's Board of Directors in November 2011. Congratulations to Dave Dittmeier for his outstanding leadership as outgoing Chairman. Dave will remain on the board as Vice Chairman and be present to guide me through this transition of responsibility.
I am proud to have served on the board for many years and to now have the opportunity to guide Breakthrough for the next three years.
I have been in much thought and prayer about Breakthrough's future. Here are three areas that will receive my attention: 1) mission, 2) vision and 3) outreach.
Mission: God has blessed the original purpose for Breakthrough that was initiated by Catherine Marshall and Leonard LeSourd – to bring together anonymously those needing prayer with Christians who pray, and calling and equipping people for this work. Your participation and support in this ministry is confirmation that it is worth continuing. We will be committed to this purpose as long as we see that God's purpose is being fulfilled.
Vision: Breakthrough was founded over 30 years ago using 3x5 note cards, phone calls and letters.
The work of connecting those willing to pray with those who needed prayer was very labor intensive and time consuming for our staff and volunteers. We now use high tech printing machines, the internet and computers to do much of the work. We will take advantage of modern methods but not at the expense of providing loving, caring, personal attention to each of the prayer requests that we receive.
Outreach: As our intercessor base changes, we wish to attract and nurture a new generation of prayer warriors. We also need to explore ways to finance our ministry expenses so that it can continue as long as there are those in need of prayer support...indefinitely. This is an ongoing challenge because of the downturn in our economy, but we know that God will provide for those things for His work.
We start off this new calendar year with new energy and focus on what we believe is important to our Breakthrough family. May God bless you as you work with us to honor and support those things that God would lead us to do.
Tom Myers
Breakthrough Chairman