Goals

Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Jr., our founder and CEO, continues the quest to complete the Freedom Symphony that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. helped to compose. This unfinished symphony contains the four movements of the African American experience.

• The first movement was the struggle to end slavery.
• The second movement was the battle to end segregation.
• The third movement was the march to obtain full voting rights

Dr. King masterfully led the second and third movements, but the fourth movement, the quest for equal economic opportunity and shared economic security remains unfinished.

One Thousand Churches Connected is the conduit for the fourth movement “equal opportunity and shared economic security”. Through our partnerships with Freddie Mac, Citigroup, Intuit, Equifax, The New York Stock Exchange, the National Association of Investors Corporation and others, we have developed the most comprehensive curriculum and training program available today. In the Bible, there are over 2,350 references to financial stewardship. Financial stewardship is the single most talked about topic in the Bible; however, we have not embraced it in our culture which has caused many of us to remain in financial bondage. Our goal is simple, we want provide the body of Christ with scriptural reference and application to manifest the following:

• Debt Elimination “Owe nothing to anyone except to love…” Rm. 13:8
• Responsible Credit Management “The wicked borrows and does not repay…” Ps. 37:21
• Homeownership rather than renting “Houses and riches are an inheritance from our fathers….Pv.19:14
• Investment “Well done my faithful servant, you’ve been faithful over little, I’ll make you ruler over much…. Mt. 25:14-30
• Asset Protection “Get your house in order, for you shall die” 2 Kings 20:1
• Technology “The mind of a prudent man acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge” Pv. 18:15