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Right: Alanna Linden visiting the NCF Charlotte, NC office.

“PIG PICKIN” IN RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA—MAY, 2026

In May, Jeff Johns and Bryan Chrisman visited the National Christian Foundation office in Raleigh, NC, for their first scheduled equipping session. Here’s what NCF Regional Director, Richard Newton, reported about the event: 

“Yesterday, Kathryn Williams and I enjoyed a day of equipping with Bryan Chrisman and Jeff Johns with the Impact Foundation.

NCF Carolinas Raleigh has seen more than $10M granted to Impact Foundation for some amazing redemptive work.

Some of those dollars have already come back to NCF Giving Funds! And we didn't leave all the fun of Impact Investing to our givers….NCF Carolinas has invested some of our own generosity dollars too!! One of those investments is in our new office Building, ETHOS!! We partnered with other NCF Givers that captured the vision with us to create a redemptive space for faith-centered non-profit and for-profit entities to gather for our work and collaboration. It has been awesome!!”

—Richard Newton, NCF RM, NCF Carolinas Raleigh.

In addition, NCF Carolinas, Raleigh recently welcomed givers and faith-based organizations to a celebratory BBQ — a down-home “Pig Pickin’,” in North Carolina speak — to highlight Redeeming Development Group’s success with the ETHOS office building.

The gathering offered a firsthand look at charitable capital in action. Redeeming Development Group shared how the ETHOS model is creating space for faith-centered nonprofit and for-profit leaders to work, gather, and collaborate — and how that vision may expand into other states through current and future investment opportunities.

Together, the event celebrated both what generosity has already made possible and what redemptive impact can continue to unlock.

SQUEEZING FIELD WISDOM OUT OF BEN NUSSBAUM IN MICHIGAN—MAY, 2026

Cold rain did not slow down the learning in Grand Rapids this May. Jeff Johns and Ben Nussbaum joined much of the local office team for a hands-on session focused on the power of redemptive investing.

The conversation landed at just the right moment. With the team already engaged in an active investment opportunity, the equipping became more than theory — it gave them a timely, real-world example to work through together.