What God Desires:The Story of the Center for Humanitarian Aid and Disaster Relief - Hardcover

Wendell E. Mettey

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1577364104 ISBN 13: 9781577364108

Publisher: Providence House Publishers, 2008

Synopsis

In a follow-up to his inspirational book, Are Not My People Worthy?: The Story of Matthew 25: Ministries, Wendell Mettey shares a candid account of the struggles and successes the ministry experienced through a ten-year span.

Continuing his calling to provide for the poor and needy, this minister from Cincinnati reached out to Southeast Asia after the tsunami of 2003 and to the victims on the Gulf Coast in the wake of hurricane Katrina in 2004. In a spirit of unwavering faith and dedication, Mettey inspired others to join in a wave of compassion to give food, water, supplies, clothes, and money to thousands in need.

In What God Desires, Mettey beautifully narrates how God revealed the ministry's callling in the midst of the most devastating events in recorded history. His incredible stories of God's divine intervention will imprint every reader's heart and convince even the strongest skeptic to believe in miracles.

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About the Author

Wendell E. Mettey is the founder and president of Matthew 25: Ministries, Inc., a registered 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization dedicated to aiding the poor and suffering throughout the world. Since it began in 1991, Matthew 25: Ministries has shipped more than 60 million pounds of aid to destinations throughout the United States and around the world.

Mettey earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Cincinnati and a master's of divinity from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. A former social worker, he pastored Walnut Hills Baptist Chruch and Montgomery Community Baptist Church in the Cincinnati area before founding Matthew 25: Ministries. Mettey also served as pastor of the Church of Matthew 25 from its founding in 1994 until 2004.

In 2003, Mettey received the prestigious Jefferson Award for outstanding public service from the American Institute for Public Service and was one of five recipients chosen from among 14,000 national nominees to receive the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Award.

Matthew 25: Ministries was awarded the Torch Award for Marketplace Ethics and the ONE Award for Process Excellence in 2006. Matthew 25: Ministries holds a four-star rating from Charity Navigator and was awarded the Best Charities in America seal from the Independent Charities of America. Residents of Cincinnati, Ohio, Mettey and his wife, Michelle (Mickey), have three children and six grandchildren.

Review

Wendell Mettey has truly followed the path that God has in mind for him. Matthew 25:Ministries is an inspiration to everyone who has ever come into contact with the organization. What God Desires tells the story extremely well. --Dick Bere, Chief Operating Officer, Crayons 2 Computers

Mettey's book weaves biblical stories, world disasters, and the ministry's phenomenal growth to tell the journey of the organization's seemingly endless search to purchase a warehouse. What God Desires reminds us to stop thinking in chronos time and to start living on kairos time to experience what God desires for us. --Patty Cottingham, Vice President/Administration, Scripps Howard Foundation

Once I started to read this book, I could not put it down. I met Wendell Mettey many years ago and immediately felt our common belief in God realizing that He is our guide and leads us to major lifelong decisions. As a Jewish Holocaust survivor, I am convinced that God had plans for me and my family to come to America to help the oppressed, just as He had plans for Wendell in helping the destitute of the world. --Paul Heiman, Chairman of the Board, Standard Textile

About this edition

• Publisher: Providence House Publishers
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1577364104
• ISBN 13: 9781577364108
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 128