Kelly and Steve Josti of Ashland, Massachusetts, are "committed to ministry in New England" and, Steve added, "to the work that God is doing here in the lives of students, our church, and our communities."

For that reason, and because of their experiences with New England Baptists, they decided to support the Baptist Foundation of New England's (BFNE) endowed Chair of Youth Ministry fund that, when more donors choose to give, will underwrite salaries of future youth leaders.

Allyson Clark’s love of baseball is easily equated with her love of youth ministry. Since she was not ready for a Major League Baseball career, she invested over forty-five years in youth ministry, including twenty-five years serving on the Baptist Churches of New England (BCNE) staff.  

Missionary movements need missionaries and missionaries need salaries that underwrite their youth outreach, collegiate evangelism, church planting, leadership development—and many other important tasks—that advance New England Baptist ministry. To that end, Baptist Foundation of New England (BFNE) leaders recently established endowed funds to underwrite the salaries of nine essential missionary staff and asked eight “core givers” to become the initial investors; they gave a combined total of $132, 644 (as of December 31, 2024). 

Melzoni calls himself “a ‘faithraiser’ because giving is an act of faith. Even though I have all the credentials, I’m not a fundraiser in the traditional sense because I believe we [must] challenge people. We give them the vision. We certainly give them a pathway. We let them know what we need—but they need to determine on their own between God and them what they’re going to give.”

Missionary movements need missionaries and missionaries need salaries that underwrite their youth outreach, collegiate evangelism, church planting, leadership development—and many other important tasks—that advance New England Baptist ministry. To that end, Baptist Foundation of New England (BFNE) leaders recently established endowed funds to underwrite the salaries of nine essential missionary staff and asked eight “core givers” to become the initial investors; they gave a combined total of $132, 644 (as of December 31, 2024).