Historic National Church Offering

May 4 was a truly historic day in the annals of Ambrose University College. On that day, hundreds of Alliance and Nazarene churches across Canada chose to link arms with Ambrose and take an unprecedented national offering in support of the Ambrose new campus construction project. A series of Ambrose promotional pieces were distributed to these church congregations throughout April and on May 4 thousands of individuals from British Columbia to the Maritimes watched a DVD presentation on the history and development of Ambrose and were then challenged to invest in the education of future generations of Christian leaders by supporting the new Ambrose campus project. Some congregations received offerings at an earlier date and others will take up their Ambrose offering later in the year. The final results of this offering will not be known for some weeks and will be announced at Nazarene District Assemblies in June and at the national General Assembly of Alliance churches during the first week of July in Ottawa.

Campaign for Ambrose Attracting Major Donor and Leadership Gifts

A dedicated team of Ambrose volunteers, coordinated by Vice-President External Relations, Gordon Dirks, continues to meet with various individuals who may be interested in giving major donor gifts (from $10,000 to $100,000) or leadership gifts ($100,000 to $1,000,000) Recently the Ambrose campaign received a gift of shares valued at $100,000 and also received an additional commitment of over $100,000 that will be donated in memory of a family member whose name will be memoralized by naming one of the rooms of the new Ambrose campus.

Alumni Campaign Update

Alumni from Canadian Bible College and Seminary and Alliance University College have given a total of $643,465 towards their goal to raise $1 M in support of the Dr. Melvin Sylvester Atrium in the new campus. Alumni from Canadian Nazarene College and Nazarene University College have raised a total of $153, 335 towards their project to name the Arnold E. Airhart Lecture Theatre on the new campus.

Gifts and Pledges to Date

Generous support for the Ambrose new campus project continued through the month of April. A total of $466,230 in cash gifts was received, in addition to $112,116 in new campaign pledges.

Campaign revenues received to date total $9.28 million. Individual and church pledges remaining to be paid total $9.7 million. $2.5 million is projected to be received from the possible sale of 4 acres of college property. The new campus project costs total $36 million, leaving an additional $4.5 million to be raised through new pledges and cash gifts, along with a $10 million mortgage.

Contact: Gordon Dirks VP External Relations
Phone: 403.410.2904
Email: GDirks@ambrose.edu