This merger will provide Halftime the ability to reach and serve more people than ever before. When Halftime started it was a true movement propelled by Bob Buford’s vision and generosity. This merger helps us recapture that spirit by joining forces with what we believe is one of today’s God-ordained movements with Faith Driven. Halftime will not only continue to serve its current clients with current offerings, but anticipates creating new offerings for expanded reach. We will serve them not only in set programs, but also through high impact workshops, and on-going community.

We’re excited to develop an operating model that allows Halftime to be both distinct and integrated. This means we’ll continue to build upon Halftime’s twenty-plus year brand while integrating deeply into both Faith Driven Entrepreneur and Faith Driven Investor. We anticipate increased scale for all ministries as we  leverage our vast alumni base and customize our content to help reach the next generation of God-inspired world changers.

The combined ministry will provide greater opportunity for our coaches and global leaders than ever before. Not just in serving more, but also in developing new ways to engage and support our clients through programs, content, and community.

For many years, Halftime was completely funded by Bob Buford. This allowed us to serve the needs of our clients without the constraining requirement for revenue. Henry Kaestner and a collection of partners committed to fund Faith Driven to create much the same opportunity to go where God is leading. This made it possible to serve not just high-powered leader investors, but also developing entrepreneurs, global emerging market leaders, and the next generation of world-changers. As we jointly develop our long-term strategy, we see the establishment of a mixed model of sustainability to cover direct program costs and increased donations to allow us to serve well beyond our current capacity.

Halftime has put the CEO search on hold. This opportunity was triggered by the search, and we worked to evaluate it as quickly as possible to honor those who were being considered for the CEO role. This clearly changes the organizational needs of Halftime that were not foreseen when the search was started. Due to the larger opportunity for global impact, Jim and Tom have agreed to stay involved with the overall organization to shepherd the integration and to make sure that the inspired vision we see for the combined ministry comes to life.

Both Faith Driven and Halftime have been in the process of creating online communities for global impact. Halftime launched Thousandfold, a platform to access content and create communities of passion and interest. For years, Faith Driven has been building towards the launch of Solving the World’s Greatest Problems, a new initiative of content, community, and connecting people to get involved. The intent of both ministries is to equip and connect leaders of faith to impact an ever-darkening world. As the organizations merge, we also see a combining of these efforts to create a world-class platform for global impact.

Both entities are 501c3 non-profits registered in the State of Texas. In the coming months, entities will be merged under Faith Driven Movements, LLC. This merger creates a larger combined ministry that will lead to a growing Board of Advisors and Board of Governance in the coming months and years. We are jointly exploring the best options to create not just the proper fiduciary and legal governance, but also the best strategic and visionary support for the future. The leadership of FDM and Halftime’s Board of Directors will oversee the integration.