The Basic Idea Ministries
Helping You Powerfully Love God and Others
About The Basic Idea
Hi, we are Dave and Carol Lewis, founders of Basic Idea Ministries. We met at college in 1970 and married in 1972. We have 3 children and 12 grandchildren.
Experiencing God’s love has brought significant change in our own marriage and family. As a result of the impact of Jesus’ love and truth, we have been given many opportunities to serve churches, families, and individuals in several countries.
Since our experiences with Intimate Life Ministries(now – Great Commandment Network) in 1994, we have led marriage and singles conferences and helped develop relationship ministries in Pakistan, Romania, Mexico, Bosnia – Herzegovina, Brazil, Croatia, Honduras, Rwanda, India, Kenya, Canada, and the U.S. God has been faithful to move powerfully in each country among pastors, leaders, and volunteers.
Why Basic Idea Ministries (BIM)?
We started Basic Idea Ministries (BIM) in September 2010 to answer a clear call to help establish God’s love firmly in the homes of pastors, leaders, and volunteers using a discipleship/mentoring model.
After working 50+ years teaching school and serving in church-related ministries, we have concluded that pastors, Christian leaders, and all who lead families are in a powerful position for changing the world…one person, one family, at a time. The pressures of leading others into a Christ-like life come from culture and spiritual warfare, but the power of God is available to us, placing us in unique positions to impact others…starting in our own home and reaching into the world with the love of Jesus Christ. So, God has called us to do ministry “top down”. Impact leaders in the power of the Holy Spirit, and that influence permeates the family and culture. We desperately need God’s power clearly demonstrated through you, me, and Christians around the world.
As a friend of mine described it, “BIM is a ‘one-to-many’ ministry. Reach the leader, then the family, and impact many more.”
Our Ministries Services
We know that people are looking for authentic love and lasting relationships. Jesus Christ offers both and gives us power to live loved and give love freely here and now, starting at home and extending to the ends of the earth.
The Basic ldea Ministries helps pastor/leader couples “live loved and give love freely…. starting at home” by using 6 strategic methods:
What We Do
What difference would it make if you had received the mentoring and training necessary to establish growing, joyful relationships? What if you could establish and enjoy an increasingly love-filled home, deep friendships, and vulnerable community with others? You may have those abundant relationships in your life right now. I hope you do. But too many don’t and don’t know how.
What impact would a healthy measure of loving, abundant relationships have on your day-to-day attitude about your own personal value, your work, marriage, family, ministry involvement, and, well, even your faith? How would you feel about the legacy you would leave for others, if you did a great job of loving “the Lord your God with all your heart… and others as yourself”? That is what we at BIM are trusting God to do each day in us personally and through us as we equip others.
We get involved in mentoring, building relationship ministries, creating relational and marriage workshops, developing teams of dedicated volunteers for service, and equipping more friends of the ministry to expand their reach, so loving others with the love of Jesus becomes much more widely spread in this world…starting at home – mine and yours.
Relationship Resources
Having great relationships (single or married) is usually not the result of an isolated sermon series, a weekend workshop, or reading another book on the subject.
Those resources can be very helpful, but in most cases they are simply not enough to overcome unresolved conflicts or the lack of relationship skills. We need an ongoing process of varied environments and great resources, don’t we?
Basic Idea Ministries works to create events, recommend resources, AND build effective processes for individuals, couples, and churches, who want healthy, loving relationships. Our mission is to “help leaders (you and me) live loved and give love freely…starting at home. We may never be able to maintain perfect love relationships, but by God’s grace and wisdom, we can and will make progress toward loving as Jesus loves.
How Can You Help?
If marriage is a big deal to God, and it is, then certainly we could find ways to join Him and support what He is doing and has been doing since Adam and Eve.
- Pray – Please pray for us and join our Prayer Team and receive our monthly prayer calendars.
- Donate – You could help us financially to continue to invest in kingdom-building marriage ministries and personal mentoring.
- Volunteer – You and your spouse could join us by becoming an Encourager Couple with BIM.
Contact us and ask us how….it is a great way to invest in other couples and families to the glory of God and for reaching the next generation for Christ. What better way than to build the army of leaders and families we need by beginning at the home front? I can’t think of a better one.
