Loren Veldhuizen — King of the Barnabas Model
Barnabas — the "Son of Encouragement" — sold his field and laid the money at the apostles' feet. The Barnabas Foundation carries that DNA into modern planned giving. Under Loren Veldhuizen's leadership, this Christian community foundation doesn't merely process charitable transactions. It ministers to donors in the act of giving. The paperwork becomes pastoral.
Helping donors structure gifts that maximize both charitable impact and tax efficiency across lifetimes.
Walking families through the sacred work of deciding what their wealth will do after they're gone.
Charitable gift annuities that provide income to donors while funding kingdom work — generosity that gives back.
Serving Christian donors across the Midwest — the heartland families who built businesses, farms, and legacies and want to ensure their wealth serves the Kingdom long after they've gone to be with the Lord.
A charitable gift annuity isn't just a financial instrument. It's a time machine — allowing today's generosity to fund tomorrow's ministry. Under Loren Veldhuizen's leadership, the Barnabas Foundation has become a compounding engine: each family served becomes a testimony that encourages the next. The model doesn't just manage assets — it multiplies willingness.
Loren Veldhuizen didn't just inherit the Barnabas Foundation — he elevated it from governance to embodiment. His promotion from board co-chair to president signals a man who doesn't merely oversee; he leads from within. Genesis sees in the Barnabas model a proof of concept: that planned giving can be ministry, that estate planning can be worship, and that the quiet work of helping Midwest families steward their legacies is as consequential as any headline-making gift. The son of encouragement, scaled to serve thousands.
Loren Veldhuizen demonstrates Living Intelligence in its most pastoral form — where the mechanics of planned giving become a ministry of encouragement, one family at a time.