Sonrise Global Ministries is a nonprofit, nondenominational, faith-based organization.  Our mission is to cultivate the spiritual, physical and emotional wellbeing of acutely suffering children and youths, women and men, and communities worldwide.  Officially formed in March 2002, Sonrise Global has grown from a sole proprietorship with local influence to an internationally focused nonprofit corporation governed by a board of directors. 

Sonrise Global was birthed in response to community demand from a local 57-bed residential psychiatric treatment facility for youth and families struggling with acute emotional, spiritual, and behavioral disorders.  Within the first year, short-term missions ensued to provide expert consultation to resident missionaries and nongovernmental organizations for high risk and homeless youth in addition to monetary and nonmonetary support for refugee camps, orphans, severely impoverished communities and physically suffering individuals.  Significant growth of the organization occurred within the first year of operations and by 2006 organizational restructuring was needed to effectively accommodate local and global demand for services provided.               

Mission

Sonrise Global Ministries is dedicated to cultivating the spiritual, physical and emotional wellbeing of acutely suffering children and youths, women and men, and communities worldwide through the transformative love of God in the power and authority of Jesus Christ. 

Vision

Sonrise Global Ministries seeks to alleviate the acute suffering of one billion persons affected by trauma, poverty, disease and war.  This is accomplished through strategic-level prayer and advanced intercession, power evangelism, high praise and worship, and apostolic networking.  Partnerships with local, state, national and international individuals, organizations and communities are forged to accomplish this vision through:

·         Individual, family, group and pastoral counseling

·         Itinerant ministry and corporate renewal

·         Short-term missions and humanitarian aid

·         Leadership training and community development

·         Program consultation and project evaluation

Core Values

·         Love – Reaching out to those in need around the world to provide relief for physical, emotional and spiritual suffering.

·         Passion – Unwavering conviction and dedication to share the healing and life transformative power of the Triune God with all humanity.

·         Mercy – Extending restorative and compassionate care to all individuals without judgment or bias.

·         Justice – Standing in the gap to initiate and advocate fair and equitable treatment and services on behalf of vulnerable children, youths, and adults.

·         Compassion – Engaging with the most destitute individuals and impoverished communities to nurture hope and promote empowerment.

·         Respect – Evidencing the love of Christ to all individuals amidst diversity of beliefs, lifestyle choices and religious preferences.

·         Globalization – Recognizing and responding to the modern shifts of local and regional forces to an increasingly global socio cultural, political, economic and technological world.  

History of Sonrise Global Ministries

Operating from a missional hermeneutic, Sonrise Global Ministries (Sonrise Global) is a called and sent ministry equipped to meet the local and global needs of suffering and oppressed individuals and communities.  Sonrise Global (formerly, Professional Psychological Consulting and Services) began as a marketplace ministry on March 1, 2002 in Anchorage, Alaska.  In response to community-based demand for children, youths and their families who experienced severe and acute psychiatric, spiritual, emotional and behavioral disturbances, professional therapeutic services were provided. 

As founder and sole proprietor of Sonrise Global, Sherri L. Scott initially provided counseling, consultation and mentoring services to a 57-bed psychiatric residential treatment program for severely emotionally and behaviorally disturbed youth in treatment.  The first six months of operations, primary services were offered to a culturally diverse range of children and adolescents in residential care and to their suffering families.  Thereafter, consultation and mentoring activities began with the residential executive leadership team, clinicians, and direct care staff.  At the same time, marketplace services at the local University expanded project management, research and teaching opportunities extending influence throughout the city of Anchorage, rural Alaska communities and North America.

By the end of the first year, Sonrise Global grew internationally and ministry partnerships in Southern Mexico and South Africa were forged, later extending into Brazil.  Short-term missions increased local and national spheres of influence to global outreach, providing opportunities to serve countless more children, youths, adults and communities in need (e.g., severely impoverished, orphans, physically suffering and refugee communities) along with the resident nongovernmental organizations and missionaries.  

Nearly four years after inception, in 2006, Sonrise Global began to outgrow its “sole proprietor” organizational structure and moved into nonprofit corporate status governed by a board of directors.  Along with the growing pains associated with shifting organizational sands, ministry focus became strategically poised for more powerful physical, spiritual and emotional healing modalities for individuals, couples, families and communities along with global healing and power evangelism outreach.  Infrastructure re organization was complete nearly one year later on January 15, 2008.  Expansion of faith-based services to local, state, national and international individuals and communities continue to occur through counseling and inner healing ministry, street evangelism and ministry renewal, short-term missions and humanitarian aid, leadership training and community development, and program consultation and project evaluation.