Society for Education and Economic Development, Inc
SEED, Inc. is a marketplace and community outreach ministry focused on building strategic alliances and training leaders to change lives and transform communities.
Liberia, West Africa BUV Video (click HERE to watch this video on YouTube)
History of the Organization
Frederick and Erika Hill have been developing a resource development and consulting ministry called the Society for Education and Economic Development, Inc. (SEED, Inc.) since September, 2002. Originally from Monrovia, Liberia, Frederick and Erika came to the United States in 1979. Frederick received his BS in Biological Science and Erika her BA in Elementary Education from Cedarville College in Cedarville, Ohio. Erika is a graduate of Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio where she received a Master of Science in Personnel Management. Frederick has a Master of Business Administration and Master of Public Health degree from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Frederick served as Director of Financial Development for the Center for Urban Missions in Birmingham, Alabama for several years. He provided financial development expertise to support the ministry’s goals. In 1998, Frederick and Erika went as independent Christian missionaries to the African Country of the Ivory Coast and served there for more than two years.
Mission of SEED
The mission of the Society for Education and Economic Development (SEED) as a marketplace and community outreach ministry is to focus on building strategic alliances and training leaders to change lives and transform communities. SEED uses as a scriptural mandate the words of Paul in Ephesians 4:12 - "...to prepare (train or equip) God's people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up...". Another theme come from the words of Jesus Christ from the biblical text in Luke 6:48 that a wise person “….is like a man building a House who dug deep and laid a Foundation upon a Rock.”
Ministry Platforms
Building on the foundation of the Basic Utility Vehicle (BUV - as found at www.drivebuv.org), we are developing two distinct ministry platforms which are:
a. Chaplain Training - The International Fellowship of Chaplains, Inc., providing practical community support and spiritual counsel to emergency service workers, those in crisis, secular society and those in transition by meeting their practical and spiritual needs. Providing opportunities for evangelism and discipleship in the marketplace and Church Planting.
b. Business as Mission Institute (BMIs) - Working with The Chalmers Center for Economic & Community Development at Covenant College. Their mission is: "Equipping the Church Worldwide for Economic and Community Development". They Help the Church Help the Poor to Help Themselves.
c. Leadership Academy - Using the MasterPlanning Resources by Bob Biehl. Training and Coaching Individuals to fulfill their God-Given Calling with Effective Tools and Counsel.
2. Community Outreach Ministry (Building Assets & Creating Jobs)
a. Basic Utility Vehicles - (BUVs for Transportation). Providing transportation for both urban and rural poor.
b. Affordable Brick Construction (ABCs). Providing safe and secure low income housing.
c. Water Project (Digging Wells, Water Distribution, Water Filtration, Community Vegetable Gardens, Fish Ponds, etc.)
Board Directors and Staff:
Frederick D. Hill, MPH, MBA
Chairman / President
SEED, Inc.
Birmingham, AL
Erika E. Hill, M.S.
Vice President
SEED, Inc.
Birmingham, AL
Rev. Franklin D. Moore
Secretary
Pastor
Sacramento, CA
Ingram Howard
Treasurer
Vice President - Tennessee Bank
Nashville, TN
Angela Owusu-Ansah, Ph.D.
Researcher/Grant Writer
Samford University: Assist. Dean, Orlean Bullard Beeson School of Education & Professional Studies; Assoc. Professor, Graduate Studies Department; Dir. of Academic Support Services & Assessment, OBBSEPS
