Profile: Think on These Things Ministries International

Every day Shawn Wray grew more and more frustrated. As a caseworker for the Georgia Department of Family and Children’s Services, he saw firsthand the needs that were not being met. So he decided to do something about it.

“God impressed me to stop just going through the motions and to do something more proactive,” he says. So with the last $150 in his pocket, Shawn founded Think on These Things Ministries International (3TM) in April 2005.

The Atlanta-based ministry provides food and other necessities to needy individuals and families. Shawn and approximately 50 volunteers work together with more than 20 businesses and organizations to provide for hundreds of people every week. The team at 3TM serves 15 different churches, a domestic violence shelter, and an assisted living facility, in addition to individual requests.

For its first three years, 3TM was often viewed as just another social service organization. “People didn’t really take us seriously,” Shawn says. But when the economy started going south, “all of a sudden we became relevant and viable.”

Shawn believes that God called him to start 3TM in 2005 so that the ministry would have time to get established and prepared for the difficult times ahead.

Shawn is also expanding his reach into Haiti and Jamaica, where the needs are great.