Our Goal
Innovations for Gospel Impact (IGI) is a faith-based non-profit specifically geared to find, fuel, and fund gospel proclaiming ministries. We are working diligently to holistically reach over 1 million people with a sustained gospel message.
Why We Came Together
Innovations for Gospel Impact believes that sharing the Good News of Jesus Christ can be exponentially impacted by Christians using their God-given talents.
In our case, it was very apparent that the Christian businessmen who had interest in sharing their skills did not know how to work with the various ministries that are available. In the same manner, the pastoral staff needed help with the work to run a business.
With a team commitment to focus on our Lord Jesus Christ primarily, and using prayer as our top tool, IGI looks to help local superheroes and ministry staff gain the knowledge and funding that will help them significantly support the growth of their programs.
Our Team
Douglas Duenkel
A native Washingtonian, Doug has focused on the Information Technology space for over 30 years. He was recently the Entrepreneur In Residence at the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia, teaching the Capstone course for Entrepreneurship for eight semesters. Prior to this, Doug was a founding member of Knight Point Systems, where he served as the President and Chief Operating Officer, and co-founded ThunderCat Technology, a Value-Added Reseller. He has worked with large corporations including Oracle Corporation, where he focused on Intelligence agencies and the Department of Defense and ran Federal Sales for GeoTel Communications subsequently bought by Cisco. Doug earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Virginia with dual concentrations in Marketing and Management from the McIntire School of Commerce. He minored in Religious Studies. Later he graduated with a Master of Science in Integrated Marketing Communications from the Reed College of Media at West Virginia University.
Dale Sutherland
Dale Sutherland spent the first part of his career locking people up, now he’s on a mission to set people free.
For 25 years, Dale served as a police officer in Washington, DC, often working undercover to arrest major drug traffickers and violent offenders. Today Dale is a pastor helping churches and philanthropies expand their efforts. He is passionate about helping people find spiritual freedom through faith in Christ while also addressing practical problems holding people back, especially in disadvantaged communities.
Dale is honored to work with Innovations for Gospel Impact and share his experience launching and expanding impactful ministries.
Dale has been married 35 years and has three daughters, three sons-in-law, eight grandsons and two granddaughters.
Alirio Arreaza
Alirio is originally from Venezuela and is passionate about mobilizing Christians to serve faithfully and effectively around the world. He has travelled to 45+ countries serving with a variety of churches, christian ministries and development organizations. Alirio served as one of the Global Outreach Pastors at Mclean Bible Church, mobilizing over 2500 people on short, mid, and long term missions projects. Prior to his role in Global Outreach, Alirio served as the Director of Local Outreach and in student ministries beginning in 2011
Alirio has a Masters in Intercultural Studies from Dallas Theological Seminary and bachelor's degrees in Biology and International Business from the University of Maryland. Alirio is excited to serve as the COO of Innovations for Gospel Impact, and to continue helping develop the capacity and impact of ministry leaders world-wide.
