Help Unaligned Start A Online Church

Shalom aleichem,

Peace unto you and your house. My name is Rachel Wilson. I am the Founder, CEO and President of Anointed Works (AW), the Founder and Chancellor of Unaligned Academy and the Senior Pastor of Unaligned Church, an online community. I know online church isn't for everyone, but it's ideal for my team, our ministry and will reach people who prefer to fellowship online or can't leave the house due to social anxieties, physical handicaps or disabilities. Read further to learn the full story behind why we need to raise money on behalf for a the online church and to learn a little more about me, my team and our ambitions.

How It Started Vs. How It's Going

Unaligned Academy L.L.C. became official on 10-16-2022 and received confirmation letters from KDP and the IRS.

Pause. I need to say this before going further. If by rare chance people of the past come here and read this campaign story, I would like you to take a moment notice the official seals of these government agencies who approved of UA's existence. Please stop spreading the viral lie that AW and UA are scams, that my team is here to "get a free ride" or "rob" people of their money. If you comment here, do not start that again because it nicely destroyed my credibility as a business owner, employer and a spiritual leader on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter (at the time) and YouTube.

Originally UA was designed to be an online school, a hall of knowledge where people could study all 266 books (excluding the false books of Adam & Chavah) Book (Bible) and play Bible sword to earn points to spend in the shop. It didn't seem like a lot to offer, but we didn't have a lot of resources and I felt pretty good about starting small and building momentum.

UA had no support from the Christians or churches in the beginning and to date, still doesn't. We asked for $1.00 and our goal was $20,000. People came into my DM's and told me the reason they couldn't donate a dollar, which I respected, but then I saw those same people donate to another Christian group in my area when the flood of 2022 hit Eastern Kentucky. Some, not all, but a lot of the people who told me they couldn't donate a dollar donated lots of money to the Christian group and raised well over 60K. This is when I saw a ugly side of Christians and the church as a whole. They lost my respect. I respected God in them and gave money to their projects, but they refused to respect God in me and overlooked my projects and it left a rift between me and those people.

The first fundraiser we did was on our official Facebook page. Shortly after that, we launched I noticed Facebook wasn’t working or bringing in traffic with our niche. All of the fundraisers were created in 2018 and ran for three years. During those three years no one trusted us or understood what AW and UA were about despite that I offered clarity and depth about AW and UA on a monthly basis. I went the extra mile and provided legal documents and certificates to show authenticity and to prove that AW and UA were not scams.

In the end, everyone who joined the Facebook group left and tended to leave when I would make posts about the Christian doctrine and the bylaws of UA. They left by the dozens and didn’t bother to message us or inquire for clarification about anything. The more I saw people leave and saw no donations to our fundraisers, much less a word of encouragement, the more defeated I felt as a leader of my business and as a spiritual leader for Yahweh. I eventually gave up and walked away from it all and quit the very ministry the Lord asked me to create and be obedient to. The team quit before me, so I was the last one to go. The Executive Director was the only person left. This was wrong to do to her and I know that now, but back then all I could see and feel was pain and disappointment suffocating me to the point of madness. Division of the team, lack of faith and being angry all the time was not what Yahweh wanted for me at all.

It took me two years, but eventually I came back, took a breath and reminded myself why I was doing this. It is for kingdom of Elohim, but also for anyone Yahweh is going to witness to and lead to His son. I redesigned the AW website and finalized UA’s interface, but since we don't have enough money to support a second website, I had to integrate UA's website into AW's. This is why the UA’s website has the AW slug in the URL. That's not professional, I know that, but what choice did I have? Domain websites, monthly and annual fees are expensive and it worked for what I had to do. To summarize, I literally built an API Wix website into an already built and functioning API Wix website. 

Another year goes by, I touch up AW and UA’s websites to be more specific about who we are, what we do and what services we offer, but had no way to build revenue for AW or UA. Frustrated, I met with my team and we agreed that we needed a CPA to help us get out of tor red zone and to provide insight on what was going on. I met with a CPA in my local area and he explained to me that AW and UA cannot be registered as a Corporate Non-Profit LLC if we are not tax exempt. Well, Yahweh didn't want us to be tax exempt. He wanted us to have full control of the business and pay taxes. The Board agreed to what the Lord asked of us, so I told him that being tax exempt wasn’t an option for my business or for the school. 

Sadly, the CPA said that in the eyes of the IRS we're making profit or were a non-profit and relay on donations—there is no in between. Suddenly the team and I were at an impasse. We were legally on paper operating as a non-profit, but made no profit because no one cared or helped provide donations, etc. and the CPA assured us that if we didn’t have the seal and status of a charity or church, donations and benefactors were dour of the picture because they want to see that seal and claim their donations on their taxes.

The CPA was amazed at our situation because according to what was happening, we were delinquents and should have gone to jail for tax evasion, which isn’t true. We paid our annual fee, but we didn’t make revenue and profit corporation because we were operating as a non-profit. I know it’s confusing, but that’s the best way I can explain it. Hearing that my team and I should be in jail (vend though it was a huge misunderstanding) was a shock and a little scary, but the Lord helped us through that confusing ordeal and the CPA fixed our problems. What’s sad about this part of the story is knowing when I first filed AW to do business, I selected profit, but then switched to non-profit and thought as a non-profit who paid taxes I would be fine. Nope! Was mislead and told wrong information by reps and was a victim of miscommunication. I thank Yahweh for the CPA who cut through that mess and made the science make sense.

With that exhausting process behind us, I'm in the process of reverting back to profit with the intention to make revenue. There’s another issue I’m still facing while this transition is underway. The picture for the fundraiser has a lore behind it too. I attempted to trademark it, but it didn't work out. AW got scammed by Pixels Logo Design (Do not use them!) and it needle cost us everything we had in the bank. I received a letter from a “legal team” that convinced me that someone was suing AW I’m Nebraska and wanted the name and was fighting to take it from me. Why is that a problem? If AW lost its name to this “person” claiming they wanted the name, AW wouldn't be mine and if AW wasn't mine, UA wouldn't be in good standing because AW is the parent and owner of UA. As you can imagine, I panicked and tried to get AW trademarked with Pixels Logo Design, but that was when I found out they were sending legal letters to business owners and old clients and not BBB accredited. I managed to get the money back from them, but then lawyer I hired in CA didn't do her job right, didn’t priories me or my situation and didn't deliver as promised. Other lawyers came and offered, only to lead me on and never call back. 

When it comes to the United States Trademark & Patent Office (USTPO), the team and I had waited a year and so man months to get a examiner lawyer to review our case. At the time I didn't know how hard and impossible it was to get something trademarked because examiner lawyers want a certain lingo and only certified lawyers know that lingo, but I couldn't afford to hire anyone, so I filed the Class for the trademark and that was very hard to do. I was advised by reps on how to go about the filing process, where to select options and so forth, read articles and watched the USTPO's official trademark YouTube videos to understand how to file and write what the examiner lawyer wanted.

When I got the email of the Office Action, I was shocked to find I had been rejected and had to appeal the rejection and make corrections before it was fully considered abandoned. I appealed and did more extensive research about how to file with the USTPO, Class and all. After all that, it still wasn't enough. Come to find out, I had the wrong Class which is why the "specimen" wasn't accepted. This was after following the examiner lawyer's instructions and using their words to label the specimen and other details the Action Letter stated. It still wasn't good enough for them. In the end, AW didn't get trademarked, I wasted a year of my life stressing about the situation and lost $600.00 plus the $200.00 for lawyer fees. This is money I'd never get back and due this unforeseen development, UA was further away from being a functional school it needed to be.

Today, AW is still trying to get funds for the trademark as well as copyright UA's logos, all of which should happen before the church is official. Otherwise, we risk having our intellectual property stolen. If anyone is wondering why would we want to raise money for something as simple as that, there is a valid reason. When registering a business, the business owner's trademark that is a slogan, catchphrase, name of business, the logo design, colors, font, etc. is only valid in the state it is created in. To be protected in all 50 territories, one must register with the USTPO (United States Trademark & Patent Office) and have their material trademarked or patented. UA is going to be church, therefore UA and its parent, AW need to be protected from challengers and theft.

What Is UA?

UA is a online institution where lost and saved can meet and network if they decide to do so. UA is truth rooted 24/7. This means, we do not accept or endorse flawed teachings of people, churches or certain translated "bibles". We accept and endorse Hebrew origin truth of the Old Testament, the Greek origin truth of the New Testament and the following Books that we have found are the closest to Hebrew and Greek texts. Please note the listed translations have flaws and some don't include all 266, but what we looked at is how close did they get to the originals. Seekers need to see the original in its rawest form so they can compare and work out their salvation with fear and trembling. The best way me and my team do this, is by only allowing certain translation at the school and in our church.

What Is The Mission Statement Of UA?

"We pledge to provide accurate, factual canon books of the Book to our seekers while they study here. We will always expose the false "books" and reject false doctrines of people and human-made religions from our program, Kódikas Eptá (Code 7). We will never force our views/opinions/beliefs of the 266 onto a seeker nor shall we berate or discriminate against seekers who do not agree with the 266. Ever seeker is allowed to make their own conclusion of what they learn and will never be judged for their acceptance or rejection of the whole Book. UA exists to provide to provide truth and shall never attempt to convert seekers or outsiders to our way of life or thinking in the name of our passion to spread awareness of the truth concerning the 266 books."

Who Are You?

I am a Christian who lives in the USA, in the state of Kentucky. I have over 20+ years of ministerial training and 10+ years of service in my local community and churches. I am a YAWMA graduate and have been ordained through 3 groups, the most recent being Christian Global Outreach Ministries. Through them I am Minster #159107 and currently planning to attend their ministerial training. The first group I am ordained through is United National Ministiry. I did not renew and wanted to have a license that did not expire, so after praying about it, I was led to be ordained through my own business, UA. I am Minister #01009 and currently cannot use this license to teach at UA because UA is not a business anymore. It was in 2020, but I had to dissolve it in 2021 due to no funds or donations coming in. The goal is to raise money for the church, use some of the funds to review UA as a business so I can return to active duty with UA. I am also a author with a penname for my Christian fantasy novels that AW collaborates with me on. I am currently working on publishing a book as myself, not under my penname Artzenin Eklektos. I would link you all to my penname's author website, but there is no point in doing that. If you Google my name, you will see Artzenin show up, but my website doesn't work right now because I can't afford to keep my personal website no more than my business ones and Wix canceled the premium subscription, so if you attempt to find the website, it won't show up. Sorry in advance. 

Where Will Your Money Go & What It Will Fund?

I thank you for reading about me, my team and our desire to start a online church. We are not doing this for us, we are obeying the will of Yahweh-Jehovah and since we are doing this for Him, we cannot do so alone. If you read the story then you all know how hard and impossible this has been for me and my team. If you donate to our cause, your donations will be taxed in accordance with GoFundMe's tax policy. What we get left over will go towards securing intellectual properties, minister gear, office equipment such as a tripod and backdrop since my office will be where I broadcast sermons, live streams, etc. Your donations will also help kickstart UA's church, something I think seekers and visitors will enjoy once they see the final product of the church.

Your money will never go to us as staff for personal use. We will log all donations and personally thank and reach out to the doners send them proof of each purchase and show a paper trial of where their money is going. We don't do this to show off, we do this because we want to be transparent about everything that goes on with the ministry and myself, as the leader of my ministry.

If you have any questions or want to discuss business centering around AW and UA, please feel free to contact me via email and I will always reply right away or within 2 hours or less.