OUR FOUNDER'S STORY OF FAITH

Todd DiMichele, like many of us, has had a life that was blessed and guided by GOD even when Todd was unaware of His presence. He's been a natural entrepreneur and ambitious man ever since his youth. Todd is a proud father, husband, business owner, and real estate investor with over 30 years of experience. He has been married to his lovely wife Christina for over 29 years. They have five daughters and several grandchildren.

 

Todd worked for years as the owner of two small sports bars and video gambling establishments in their hometown of Canton, Ohio. Also, they operate a residential property rental business with several properties in the Canton area. They achieved a considerable level of success in all their business ventures and employed hundreds of people over the years. Unfortunately, the license law changed as it related to video gambling and Todd stayed in business with the sports bars and video gambling businesses. This resulted in him being investigated by the FBI and ultimately in 2021, he was convicted on two different counts of money laundering and illegal gaming. Todd was sentenced to three years of probation and eight months of house arrest. Todd recognizes that GOD’s grace was with him throughout that entire ordeal and that things could have resulted in a much harsher sentence or even the loss of his financial assets or marriage.

 

Approximately 12 years ago, Todd started to visit a church in the Canton area called Faith Family and this changed Todd’s life forever. He began to study the Bible and having been raised Catholic, Todd already had a spiritual foundation to build upon. But like many people, he had simply strayed away from GOD during various periods of his adult life. Todd’s marriage also experienced some very significant problems over the next several years. Nevertheless, Todd started to grow more and in his faith and the Holy Spirit entered Todd’s heart and made him desire to change several aspects of his life and faith journey. Alcoholism also contributed to Todd’s issues at this stage in his life. However, Todd continued to look toward Jesus for love and support and he was able to effectively traverse this difficult time in his life.

 

During 2017 Todd and his wife Christina, started a not-for-profit organization called: By Grace Through Faith Missions, LLC which is a duly registered Ohio Limited Liability Company. They have gone on to have it granted 501©3 tax exempt status by the Internal Revenue Service. Todd and Christina are now working to further establish and grow the organization in a manner that works to build the Kingdom of God, shares the gospel throughout the world, and is accordance with the Great Commission as outlined in the New Testament (Matt. 28:19). The organization has a Board of Directors that is comprised of local Christian professionals, ministry leaders, and friends that share Todd and Tia’s vision for spreading the gospel throughout the world.

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Todd DiMichele is born-again believer in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and like all men he isn’t perfect or blameless. But instead he is a child of GOD working and striving every day to manage his Christian Walk in a manner that glorifies GOD and builds the Kingdom in His name. Todd utilizes his wealth of experience in business, marriage, and following the wrong path to provide testimony and wisdom to people young and old who may be headed in a similar direction that Todd was once going. By Grace Through Faith Missions is Todd’s biggest project to date that is focused on spreading the good news of the Gospel of Jesus Christ to people throughout the world.

 

Todd’s goal is for this ministry to be his family’s legacy and not the secular achievements or moral failures he once had to endure. Instead he is working to rewrite the narrative, serve the Kingdom of GOD, and lead others to Faith In Jesus Christ as he was led. Todd DiMichele hopes that other people will capture the spirit of his mission and vision for By Faith Through Grace Missions and will let the Love of Jesus Christ enter their heart and change their life forever.