The Academy for Marketing God’s Way
Raise Up Marketers From Within Our Own People
so every plain community business can hand off its marketing with confidence that it will be effective and honor our values.
“In worldly marketing, the shareholder’s back pocket is the first priority. But, in godly marketing, the wellbeing of the customer comes first — and when that is done in a healthy context, the business owners will be taken care of.”
Roy Herr, Rosewood Marketing
The Need
From the Farm, to the Shop, to the Office
A generation ago, most of our fathers farmed. Today many of us run shops, and our businesses are growing. We’ve learned to build a better product and keep honest books.
Marketing is the job we’ve been slowest to learn. Only a few among us have learned to do it well, and there has been no place for our people to study it from a Christian worldview.
So you’re stuck between doing the marketing yourself and handing it to an outsider who doesn’t understand how you do business.
We understand. You would rather spend your hours running your business than learning to market it.
What We Believe
The Marketing Talent Our Businesses Need Is Already Growing Up in Our Own Families
They deserve to be trained. That’s why business owners and educators from our communities founded Kingswick, a nonprofit academy where experienced marketers train our own young people using real projects for real businesses and nonprofits.
1
Uphold the Values
We honor Plain Community values in education and in business.
2
Teachers Who Have Done It
Our teachers are seasoned marketers who know the work from the inside.
3
Real Work for Real Organizations
Students learn by doing real projects for real businesses and nonprofits.
Our Launch Board
Holding Kingswick Accountable
Shane Iwashige, Chairman
Hutchinson, KS
Trent Clugston, Treasurer
Roanoke, VA
Stennett Eberly, Secretary
Preston, ID
Norwood Shank
Bridgewater, VA
Steve Stoltzfus
New Holland, PA
Joe Beiler
Fairland, OK
Roy Herr
Myerstown, PA
IRS-approved 501(c)(3) nonprofit
5,400 sq. ft. facility in Englewood, Ohio
How to Take Part
It’s Simple to Support Kingswick
1
Attend Our Informational Webinar
Thursday, December 3, 2026, at 2:00 PM Eastern, online.
2
Make a One-Time Gift
Direct your gift to the building, the curriculum, or where it’s most needed.
3
Watch the Results
See our young people become marketers who serve our businesses well.
Informational Webinar
Come Hear the Vision
Meet the people behind Kingswick, see our development plan, and bring your questions.
Thursday, December 3, 2026
2:00 PM Eastern · Online via Zoom
Register for the WebinarRegistration is handled through Zoom. You’ll receive the link by email.
Build It With Us
Our Goal: $1 Million in Two Years
Your gift helps Kingswick raise up marketing talent from within our own people.
$500,000
–by December 31, 2026
$500,000
–by December 31, 2027
The Training Facility
$1,100
pays for 10 square feet of the Englewood building, where students meet face to face and where virtual training is centered.
Research and Curriculum
The courses themselves, including a graphic design course for Christian day schools.
Where Most Needed
Your gift goes wherever the work needs it first.
Give by Mail
Download our donation form, choose where you would like your gift to go, and mail it with your check payable to Kingswick. We will email or mail you a receipt.
Download the Donation Form (PDF)Mail To
Kingswick
890 Taywood Rd.
Englewood, OH 45322
Kingswick is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization. Gifts are tax-deductible as allowed by law.
It’s time you stopped relying on outsiders for your marketing and started trusting it to people who share your faith.
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