Photograph to come
President and Secretary
Lucas Campbell Saint Laurent
Leads the corporation and its three divisions, presides at meetings of the board, and keeps its minutes and official records.
About
Redeemer Forge, Inc.
Redeemer Forge makes the Scriptures freely readable, mentors young people in a Christian framework of respect and responsibility, and helps members of local congregations care for one another.
Purpose
What the corporation exists to do.
In the words filed with the State of Florida on 21 October 2026, and the division that carries out each part.
Redeemer Forge, Inc. is organized exclusively for religious, charitable and educational purposes under IRC 501(c)(3), providing free Bible-reading tools, Christian education and church community resources.
As filed“free Bible-reading tools”
Bible GuideLiveThe Scriptures, published free.The Bible in its historic public-domain and openly licensed versions, with maps, charts and study material — free, with no subscription, no advertising and no account required.As filed“Christian education”
Redeemer PathwaysIn developmentMentorship for children and young people.Supervised, faith-based mentorship in Jacksonville: cooperative play for younger children, mentor-led building and digital skills for older children and teenagers, and Grow — a website where foster youth find the tools and resources they need.As filed“church community resources”
Church FamilyIn developmentCongregations meeting one another’s needs.A website where a verified member of a congregation posts a practical need — a ride, a meal, childcare, a repair — and members of the same congregation offer to help.
- One corporation. The three divisions are its programs, not separate companies.
- No subsidiaries. Nothing sits beneath the divisions.
- No trademarks. None of the names is registered as a mark.
Faith
What it believes.
The Baptist Faith and Message (2000), the confession of faith of the Southern Baptist Convention, in 18 articles.
The Holy Bible was written by men divinely inspired and is God’s revelation of Himself to man.
Written into the bylaws
Section 1.8 names the confession as the corporation’s statement of faith.
Checked by a director
The Spiritual Director reviews the teaching and material of every division for faithfulness to it.
Openly Christian, never forced
Bible Guide asks nothing of its readers, and no child has to pray or profess faith to join Redeemer Pathways. Policies
Read every article, with its Scripture Official text at bfm.sbc.net
Board of directors
Three seats, three offices.
The board governs the corporation. Each director holds one of its offices.
Director to be named
Treasurer
To be named
Keeps the corporation’s books division by division, reports its finances at every board meeting, co-signs every payment over $1,000, and sees that each tax and state filing goes in on time.
Biography to come.
Director to be named
Spiritual Director
To be named
Keeps the teaching, curriculum and published material of every division faithful to the statement of faith, advises the board on doctrinal and pastoral questions, counsels the divisions’ leaders and volunteers, and opens board meetings in prayer.
Biography to come.
- Three directors, each holding one of the offices above. Every member of the first board is a Founding Director.
- Directors serve without pay, for two-year terms that are staggered so the whole board never changes at once.
- A majority of the board must be unpaid and unrelated to anyone the corporation pays.
- The board meets four times a year, plus an annual meeting.
Photograph to come
Founder
Lucas Campbell Saint Laurent
Founder, President and Secretary
“I am a Christ follower. I’m a world traveler. I am a thinker and I’m a builder.”
Where I come from
I was born in Brazil in 1994 and raised there until I was nine. We moved to Stockholm because my stepfather is Swedish, and his work then took the family to Bangladesh, to Hanoi and to Melbourne. I went to boarding school in the United States and went home to wherever the family was on school breaks.
“I got to see a lot of poverty and a lot of suffering through my younger life. Especially living in Brazil as a young child, seeing the injustice of poverty. And then going to Sweden, and then contrasting that with Bangladesh, where I saw so many people starving to death. It was an eye-opening situation into the reality of the human condition from a young age.”
What I do
After school I taught English for three months in Nantong, China. I studied applied mathematics at Johns Hopkins, and I am studying international business at Florida International University. I founded ExoWorlds, an independent game studio, where I led a sixteen-person international team and released a playable Unreal Engine title on the Epic Games Store in 2024.
“I like to build things, whether it’s in code or websites or, you know, creative pursuits, 3D printing and things like that.”
Why Jacksonville
I moved to Jacksonville about six years ago. Asked which place changed me most, out of every country I have lived in, I answer without hesitating:
“Jacksonville, because it’s where I found Christ and where my life changed completely.”
Why Redeemer Forge
Redeemer Forge brings that work under one accountable roof: the Scriptures free to every reader, mentorship for the young people of this city, and congregations caring for their own.
“Nobody’s paying me now, and I try and use my skills to help the brothers and sisters at my congregation, and to build open source tools that can help people. These are things that I love to do, and I don’t need to get paid to do it.”
Governance
How decisions are made.
These rules are written into the bylaws. The bylaws, the Articles of Incorporation and the conflict-of-interest policy are posted in full.
Board of directors governs and answers for the corporation · no voting members
President and Secretary
Lucas Campbell Saint Laurent
Treasurer
To be named
Spiritual Director
To be named
Redeemer Forge, Inc.
One corporation, one set of books, each division kept separately
Treasurer keeps each division’s income, spending and balance separately and reports at every board meeting.
Spiritual Director reviews every division’s teaching and material for faithfulness to the statement of faith.
Spending
The bigger the sum, the more people sign.
- Over $2,500, or a contract longer than a yearThe board approves it
- Over $1,000Two signatures
- Every paymentFrom the corporation’s own account, never mixed with anyone’s personal funds
Conflicts of interest
No one decides their own case.
- 1
Interest declared
Every director and officer discloses any interest, and signs a statement each year.
- 2
Leaves the room
A director with an interest in a decision takes no part in it.
- 3
Others decide
Only directors with no conflict vote. On pay, only after comparing what at least three similar organizations pay.
- 4
Recorded for good
The decision goes in the minutes, approved at the next meeting and kept permanently.
The board’s year
Four meetings, and an annual one.
Q1Board meetingOpen Books reportQ2Board meetingOpen Books reportQ3Board meetingOpen Books reportQ4Board meetingOpen Books report
Every year
Annual meeting
Treasurer’s report
Conflict statements
Directors serve without pay, for two-year terms staggered so the whole board never changes at once.
A board, not members
The corporation has no voting members. Its board of directors governs it and answers for it.
Conflicts declared in writing
Every director and officer signs a conflict-of-interest statement each year. A director with an interest in a decision leaves the room for it.
Pay decided by others
Pay to any director, officer or founder may be approved only by directors with no conflict, after comparing what at least three similar organizations pay, with the decision recorded in the minutes.
A permanent record
Minutes are kept of every meeting and every written decision, approved at the next meeting and kept permanently.
No politics
The corporation takes no part in any political campaign for or against any candidate.
Stewardship
How money is handled.
The same rules apply to every dollar, from the first.
Every dollar is recorded in the giver’s own words, spent only as given, and reported every quarter.
- 1
Received
Into the corporation’s own account, never mixed with anyone’s personal funds or another organization’s.
- 2
Recorded
The giver, the date, the amount and any restriction, in the giver’s own words.
- 3
Assigned
To one of four funds: a division, or “where it is needed most”, which the board directs.
- 4
Spent
Only on what it was given for. Two signatures over $1,000; the board’s approval over $2,500.
- 5
Reported
Every quarter in Open Books, by division; every year in the Treasurer’s report to the board.
| Fund | What it pays for |
|---|---|
| Where it is needed most | The board puts it to work in the division with the greatest need, and the Treasurer reports where it went. |
| Bible Guide | Hosting, development and the free phone app, so the Scriptures and their study material stay free to every reader, with no advertising. |
| Redeemer Pathways | Volunteer background checks, insurance, a venue and equipment: everything that has to be in place before the first session with young people. |
| Church Family | Finishing the redesign and bringing the first congregations onto it. |
Each fund kept separately and reported every quarter, by division.
Never
- Mixed with anyone’s personal funds
- Mixed with another organization’s money
- A restricted gift spent on anything else
- Pay approved by the person who receives it
Where we stand
Each step, in order.
Funders and reporters should not have to guess. This list is kept current.
4 of 10 steps done
- 4 done
- 0 in progress
- 6 to come
Done
Articles of Incorporation filed
With the Florida Department of State, 21 October 2026.
Done
State approval
Approved and effective 21 October 2026. Florida document number N26000014593.
Done
Federal employer identification number
Issued by the IRS, 27 October 2026.
Done
SAM.gov Unique Entity ID
DUJ4F6NFGM81, assigned 29 October 2026. The full SAM.gov registration follows when the corporation applies for a federal award.
To come
Full board seated
Three directors. One is seated; two are to be named.
To come
Bylaws and governance policies adopted
The bylaws and the conflict-of-interest, whistleblower, document retention and gift acceptance policies, at the first meeting of the full board.
To come
Bank account in the corporation’s name
Opened once the board has met.
To come
Application for federal tax-exempt status
Not yet filed.
To come
Florida charitable-solicitation filing
Required before the organization asks the public for gifts; giving opens once it is filed. Not yet filed.
To come
First quarterly Open Books report
Published for the first quarter in which the bank account is open.
- After step 7A grant can be received
- After step 8The IRS decides on federal recognition
- After step 9Giving opens to the public
At a glance
The organization, in facts.
Corporate record
Redeemer Forge Incorporated
- Form
- Florida corporation not for profit (Chapter 617, Florida Statutes)
- Headquarters
- Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida
- Fiscal year
- Calendar year
- Governance
- Board of directors; no voting members
Programs, called divisions
Contact: amen@bibleguide.io · Jacksonville, Florida
Status
- Articles of Incorporation
- Approved and effective 21 October 2026 · Florida document number N26000014593
- SAM.gov Unique Entity ID
- DUJ4F6NFGM81 · assigned 29 October 2026
- Federal tax status
- Not yet applied for
- Paid staff
- None
Last reviewed October 2026. Updated as each filing is completed.One-page fact sheet