About Frank
Perfect Pitch
The best child sponsorship advocate in the world
World Vision Magazine
When singer/songwriter Frank Grubbs stands up in a church and spends just three minutes encouraging people to sponsor a child, few people can resist the urge to do so.
In about 17 years of making such presentations, Frank’s talks have prompted more than 41,000 people to sponsor children and raised about $42 million, making Frank World Vision’s most effective child sponsorship advocate.
Frank, who lives in Oceanside, Calif., says he used to perform mission-related songs in churches, which he hoped would inspire, but he also hoped it would help sell his music.
“Now I would much rather encourage people to sponsor kids than buy my CD,” he says.
Frank has about 150 speaking engagements each year and usually tells a story about meeting one of his nine sponsored children, such as Isaac in Haiti.
He will tell the congregation that Haiti is so poor, people will eat dirt simply to fill their stomachs. But for about a dollar a day, a sponsor can provide food, clothing, shelter, and education to a child in need. He will go on to explain how sponsorship has made a difference in Isaac’s life.
Frank says he is not entirely sure why his message is so effective, but he believes his talks are used by God. He avoids hard-sell techniques, and he speaks from the heart.
“I feel like I have the best job in the world,” he says. “I get to encourage people to do what Jesus commanded us to do, which is to reach out to the ‘least of these.’”
Invite Frank to speak at your church.
