ABOUT 12 SEEDS INTERNATIONAL
Our Mission: Helping people practice 12 Biblical principles that transform
character, relationships and life.
We are dedicated to serving and glorifying God. He invites us into a personal relationship through His Son Jesus. A growing relationship with Him, empowered by His Spirit, manifests itself in His love flowing through us to bless the lives of others. The 12 Seeds are 12 ways in which love can be shared with others.
Background: Founded in 1996, our name was originally Prime Success Institute. Our purpose was to help people prime their minds about things of prime importance. Over the years, our focus increasingly came to be upon something of highest prime importance: relationships. In November 1999 we compiled a comprehensive set of Biblically based relationship principles which we called the “12 Seeds.” Eventually, we changed our name to “12 Seeds International.”
character, relationships and life.
We are dedicated to serving and glorifying God. He invites us into a personal relationship through His Son Jesus. A growing relationship with Him, empowered by His Spirit, manifests itself in His love flowing through us to bless the lives of others. The 12 Seeds are 12 ways in which love can be shared with others.
Background: Founded in 1996, our name was originally Prime Success Institute. Our purpose was to help people prime their minds about things of prime importance. Over the years, our focus increasingly came to be upon something of highest prime importance: relationships. In November 1999 we compiled a comprehensive set of Biblically based relationship principles which we called the “12 Seeds.” Eventually, we changed our name to “12 Seeds International.”
The 12 principles (or seeds) form an acrostic for the word "RELATIONSHIP." Acrostics have long been used to help people remember important concepts. Now, after teaching 12 Seeds principles for many years, we believe more than ever that . . .
If even one of the 12 Seeds is weak or missing, relationships suffer. When even one of the 12 Seeds grows, individuals and groups are blessed.
Leadership is needed: While most everyone agrees that better relationships enhance every individual and every group, today’s society provides little training or modeling in principles for excellent relationships. Also, few people take the initiative to learn and apply the principles. It takes leadership to guide people to do so. Therefore, we focus on leaders, equipping them to practice the 12 Seeds in their own lives, and then to help others do the same.
Wise leaders – including teachers, parents, grandparents, mentors, pastors, executives
and others – provide 12 Seeds training and reminders because . . .
● A better relationship with God and with others yields joy, success and many other benefits for
individuals, families, teams, schools, churches, businesses and communities;
● Poor relationships contribute to costly consequences for individuals and groups;
● There are ongoing challenges to developing and maintaining good relationships.
If even one of the 12 Seeds is weak or missing, relationships suffer. When even one of the 12 Seeds grows, individuals and groups are blessed.
Leadership is needed: While most everyone agrees that better relationships enhance every individual and every group, today’s society provides little training or modeling in principles for excellent relationships. Also, few people take the initiative to learn and apply the principles. It takes leadership to guide people to do so. Therefore, we focus on leaders, equipping them to practice the 12 Seeds in their own lives, and then to help others do the same.
Wise leaders – including teachers, parents, grandparents, mentors, pastors, executives
and others – provide 12 Seeds training and reminders because . . .
● A better relationship with God and with others yields joy, success and many other benefits for
individuals, families, teams, schools, churches, businesses and communities;
● Poor relationships contribute to costly consequences for individuals and groups;
● There are ongoing challenges to developing and maintaining good relationships.
“People need reminders more often than they need instruction.”
– Samuel Johnson, as quoted by C.S. Lewis
– Samuel Johnson, as quoted by C.S. Lewis
