HIDDEN GIFTS MINISTRY
Unlocking God’s hidden gifts in every life. Every life is a gift. Every gift has a purpose. Where the unseen becomes holy.
At Hidden Gifts Ministry, we believe that every life is a gift with a God-given purpose. The focus of our ministry is people who have been hidden, or unseen, for too long. God’s Word tells us to “fix our eyes not on what is seen, but what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.” (2 Cor. 4:18)
Our heart is to strengthen the marriages and families on this journey, ensuring they never walk alone. We want to reach as many as possible, and set up the resources for families to be encouraged, uplifted, and surrounded by Christlike love. Too many people with special needs, and their families, have struggled in isolation.
Our vision is to equip families and churches by providing hope and encouragement through resources, parent testimonies, and helping families see the beauty of God’s work and presence in their lives. We also seek to enhance ministries that celebrate individuals with special gifts, by equipping churches to start or strengthen special needs programs. Our heart is to see more places where families can worship together while their loved ones participates in a special gifts ministry. As Galatians 5:13 reminds us, “Serve one another humbly in love.” This is the heart of our mission—to help every life shine with its God-given purpose.
Vision
To equip families, churches, and communities to engage persons with special gifts in transformative, spiritually honoring ways.
Mission
To reshape how society sees autism and special gifts—unveiling spiritual purpose, value, and gifts that are too often hidden.
Values
Faith – Trusting in God’s unseen work.
Joy – Celebrating each life as a divine design.
Compassion – Meeting families with empathy and care.
Revelation – Unearthing spiritual truths in unexpected places.
Belonging – Ensuring every individual feels seen, known, and valued.
Who is this for?
For parents, extended family, pastors, and faith leaders—whether newly navigating a diagnosis or seasoned in special needs ministry—who believe that God is working in ways they may not yet understand. Hidden Gifts Ministry offers hope, clarity, and spiritual insight for those who suspect that what the world calls a limitation may, in fact, be sacred potential.
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Decoding Cody
About this book
Decoding Cody tells the amazing story about a young man with non-speaking autism who has learned to communicate on a “spelling board.” Cody, and others like him, were unseen and underestimated, but are now “speaking” through spelling. More amazingly, these young men and women see the spiritual world. They describe seeing angels, demons, and spiritual warfare. They all see Jesus as well, saying “He looks like love.” They describe going to a place they call “the hill” where they are free to openly communicate in thought and be refreshed from their uncooperative bodies. Their incredible story is told in Decoding Cody.
Many of you will have read about a lawyer (Lee Strobel) whose investigation into the reality of Jesus’ resurrection, finally led him to faith in Christ. Now meet Joseph Infranco. Another lawyer (and Pastor) whose amazing journey with “Cody” brings right before us the reality of God’s spiritual world. A world unseen, yet so often spoken of as real and all around us in scripture. Come along for this first-hand, strongly scripture supported journey that is simply unexplainable outside of God’s word. One that moved Joseph from skepticism to belief, as he sat alongside a young man with non-verbal autism(and others like him). Silent people whose voices are now unlocked with the use of a spelling board. And that’s where the story becomes incredible. These special needs young men and women, often considered the least in society, are the ones able to share incredible insights into the very real unseen world around them and us. Read of God’s love, Jesus’ face, real angels and demons, and spiritual warfare in this gripping, unshakable, life-transforming story. Cody’s story. One that is needed so much in our broken world today.
John Trent, Ph.D.
Co-Author of The Blessing and Your Journey from Broken to Blessed