The Foundation was formed to invest people through the purchase of the Vision 2020 property that will enable education, community development, and faith-based initiatives.

The following is a brief history of how ROC Foundation came to existence and of God's working through His servants.

God blessed the leadership and preserved the life of Paul Kagame who became Rwanda's president in 2000 and on 25th August 2003, H.E. Paul Kagame won a landslide victory in the first ever democratically contested multiparty elections.

In 2003 President Paul Kagame was hosted in Minneapolis by Richard and Pat Lawson, owners of Lawson Software and Oklahoma Christian University Trustees. President Kagame invites the Lawsons to visit Rwanda.

Dave and Jana Jenkins, missionaries in neighboring Uganda who witnessed the Rwandan genocide in 1994, are invited to be guest lecturers at Oklahoma Christian University in 2004-2005.

In November 2004 Oklahoma Christian President and Mrs. Mike O'Neal traveled to the country of Rwanda with Trustee and Mrs. Richard Lawson and Dave Jenkins, OC visiting lecturer. With President Paul Kagame, partnerships were discussed which would potentially involve some kind of student and faculty exchange with OC and Universities and students in Rwanda.

In the spring of 2005, the Lawsons and OC students send a container-load of blankets and supplies to help the child-headed households in Rwanda.

In the summer of 2005 the Jenkins moved to Kigali. The first group of a dozen OC students went to Rwanda to teach and serve.

Ambassador to the U.S. Dr. Zac Nsenga visits Oklahoma Christian University in March 2006.

In April 2006 President and Mrs. Kagame, Ambassador Nsenga, and four cabinet ministers spend an entire day at Oklahoma Christian University as part of an economic development tour in the United States. At that time President Kagame was presented with an honorary doctorate and served as the Inaugural Kirkpatrick Lecturer, addressing students, faculty, and a large civic crowd about the progress Rwanda is making as a nation. The Rwanda-OC Presidential Scholar agreement is signed.

In the summer of 2006 a second group of OC faculty and students including Director of the North Institute for Teaching and Learning, Bryan Hixson, and chemistry professor, Dr. Holly Hixson travel to Rwanda to serve.

The first ten Rwanda scholars were selected from among the top 24 scores on a nationwide examination and enroll at Oklahoma Christian University in August.

The Jenkins provided leadership to establish Kigali International Community School with over 40 students from nine nationalities. The school was established to meet a need of some expatriate families and has grown into a leading K-12 school in Rwanda with over 80 students from 11 nationalities in its third term. While the focus was meeting needs of these families efforts have led to the school being home to 50% Rwandese children.

In June of 2006 the Jenkins service and efforts result in the first church registration in about four years. The same month a second family, Kyle and Luz Beard, join the efforts in Rwanda.

In October a professional architect & engineer are sent by the Jenkins sponsoring congregation to Rwanda to help identify and assess land or facilities for the new church. In the process they met with government officials and visited the Vision 2020 facility and obtained blueprints for what would become the home of the church, KICS, and a community center. The Rwandan government offered this facility with the hope that it would take steps toward development of a middle class community.

In the winter of 2006 the Oklahoma nonprofit, Rwanda Outreach and Community Foundation is formed with the purpose of raising funds for the Vision 2020 property.

On March 1, 2007 the ROC Foundation takes access to these incredible facilities. On March 4 Christ's Church in Rwanda opened its doors for the first time with 334 in attendance.

In April 2007 KICS moved its operations to these facilities as a partner to ROC in an effort to demonstrate model community. KICS begins in the ROC facilities with around 35 students. Additionally, Food for the Hungry became a partner through renting of one-half of the community center space.

In August 2007 Bryan Hixson (Executive Site Director) and Dr. Holly Hixson (Director ROC Education Center) moved to Rwanda to serve the work on site. CCR is averaging around 100 after six months.

In March 2008 CCR is averaging around 145 in Sunday attendance and adds a youth ministry.

In August 2008 CCR is averaging around 240 in Sunday attendance. FHI moves out of the property to make room for KICS growth. KICS grows to around 200 students from 32 nationalities. ROC has facilitated many different education projects.