Welcome
Executive Committee
World Missions Board
Area Directors
Research
U.S. Relations
Personnel & Family Life
Communications
AGWM Administration
AG Media Commission
MAPS
Network 211
Media Commission
Builders International
Children at Risk
Departments
Research
Bob Friesen — Director
This department researches, collects, processes and provides departments, missionaries, and churches with statistical information concerning Assemblies of God World Missions.
U.S. Relations
David Lee — Director
The U.S. Relations Director oversees this department which maintains and builds relationships with the public, local churches, districts, parachurch entities and all missionaries on itineration. The director also oversees the production of missions education and information materials and directs missions promotional events conducted throughout the United States.
ITINERATION
Frank Vice — Itineration Manager
The Itineration staff tracks progress of candidate and veteran missionaries. They also provide training for candidate missionaries and assist with final clearance procedures. This department participates in district and regional missions leadership seminars and partners with district missions directors in promotion of missions and missionaries.
CREATIVE SERVICES
Don Jones — Manager
The Creative Services area provides design and pre-production of World Missions theme materials and publications, photography, and media archival. The department also provides editorial support, design and oversight to the AGWM Web site.
PRODUCTION, BUDGET & SALES
Rosalee McMain — Manager
OFFICE MANAGEMENT
Roseann Witherspoon — Manager
Personnel & Family Life
Rick Johnson — Director
The Personnel & Family Life director oversees this department whose primary focus is the recruitment, selection, and training process of missionaries. The director also gives oversight to the care of missionaries and their families including the ministry to children of missionaries (MK's).
CAREER MISSIONARIES
Career Missionaries have the opportunity to serve 3-4 year terms in one of 212 countries and territories around the world.ISMK
The International Society of Missionary Kids (ISMK) is the Assemblies of God World Missions ministry to its MK's. It includes approximately 1,400 MK's scattered throughout 212 countries and territories. ISMK believes that God calls the entire family to be missionaries. Therefore, we work to equip the Missionary Kids emotionally, educationally and spiritually for their transition to the field, life and ministry on the field, and reentry into American society.MAPS
Missions Abroad Placement Service (MAPS) volunteers serve on short-term missions lasting from 1-11 months.Missionary Associate
The missionary associate program connects laypersons and ministers, who desire to volunteer their skills in a supportive role, to career missionaries for one to two years.STMA
The Short-Term Minister Abroad program coordinates and regulates opportunities for ministers to teach, preach or participate in other ministries on the field. These assignments can last up to six months.
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Communications
Randy Hurst — Director
The Director of Communications provides oversight of video, media production and fund-raising for special World Missions projects, including Senders Fund, A/G Relief and World Missions Emergency Fund.
Missions World Videos – short presentations produced monthly for three audiences:
- go 360 – children
- Worldbeat – youth
- Newsbreak – Sunday congregation
World Missions Touchscreen Computer – exploring the world at a touch of a finger, displaying missionaries’ pictures by country and delivering up to date prayer requests, news, videos and missions information to the church foyer.
A/G Relief Fund
In times of crisis, missionaries and national believers are the most efficient means of distributing relief and providing medical care. With more than 250,000 local congregations in more than 200 nations, the Assemblies of God is strategically situated when disaster strikes. Giving through Assemblies of God Relief allows congregations and individuals to minister both physically and spiritually.
World Missions Emergency Fund
Contributing to the World Missions Emergency Fund allows money to be available for immediate assistance to a missionary. World Missions Emergency Fund is designed to quickly meet a need for a medical crisis such as airlifting a missionary out of a country or an unplanned opportunity to purchase property for ministry.
Senders Fund
Senders Fund has helped reduce the itineration time for new missionaries from 22 months to 13 months. That's nine additional months that missionaries are ministering on the field fulfilling their call to reach the lost. Through funds contributed by churches and individuals to Senders Fund, new missionaries also are able to reduce the number of services and expenses required to raise a budget.
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AGWM Administration
Cary Tidwell — AGWM Administrator
The Assemblies of God World Missions Administrator works with U.S. staff to facilitate the ministries of Assemblies of God missionaries around the world.
AGWM MAPS CONSTRUCTION
Greg Venturella — Director
Since 1963, AGWM MAPS Construction teams have been ministering to national believers around the world. Volunteers assist in building or repairing churches, orphanages, Bible School facilities and Teen Challenge centers. Some teams rebuild structures that were damaged or destroyed by a disaster. These one- to two-week trips help national fellowships grow and thrive, and give participants a chance to broaden their understanding of how God can use them.
• Learn more about AGWM MAPS Construction
• Current Projects
• Current Newsletter
• Downloadable Trip Forms
AGWM BUILDERS INTERNATIONAL
David Wagner — Coordinator
AGWM Builders International's mission is to impact the spread of the Gospel around the world by building Bible institutes, training centers and other vital evangelism centers in every nation. Master professionals are linked to projects with needs in the following areas: master planning, feasibility studies, fund raising, finances, engineering, architectural and construction. Related Web site: The Builders Club
DIVISIONAL ACCOUNTING
Esther Axmark — Manager
Divisional Accounting provides an interface between AGWM and Ministers Benefit Association (MBA). They are responsible for the AGWM operational budget, the preparation of information for the WM Board and annual report, for insuring that all the IRS requirements and related matters are fulfilled, overseeing the application of the missionary cost of living indexes, corporate insurance, equipment, and purchasing, and finances of the missionary medical fund.
FINANCIAL SERVICES
Ann Bull — Manager Dana Menditto — Assistant Manager
Financial Services is responsible for the accounting functions involved in the maintenance of individual missionary and institutional financial accounts. This service includes processing financial reports according to standard accounting procedures and policies approved by AGWM and the General Council. Careful records are maintained for all world missions’ funds to assure proper accountability and distribution. Each regional financial specialist services specified accounts within a geographical boundary or an assigned group of accounts.
MISSIONARY CARE
Beth Davis — Director
The AGWM Missionary Care Team serves individual missionaries by providing a variety of physical, spiritual, emotional, intellectual, and social resources for the purpose of promoting wholeness and a team spirit that will help each one to thrive in his or her God-ordained work. Web site: Missionary Care
MISSIONARY SERVICES
Evy McCroskey — Manager
The Missionary Services department assists missionaries and AGWM administration with preparation for departure to the field, moving on the field, or returning to the US at the time of itineration, retirement or termination.
QUALITY ASSURANCE
Linda Alexander — Manager
The Quality Assurance section functions to verify accounting procedures and practices, which includes reviewing and auditing various missionary and institution accounts, monitoring revolving loans, preparing budgets for fund raising and provide financial clearance for missionaries and missionary associates for their assignment. This section also functions as Accounts Payable for AGWM.
TECHNICAL SERVICES
Bob LaFon — Manager
Technical Services is responsible for coordinating the use of technology as a tool to reach the world with the Gospel as well as assisting missionaries and AGWM personnel in doing the same.
E-mail: BLafon@ag.org
General Help
E-mail: Help@agmd.org
WORD PROCESSING
Colleen Price — Manager
Word Processing offers a variety of services to Assemblies of God World Missions departments, including transcription, proofreading, preparation of merge mailings, scanning, form development, document formatting, and creation of PowerPoint presentations.
AG Media Commission
David Lee — Chairman
The AG Media Commission takes the message to areas of the globe that missionaries may not be able to go.International Media Ministries
Unsión Television
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