Passion For Jesus

THEALLIANCE

A PASSION FOR JESUS

ALPHA AND OMEGA • THE WAY THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE
• BELOVED • LIVING BREAD • BRIDEGROOM • LORD JESUS •
DELIVERER • CHIEF CORNERSTONE • GREAT I AM • TEACHER
• RADIANCE OF GOD’S GLORY • WORD OF GOD • FAITHFUL
WITNESS • KING OF KINGS • AUTHOR OF SALVATION •
KING OF GLORY • FIRSTBORN OF ALL CREATION • STONE
REJECTED BYTHE BUILDERS • LAMB OF GOD • HEAD OFTHE
CHURCH • WORD OF LIFE • MORNING STAR • WONDERFUL
COUNSELOR • OUR HOPE • EMMANUEL • ROCK OF OUR
SALVATION • NAME ABOVE ALL NAMES • SON OF MAN
• CHRIST • RESURRECTION AND LIFE • GOOD SHEPHERD •
INDESCRIBABLE GIFT • SEED OF ABRAHAM • JUST JUDGE •
CARPENTER • HIGH PRIEST • LIGHT OF THE WORLD • CHIEF
SHEPHERD • ADVOCATE • LION OF JUDAH • RIGHTEOUS
ONE • LORD OF THE DEAD AND THE LIVING • MESSIAH •
FRIEND OF SINNERS • BRIGHT MORNING STAR • MIGHTY
GOD • AUTHOR OF LIFE • POWER AND WISDOM OF GOD
• HORN OF SALVATION • PRINCE OF PEACE • REDEEMER
• LORD OF LORDS • HOLY ONE OF GOD • JESUS • CHRIST
THE LORD • AUTHOR AND FINISHER OF OUR FAITH •
ROOT OF DAVID • SAVIOR OF THE WORLD • BREAD OF
LIFE • SHEPHERD AND GUARDIAN OF OUR SOULS • LIVING
WATER • SON OF THE MOST HIGH GOD • TRUE VINE • FIRST
AND LAST • THE ONE WHO WAS AND IS AND IS TO COME

Believers worship together at an
Alliance church in Libreville, Gabon.

All over the world, Alliance believers are celebrating Jesus. He is the
image of the invisible God, the first-born of all creation. Through Him all
things were made, and in Him is life—life that is the light of all mankind.
To all who believe in Him, He gives the right to become children of God.

CHRIST’S PASSION Eric Dávila (left), a new believer, reads Scripture with
FOR THE WORLD Alliance youth pastor Dolan Castañeda in Spain. The
Spanish national church, like many around the globe
“The thief comes only to steal and kill and that were birthed through early U.S.-based ministry,
destroy; I have come that they may have has a passion for church planting and missions.

life, and have it to the full.”

—Jesus, in John 10:10

Jesus came to earth in the flesh to restore the
relationship with humankind that was severed
when sin invaded the world. His message of
unfailing love releases people from the bondage
of sin, the curse of oppression, and the sting of
death—providing hope and a future for all who
call on His name.

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What does this mean for us? More than we can
possibly fathom. It means we no longer bear
the penalty of our sinful nature. It means that
we are presented pure and blameless before
our Creator. It means that all of our needs have
been “pre-supplied.” It means that we no longer
walk through this life alone. It means that a
heavenly home awaits us. All because of Jesus.
What can we possibly do in response to His
divine outpouring of love?

For there is one God and one mediator between
God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who
gave himself as a ransom for all men . . .
—1 Timothy 2:5–6

OUR PASSION 3
FOR HIM

For Christ’s love compels us, because we are
convinced that one died for all, and . . . that those
who live should no longer live for themselves but
for him who died for them and was raised again.

—2 Corinthians 5:14–15

Because of who Jesus is and what He’s done
for us, we seek to live our lives in unreserved
devotion to Him. And this devotion compels us
to tell others about His great love and mercy for
all mankind.

The heartbeat of The Alliance is to know
and exalt Jesus as Savior, Sanctifier, Healer,
and Coming King and complete His Great
Commission:

“Therefore go and make disciples of all
nations, baptizing them in the name of the

Father and of the Son and of the Holy
Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I
have commanded you. And surely I am with

you always, to the very end of the age.”

—Jesus, in Matthew 28:19–20

4 In many places today, our global staff minister together with colleagues

from countries where earlier Alliance ministry helped to establish a strong
national church. Danillo and Elaine Lima, from the Brazilian Alliance,
partner with our U. S. staff in their commitment to reach the city of Porto,
in Portugal, where less than 1 percent of the population is evangelical.

OUR PRIVILEGE TO SERVE

It’s a glorious and humbling thought that the God of the universe While great progress has been made, the Great Commission remains
has invited us to join Him in His work. We—His Church—are an unfinished task. Until it is completed, our undying passion
His chosen means to reconcile all people to Himself. Realizing is to preach Jesus. We want people to know Him intimately and
that He is more than capable of completing the task Himself, we experience His great love personally. As living examples of this
jubilantly acknowledge that He wants us to share in the great transforming love, we will display it in deed and word until all have
joy He feels when one more person runs into His loving arms. the opportunity to encounter it firsthand. It’s not that we have to do
these things. We get to do them. What an unbelievable privilege!

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A WORLD IN NEED

How badly does the world need this divine love? For many of its find hope and a future—and the assurance that their true home
citizens, planet earth is a place of unrelenting pain and despair. lies beyond the chaos of this fallen world.
Political systems and military force have offered little prospect
of easing the world’s injustices. It is only through the saving By His invitation, The Alliance joyfully joins Jesus in His work of
love of Jesus Christ that wounded and wandering people can restoring what is lost and broken until He returns to reclaim it.

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LANGUAGES & DIALECTS IN

2,000+
U.S. CHURCHES

MORE THAN JOINING HIM . . .
IN THE UNITED STATES
500,000
WORSHIPERS IN THE The U.S. Alliance family is half a million people worshiping
UNITED STATES in more than 2,000 churches in 37 languages and dialects.
These churches were established to live out the inspired word
of God and to preach Jesus in their cities and towns. They 7
baptize and disciple new believers. They plant new churches
in spiritually thirsty communities. They counsel troubled
youth. They mend broken marriages. They teach English
to new Americans. They lead Bible studies in prisons. They
walk with their neighbors through the trials of life. They
pray earnestly and give sacrificially to extend the reach of
the gospel in their neighborhoods and to the nations.

Members and friends of New Community Church in San Francisco We need to do more than invite people to Christian events
volunteer their time and labor in place of their weekly Sunday worship and hope they’ll come. We also have to call believers to
service to clean up a local public school. Though still a young Alliance
intentionally exemplify Christ within the culture. That leads us
church plant, New Community frequently serves outside the church into culture rather than away from it, joining people in existing
to establish community partners with the hope of sharing the gospel.
activities in order to demonstrate His love in a tangible way.
It’s our hope that people will see His life in us and that life will

be the light that helps bring them to the light of Christ.

San Francisco church planter Ken McKinney

JOINING HIM . . . Forest Schell, Alliance team member in Paraguay, mentors
THROUGHOUT a young boy in the capital city of Asunción. The boy lives
in an apartment complex owned by his grandmother,
THE WORLD which has also housed drug dealers and prostitutes.

The global Alliance family is 6 million people worshiping MORE THAN
in more than 20,000 churches in 180 languages and
dialects. Seven hundred Alliance global staff are having a 700
meaningful impact throughout the world by proclaiming
the gospel in deed and word. They plant churches and train U.S. ALLIANCE WORKERS
future church leaders. They provide life-saving medical WORLDWIDE
8 care. They create microenterprise opportunities to help
the poor become self-sufficient. They visit inmates in
some of the world’s worst prisons. They translate Scripture
for those with no Bible in their language. They help dig
wells in areas without access to clean water. They provide
vocational training to help people escape the bondage
of human trafficking. They invest in local communities
by serving in the marketplace. They care for displaced
refugees. In short, they represent the love, compassion,
and mercy of Jesus to the world’s most physically and
spiritually needy.

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LANGUAGES & DIALECTS IN

20,000+
CHURCHES
WORLDWIDE

Canada

THE FRUIT United States
OF MORE THAN
Mexico
125 years
Dominican Republic
OF ALLIANCE
MINISTRY Honduras Puerto Rico

10 = ESTABLISHED GOSPEL PRESENCE Guatemala Nicaragua
Countries where Alliance ministries have
resulted in a strong national church that El Salvador
continues the work of the gospel within
and/or beyond its borders. Costa Rica Venezuela Suriname
= DEVELOPING GOSPEL PRESENCE Panama Colombia
Countries where Alliance workers partner
with the national church to plant new Ecuador
churches, disciple new believers, and
extend the reach of the gospel. Peru Brazil
Chile
THEALLIANCE Bolivia

Paraguay

Argentina

Uruguay

Great Russia
Britain

Netherlands

Germany

France Ukraine Mongolia
Bosnia Herzegovina

Portugal Spain Italy Kosovo
Macedonia

South
Korea

Syria Japan
Jordan
Lebanon
Israel

Mali Hong Kong Taiwan, ROC
Burkina Faso Philippines
Thailand

Vietnam

Cambodia 11

Guinea Ghana New Zealand

Côte d’Ivoire Gabon Democratic
Republic of
the Congo Indonesia

Republic of
the Congo

FORWARD FOCUS: This shaded box Australia

represents an area of the world where there is
little or no gospel presence.
• This area is the primary focus of current and

future Alliance ministries.
• It includes Alliance work in 30 creative-access

countries that cannot be identified by name.
• Eighty-two percent of Alliance global staff

serve in both open and creative-access
countries within this area.

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Alliance global team member
Wyman Nelson discusses possible
locations for a new church plant
with a village leader outside of
Point-Noire, Republic of the Congo.

The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, 13

because the Lord has anointed me

to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,

to proclaim freedom for the captives
and release from darkness for the prisoners,

to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor

. . . to comfort all who mourn,
and provide for those who grieve in Zion—

to bestow on them a crown of beauty

instead of ashes,

the oil of joy

instead of mourning,

and a garment of praise

instead of a spirit of despair.

—Isaiah 61:1–3

NIMBLE AND RESPONSIVE

Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy. A massive tsunami in Asia. Widespread flooding in Russia.
A triple disaster in Japan. Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines. The Syrian refugee crisis.

In these devastating events, Alliance people were there. Right away. And they didn’t just
show up to drop off bandages and water bottles. They brought news of a loving Savior
who walks with them through life’s crises and offers lasting hope and a future.

IN FOR THE LONG HAUL

God has placed Alliance workers, churches, and laypeople in strategic places throughout

the world to be His “first responders” to the immense spiritual, emotional, and physical

14 needs of lost and hurting people. But we don’t just blow through town and move on to the
next “opportunity.” We unpack, set up camp, roll up our sleeves, and labor side-by-side

with those who are struggling to rebuild their lives.

A conversation between a Hurricane Katrina victim and an Alliance pastor who started the
Camp Katrina/Christian Life Center in Waveland, Mississippi:

“Knowing that you are here gives us strength, and we just don’t
want you to leave.”

“We are not leaving. You can count on us until you are back
in your homes.”

“What organization is funding you to do this?”

“God is funding it. Every day it comes in, from all over the
United States and Canada.”

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Members of an Alliance church respond quickly to
help with the relief efforts on Staten Island in New

York City immediately after Hurricane Sandy.

LOAVES AND FISHES

Another of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, spoke up, “Here is a boy with
five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?”

. . . Jesus then took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed to those who
were seated as much as they wanted. He did the same with the fish.

When they had all had enough to eat, he said to his disciples, “Gather the pieces
that are left over. Let nothing be wasted.” So they gathered them and filled twelve
baskets with the pieces of the five barley loaves left over by those who had eaten.”

—John 6:8–13

Most of the chapters in the Alliance story have small beginnings. As the Holy Spirit moved on him, Simpson began assembling

We, like the boy, come to Jesus offering what little we have and people with a like-minded passion to take the gospel to the ends

watch in wide-eyed wonder as He multiplies it beyond imagination. of the earth. He started holding evangelistic meetings on Sunday

16 afternoons. These gatherings, which spread to camp meetings
In November 1881, A. B. Simpson resigned the pastorate of a and revivals in other locations along the East Coast, were

prestigious New York City congregation, disillusioned with essentially the beginnings of The Christian and Missionary

their unwillingness to reach the impoverished immigrant Alliance—a society fully devoted to experiencing the “deeper

populations of their city. Three weeks later, Simpson and seven life” in Christ and completing His Great Commission.

others gathered around a little stove in a “cold and cheerless

dancehall.” There, they opened their Bibles to Zechariah In November 1884, Simpson sent five pioneer missionaries to

chapter 4. “‘Not by might, not by power, but by my spirit,’ saith the rugged and untamed Congo to establish a gospel presence

the Lord.” They knelt together and thanked God that they were among a resistant and hostile people. Traveling by foot on a

“few, poor, and weak” and then thrust themselves upon the 50-mile trek from the mouth of the Congo river, John Condit,

might of the Holy Spirit. Shortly thereafter, Simpson established the team leader, fell victim to fever and died, leaving the others

the Gospel Tabernacle, a church in the heart of the city, where all— to wait on the Holy Spirit for guidance and empowerment. In

the poor, homeless, sick, and disenfranchised—would be welcome. the end, only one of the original five was able to remain and

continue the hard work of preparing the soil.

Simpson’s ministry to New York’s immigrants ignited in him a

deep concern for the unreached masses throughout the world.

A. B. Simpson (center) speaks at an annual camp meeting in Old Orchard, Maine, in 1909. At a similar
camp meeting in 1884, the movement that grew into The Alliance was birthed in his heart.

“We have the privilege of Dr. David Thompson oversees a surgery at Bongolo
introducing thousands of people Hospital. Dr. Thompson helped to establish the Pan-
to Christ each year,” says Dr. David African Academy of Christian Surgeons (PAACS), which
Thompson, Alliance worker and
former director for Bongolo Hospital continues to train and disciple African surgeons.

in Gabon, West Africa. These
successful evangelistic efforts

have resulted in multiple
church plants.

As others were sent to the Congo in the years that followed, one
discouraged missionary said to his companions, “Perhaps we shouldn’t
expect the same results here in Africa as are being seen in India and
China.” A junior missionary stood and replied, “Brother, I refuse to
believe that the Spirit of God can do less in the heart of an African than
in an Indian or Chinese.” That statement fanned the waning faith of
his fellow missionaries. They returned to their stations with renewed
courage, faith, and determination. It wasn’t long before God turned the
tide. A surge from heaven brought life to the dry, parched ground. From
then on, the Church took root and germinated.

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Today, more than

2 million
Alliance Christians
worship Jesus in sub-

Saharan Africa.

Robert Page, one of the first missionaries to Africa through the
International Missionary Alliance (forerunner to the C&MA), went to the
Congo in 1892. He took charge of several orphaned boys and worked

in the Alliance school in addition to visiting more than 100 villages.

As his concern for the lost multitudes of the world deepened, Simpson was once R. A. Jaffray (right)
seen hugging a globe to his chest, placing his fingertips on Vietnam, Cambodia,
and Laos (then French IndoChina). With tears streaming down his cheeks and
across his fingers, he cried out to God for the lost people of those lands.

God answered that prayer through another small beginning. In the spring of
1911, Robert A. Jaffray, a newspaper publisher turned missions pioneer, led two
new missionaries to what is now the largest port city of central Vietnam. On
Armistice Day 1918, more new recruits brought the missionary staff to nine. The
number doubled by the end of 1921 and tripled in 1927.

Despite the perils of war and much opposition to the preaching of the gospel
in this troubled land, the gospel flourished.

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Today the Tin Lanh
(“Good News”) Church

of Vietnam thrives
with more than

1 million
Alliance believers.

Through Alliance ministries, Vietnamese students learn about Jesus
early in life. Education and leadership development are foundational
to the development of strong, light-bearing churches. Today’s Institute
of Bible and Theology in Ho Chi Minh City continues this legacy by
training next-generation leaders for the growing national church.

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Vietnamese children learn at NewHope School located in a “squatter settlement”
along the banks of the Mekong River in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Millions of
Vietnamese immigrants have poured into Cambodia during various political

upheavals over the last two decades. Since Alliance workers established NewHope
Ministries in 1998, hundreds of children have been educated, eight churches have

been planted, and more than 1,500 Vietnamese have come to faith in Christ.

A community gathers at the edge of a runway in a remote village in Papua, Indonesia.
Alliance workers assist with community development and Scripture translation in this region.
Many of these villages are accessible only by plane or a multi-day hike through dense jungle.

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Passion for Christ and a love for lost souls . . . that’s
the heart of The Christian and Missionary Alliance!

—Joni Eareckson Tada, Joni and Friends

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Alliance global team member Bob Fugate (left, with fellow
believers) overlooks the city of Santiago, Chile, where 20 Alliance
congregations illuminate the spiritual darkness. The Alliance is
reaching the urban centers of our world, where concentrated
populations create enormous opportunities for the gospel.

In the United States in the last half- 25
century, no one denominational

mission board has a better record
in starting mission-minded overseas

churches than The Christian and
Missionary Alliance.

—The late Dr. Ralph Winter, former
president, U.S. Center for World Missions

THE DARKEST REGIONS

Religious persecution.

Political volatility.

Human slavery and sex trafficking.

Hunger, drought, and disease.

Corruption, greed, and violence.

Loneliness, depression, and fear.

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Our world is broken. Political structures can’t repair it. Military forces can’t rebuild
it. And all the world’s riches cannot secure peace on earth and goodwill to men.
Jesus Christ is the only hope for humankind. And we are His chosen agents of
healing, reconciliation, and restoration.

But our mission is a risky one. The costs are high. Most of the remaining unreached
parts of the world are hostile to Christ followers. When Alliance workers step into
these areas, they know that, like many of their early pioneering predecessors, they
may not return. Is it worth the risk? Is it worth the cost?

Jesus told His disciples three parables about lost things: a sheep, a coin, and a son.
In each case, what was lost was precious—and well worth the time, toil, and peril
to retrieve it. Whenever what had been lost was found, a great celebration ensued.

A young refugee in Jordan, displaced by
the Syrian civil war, waits for help outside

an Alliance national pastor’s vehicle.
Every day Alliance workers offer relief
to many of the millions of refugees who
have flooded into Jordan since 2011.

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A central Asian man pauses before the stone walkway
leading to a lifeless mosque—a stark reminder of the
emptiness of the soul separated from Jesus. In the 21st
century, The Alliance is taking His message of love to
those who have yet to experience His divine embrace.

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Today, The Alliance has workers in some of the last unevangelized corners
of our planet—where risks are high and access to the good news is low. In
many of these countries, less than 1 percent of the population has heard a
clear presentation of the gospel message. Through the work of the Holy
Spirit and the coming together of God’s people, countries shrouded in
spiritual darkness are being illuminated by the light of Jesus.
The Alliance is a faith denomination—relying entirely on the prayers and
generosity of God’s people to help complete the Great Commission.

Sign up to receive late-breaking Alliance prayer needs from around the world at
www.cmalliance.org/pray

THE GREAT EQ, a national pastor in Thailand who found Jesus
COMMISSION FUND through Alliance ministries, baptizes a new believer. A
community center for this people group was established
The Great Commission Fund (GCF) is a unique and ”to help [those] who come and study God’s Word to also
effective central fund for advancing the gospel into the learn job skills,” says one of the national workers.
last unreached regions of the world. When you give
to the GCF, you help support hundreds of global staff
who are fully committed to caring for the physical and
spiritual needs of lost, hurting, and disenfranchised
people and creating access to the gospel where no access
yet exists. Your sacrificial giving enables The Alliance to

• Proclaim the truth of Jesus Christ to
those who have not yet heard

• Baptize and disciple new believers,

30 grounding them in the Word of God

• Plant new churches in nearly 70
countries, including the United States

• Supply critical medical care in
desperate regions of the world

• Train and equip future national church leaders
• Build and staff hospitals and schools

in underprivileged areas
• Carry out dozens of other light-bearing

ministries that point people to Jesus

For more information about the Great Commission Fund, visit

www.cmalliance.org/gcf

THE CAMA 31
ADVANCE FUND

CAMA Services is the relief and development arm of
The Alliance. The CAMA Advance Fund (CAF) enables
dozens of compassionate care specialists to bring the
hope of Christ to afflicted and neglected people in 16
countries. Your gifts enable them to

• Care for displaced refugees
• Respond to devastating natural disasters
• Dig clean water wells
• Provide critical medical services
• Develop educational programs
• Provide microenterprise, language,

and vocational training
• Engage in dozens of other compassionate care

ministries throughout the world

For more information about CAMA Services, visit

www.camaservices.org

Because they are global funds, the GCF and CAF enable Alliance workers to be nimble
and responsive to the changing needs of our world. These funds allow our workers to
deploy quickly to disaster-stricken areas, to respond effectively to the immense needs of
refugees displaced by war, and to seize opportunities to walk through doors God may
suddenly open into some of the most spiritually desolate regions on earth.

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU GIVE?

• Every four minutes, someone prays to receive Christ

through the worldwide outreach of Alliance ministries.

• Every hour, three patients receive physical and

spiritual care through C&MA medical work.

• E very day via 43 radio broadcasts, people who have

had no gospel witness hear the good news.

• E very week, nearly 3,000 new believers are baptized.

• E very month, 250 churches and church groups

join the worldwide Alliance family.

32 • Every year, nearly 10,000 students are trained and equipped for

ministry through 125 overseas Alliance theological schools.

It has been an honor for ECFA to accredit The Christian and Missionary
Alliance since 1988. The Alliance has consistently demonstrated
compliance with ECFA’s high standards of governance, financial

management, and stewardship. It is ECFA’s privilege to collaborate
with The Alliance in helping fulfill the Great Commission.
—Dan Busby, president, ECFA

The Christian and Missionary Alliance is a 501(c)(3) organization. Donations are tax deductible. As
a member of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA), The Alliance takes very
seriously the responsible stewardship of resources entrusted to it. When you give, be assured
that your gift will have maximum impact in reaching a lost and hurting world for Jesus Christ.

“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth . . . But store up for yourselves
treasures in heaven . . . For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”

—Jesus, in Matthew 6:19–21

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Nicaise is the station director at Radio Sangu ya Mboté, an Alliance outreach
in Point-Noire, a city of more than 700,000 in the Republic of the Congo.
The station has developed a popular audience with many taxi drivers
and local stores as it broadcasts the hope of Christ on a daily basis.

WHAT OTHERS SAY ABOUT THE ALLIANCE

The C&MA has been one of the most powerful As I travel around the world and interact with mission

mission organizations in the world. I have worked agencies, I am struck with the respect engendered

alongside Alliance team members on every continent by the ministry of The Christian and Missionary

and have a profound respect for the way they work Alliance. The C&MA has earned a reputation for

with national churches. its wise stewardship of resources, its commitment

—Dr. Ravi Zacharias, noted author, to penetrate the difficult-to-reach people groups,

evangelist, and apologist and the demonstration of the perseverance of its

What impresses me most about the Alliance missionaries to follow through with an incarnational

missionaries is their heartfelt love for the Lord, their philosophy of ministry.
vision for reaching the lost, their effective discipleship
and mentoring of national leadership, and their —Daniel Egeler, president, Association
of Christian Schools International

34 warmth of fellowship with members of other missions. The history of The Christian and Missionary Alliance

—David M. Howard, Latin America Mission is that of listening well to the cries of the lost and the

It has been a privilege to work with The Alliance least, understanding God’s mission mandate to love

around the world for many years. I commend the the world as Christ did, and sharing His message of

faithful commitment of the multitude of missionaries hope in word and deed. Their faithful witness over

serving the Lord in difficult places and preaching the time has been an encouraging testimony to all.
uncompromising gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.
—Richard E. Stearns, president, World Vision U.S.

—Franklin Graham, president/CEO, Samaritan’s Purse More than a century after its founding, The Christian
and Missionary Alliance remains characterized by (a)
With its network of churches both domestically and a steadfast fidelity to God’s Word and its authority,
internationally, the C&MA has the potential to be one (b) a constant testimony of Jesus Christ as God’s Son
of the most significant influences of the 21st century and our Savior, and (c) a Holy Spirit–inspired passion
Church when it comes to both the Great Commission for evangelizing the nations in His Name.
and the Great Commandment.
—Jack W. Hayford, former president,
—Dr. Clive Calver, former president, World Relief International Foursquare Churches

During more than 50 years of ministry, my contacts I have always appreciated the zeal for the gospel, the 35
with believers in The Alliance have always been confidence in the powerful uniqueness of Jesus Christ
encouraging and enriching. The missions emphasis for a world in need, and the great heart for equipping
of The Alliance has encouraged all of us to keep our young people to become missionaries. Few denom-
eyes on the fields and do our share in harvesting. inations can match the commitment to missionary
outreach and passion for the lost as the C&MA.
—Dr. Warren W. Wiersbe, former
general director, Back to the Bible —Timothy C. Tennent, Ph.D., president,
Asbury Theological Seminary 
I thank God for The Christian and Missionary Alliance.
It encourages me to think that all across America If ever there were a group of Christ-followers birthed
and around the world today, the C&MA continues to from taking the whole gospel to the whole person,
represent Christ faithfully to a new generation. it is The Alliance. History has shown that they are
consistent in showing the love of Jesus, in word and
—Dr. Duane Litfin, former president, Wheaton College deed, to those whom God loves. I have immensely
enjoyed our time of ministry together.
Over the years I have enjoyed fellowship with Alliance
missionaries around the world and support their en- —Eric Swanson, director, Leadership Network
deavors to reach a lost world for Christ.
I have had nothing but wonderful experiences min-
—Dr. Billy Graham, evangelist and chairman of istering with The Christian and Missionary Alliance
the board, Billy Graham Evangelistic Association Church.  I thank God for all that He is doing through
The Alliance.
The National Association of Evangelicals delights
to have The Christian and Missionary Alliance in our —Francis Chan, author, speaker, and founding pastor
membership and leadership. The C&MA represents of Cornerstone Church, Simi Valley, California
the best of knowing the Bible, following Jesus, and
winning the world.

—Leith Anderson, president, National
Association of Evangelicals

DEAR FRIENDS,

Has your heart been stirred as you’ve read these pages? Mine has.
Amazing! We’re true participants with the Christ who remains
passionate for His world.

The Alliance is a historic, world-impacting, God-called ministry. The
command of Jesus that love be supreme is being beautifully expressed
among us. The commission of Jesus to go into all the world—discipling,
baptizing, teaching—is being powerfully lived out. And we’re just
beginning. We believe that at this moment in human history, God is
breathing new winds of His Spirit in and through The Alliance.

I was a teenager when I began investing a portion of my prayers, tithes,
and offerings in the work of The Alliance. Through the years this has
been my increasing pleasure and practice as I’ve witnessed God move
among us.

Please receive this as my invitation to join me in being a participant in
what God is doing through The Alliance. Thank you for allowing your
heart’s passions to be aligned with His. Your prayers, advocacy, and
financial contributions are tools God uses to forward this movement.

Encouraged,

John Stumbo
President, U.S. C&MA

ROYAL PRIESTHOOD • HOLY NATION • PEOPLE BELONGING
TO GOD • CHRIST’S AMBASSADORS • CHURCH OF THE
LIVING GOD • REDEEMED • BRIDE OF CHRIST • SONS OF
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GOD • JOINT HEIRS WITH JESUS • HIS BELOVED • GOD’S
WORKMANSHIP • LIGHTOFTHEWORLD • CHILDREN OFTHE
PROMISE • CHOSEN GENERATION • SHEEP OF HIS PASTURE
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FRONT COVER: A local woman engages with an Alliance global team member at a riverside garden in
Wamena, Papua, Indonesia, near the site where Alliance workers first entered the area in the early 1930s.

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