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Tuesday, August 22, 2006
Global Missions Leaders to Gather for Working Conference on Landmark Study
Impact of ‘Operation ACCESS!’ likened to ‘10/40 Window’ strategy; Study will shape international missions for next 20 years
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 22, 2006
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
Palmer Holt – 704-663-3303
pholt@inchristcommunications.com
Download “Operation ACCESS!” press kit at
www.maf.org/news/news/operation_access_study_released
NAMPA, ID – Key leaders from the world’s international missions organizations will gather at Mission Aviation Fellowship’s (MAF) new headquarters here Oct. 18-19 to determine how to work together to effectively use the results of MAF’s recent landmark study – “Operation ACCESS! – for global missions.
The “Operation ACCESS!” study (www.operationaccessmaf.org), released June 6, focuses on pockets of people who are forgotten or heretofore unreachable. It identifies areas where transportation, communications and technology barriers prevent or impede access to the Gospel, or to sustained resources needed to enable community development, healthcare and education services. It also assesses the nature and significance of the barriers, the degree of any ministry taking place, and suggests how the barriers can be overcome.
The five-year global research project provides critical, unprecedented information that will shape international evangelism, ministry and humanitarian strategies for the next 20 years. The potential impact of “Operation ACCESS!” has been likened to the “10/40 Window” strategy popularized by missions strategist Luis Bush.
“The ‘Operation ACCESS!’ conference will be a ‘working meeting’ of key decision makers from missions organizations, denominations and Christian non-governmental organizations from around the world,” said Dave Bochman, MAF chief operating officer and conference organizer.
“MAF’s aim to partner with other organizations to use the study data to overcome barriers and reach the lost,” he said. “But we also want to facilitate other organizations working together and the development of collaborative strategies.”
Phil Butler, president of visionSynergy (www.visionsynergy.net), an Edmonds, WA,-based organization that develops strategic international Christian networks focusing on high impact opportunities for world evangelism, will facilitate the “Operation ACCESS!” conference.
“The issues facing us are on such a scale that they cannot be tackled by any individual or organization alone,” said Butler. “The Church must collaborate and work together.”
Founded in 1945, MAF (www.maf.org) stations some 200 missionary families in the remotest regions of 23 countries on five continents. MAF pilots fly approximately 40,000 flights a year, transporting missionaries, medical personnel, medicines and relief supplies, as well as conducting thousands of emergency medical evacuations. MAF also provides telecommunications services, such as satellite Internet access, high-frequency radios, electronic mail and other wireless systems, in isolated areas.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 22, 2006
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
Palmer Holt – 704-663-3303
pholt@inchristcommunications.com
Download “Operation ACCESS!” press kit at
www.maf.org/news/news/operation_access_study_released
NAMPA, ID – Key leaders from the world’s international missions organizations will gather at Mission Aviation Fellowship’s (MAF) new headquarters here Oct. 18-19 to determine how to work together to effectively use the results of MAF’s recent landmark study – “Operation ACCESS! – for global missions.
The “Operation ACCESS!” study (www.operationaccessmaf.org), released June 6, focuses on pockets of people who are forgotten or heretofore unreachable. It identifies areas where transportation, communications and technology barriers prevent or impede access to the Gospel, or to sustained resources needed to enable community development, healthcare and education services. It also assesses the nature and significance of the barriers, the degree of any ministry taking place, and suggests how the barriers can be overcome.
The five-year global research project provides critical, unprecedented information that will shape international evangelism, ministry and humanitarian strategies for the next 20 years. The potential impact of “Operation ACCESS!” has been likened to the “10/40 Window” strategy popularized by missions strategist Luis Bush.
“The ‘Operation ACCESS!’ conference will be a ‘working meeting’ of key decision makers from missions organizations, denominations and Christian non-governmental organizations from around the world,” said Dave Bochman, MAF chief operating officer and conference organizer.
“MAF’s aim to partner with other organizations to use the study data to overcome barriers and reach the lost,” he said. “But we also want to facilitate other organizations working together and the development of collaborative strategies.”
Phil Butler, president of visionSynergy (www.visionsynergy.net), an Edmonds, WA,-based organization that develops strategic international Christian networks focusing on high impact opportunities for world evangelism, will facilitate the “Operation ACCESS!” conference.
“The issues facing us are on such a scale that they cannot be tackled by any individual or organization alone,” said Butler. “The Church must collaborate and work together.”
Founded in 1945, MAF (www.maf.org) stations some 200 missionary families in the remotest regions of 23 countries on five continents. MAF pilots fly approximately 40,000 flights a year, transporting missionaries, medical personnel, medicines and relief supplies, as well as conducting thousands of emergency medical evacuations. MAF also provides telecommunications services, such as satellite Internet access, high-frequency radios, electronic mail and other wireless systems, in isolated areas.
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