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Board member Warren Miller and his wife Anne met with church planters in Tanzania in 2014.
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Board member Ron Kastens visited the Globalscope ministry El Pozo in Puebla, Mexico, in February 2020.
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Board Member Nancy Pace made a friend in Southeast Asia during a visit in 2014.
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Board Member Drew Depler was part of a mission trip to Turkana, Kenya, in June of 2011. The team built a school, drilled some wells and Drew had the privilege of preaching.
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Board member Liz Acosta was part of a 15-member team that traveled to Cuba in March 2020.
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Board Member David Case, his wife Julie, Randy and Tina Senz and Julie Carrasco made several home visits in the Mathare Valley slum of Kenya in 2015.
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Board Member Kristen Hodge organized a group fundraising hike of Mount Kilimanjaro to benefit the MOHI Sports Ministry.
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Board Member Dale Sachtleben helped register MOHI students and staff for dental and medical treatments, as part of a church mission trip.
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Board member Craig Hanson met his sponsored child at Missions of Hope International in Kenya in 2016.
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Non-Traditional Service
Marketplace Ministers work in areas that are closed to traditional missionaries due to political, social, or religious reasons. Teams are composed of working professionals in fields like higher education or business where they share their expertise while carrying out intentional ministry where they live and work.
Economic Development as Missions
Other Marketplace Ministers focus on creating economic and spiritual transformation. A primary objective of these business–minded missionaries is to train and disciple future local entrepreneurs who will develop new Kingdom businesses.
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Kip Lines, PH.D.
Executive Director — Dr. Lines oversees the mission and vision of CMF International and is the principal link between the Board of Directors and CMF team members and staff.
Before returning to CMF in 2017, Kip served as Professor of Intercultural Studies at Hope International University in Fullerton, Calif. (2012-2017). He and his wife, Katy, served alongside Turkana Christians in northern Kenya for nine years with CMF (1999-2008) and in pastoral church ministry at Hopwood Christian Church, Tenn., for four years (1995-1999). Kip graduated from Milligan College (BA) and Emmanuel Christian Seminary (MAR). Having earned his Ph.D. in Intercultural Studies at Asbury Theological Seminary, he is deeply concerned with encouraging authentic Christianity in local contextual forms around the world. Kip and Katy have two sons, Patrick and Brian, and live in the Englewood community of Indianapolis.
We plant churches
CMF team members adapt to the cultures where they serve. They build relationships that lead to new faith communities. These churches train leaders, reproduce and become a starting point for transformation in the community.
We serve the poor
Recent statistics project that 66 percent of the world’s population will be urban by 2050. This will be the largest unreached people group in the world. CMF’s holistic ministries provide ways to break the bonds of poverty and demonstrate the love of Christ in urban areas all around the world. The results have been amazing!
We build university student communities
Our Globalscope international campus ministers focus on key universities in major cities. These young leaders provide a Christian community and model authentic relationships with Jesus for the world’s most unreached generation.
We engage the marketplace
Our Marketplace Ministry team members live and work in closed countries, developing relationships that open many doors for ministry and service. In the future, we hope to connect Christian business people with Christian entrepreneurs on all our ministry fields to create new business ventures that will lead to jobs and economic Kingdom transformation.
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Our Team
CMF is launching an exciting new ministry to business professionals in Mexico City!
Our team of CMF missionaries will use training materials from CMF partner Sinapis, a Christian organization that has created a business training program for fledgling entrepreneurs. The team will develop an Academy that will offer this elite yet accessible program in Mexico City.
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Our Strategy
Aspire: A nine-week program helps new entrepreneurs create a business model and apply Kingdom Business principles. This will launch in 2021.
Academy: Business owners are guided over 16 intensive weeks to apply both the Gospel and foundational business principles to their existing small businesses. Preparations for launch begin in 2021.
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Discipleship
Entrepreneurs are taught the good news of Jesus and how to live it out in the workplace. The goal is to make disciples and alleviate poverty through entrepreneurship.
