And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.

- Ezekiel 22:30

We believe God is searching for men and women to stand in the gap for Him in the great land of Alaska! It is our desire to share the Gospel of our Lord with the needy villages scattered throughout Alaska. We don’t approach Alaska’s native villages with a condescending outlook, but rather with passionate hearts longing to share the redemption we’ve found with Alaska’s dear indigenous peoples. While nearly all the villages have at least heard the name of Jesus, not all of them personally know the name of Jesus for salvation. Addictions continue to adversely affect those living in many of these remote villages. Furthermore, there is a great need for discipleship through Bible studies and the establishment of local churches. For many years missionaries have faithfully labored among the bush as pastor/missionaries. Unfortunately, some of these ministry efforts have suppressed the native culture while attempting to push a white man’s Western form of Christianity on them. While God has used these past efforts, He has burdened us to narrow our focus on the goal of indigenous church planting in a more contextual way. It is our desire to become students of native culture so that we may better understand their worldview. We desire to respect and relate to the native culture and way of thinking. As we humbly then approach our ministry in this way, we long for the Gospel to truly penetrate hearts. Oh, we long for the day when the Spirit will deeply grip the hearts of more Alaskan natives in a way that proclaims victory over sin and addictions through Jesus! Yes, we long for the Gospel to deeply penetrate in this long-term life-transforming way. The only way then that God’s message of salvation and spiritual growth will continue to expand and endure is through the people’s own outreach efforts. We further long to see a time where more Alaskan natives themselves stand in the gap for their own people in their own land.

Evangelism

Discipleship

Church Planting

Facilitated through…

Teaching/Counseling

Aviation

Nursing

The graphic below illustrates the long-term goal of indigenous church planting among the Alaskan bush. Efforts will initially be focused on a larger, centrally located village. Efforts will then be made to assist the native people to reach out to the smaller surrounding villages through aviation. Aviation is a necessary tool in remote Alaska due to the lack of roads. Regarding nursing, God has given Laura a passion to give back her love for God and others through nursing. Coming with several years of emergency room nursing experience, she desires to use her God-given gifts as a way of tangibly giving back to the communities comprising native Alaska.