Advancing Native Missions / ANM

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Summary

Since 1992 ANM has helped individual Christians and local churches get involved in global missions in ways that make sense for them. Because we believe there's a place for everyone in God's global mission, even if you can't travel to distant countries and remote tribes.

Instead of sending American missionaries to other countries, we send and equip native missionaries to serve in their own countries. They already know the local languages and cultures, and they live on local budgets. That means your donation goes farther than with traditional "foreign missions." This way of doing missions also contributes to local leadership, long-term outcomes, sustainable growth, and positive economic impact for communities.


Contact information

Mailing address:
Advancing Native Missions
PO Box 29
Afton, VA 22920

Website: www.advancingnativemissions.com

Phone: (540) 456-7111

Email: [email protected]


Organization details

EIN: 752402759

CEO/President: Oliver L. Asher

Chairman: Ellen J. Lemke

Board size: 10

Founder: Benjamin "Bo" Barredo, Jr., & Carl Gordon

Ruling year: 1992

Tax deductible: Yes

Fiscal year end: 12/31

Member of ECFA: Yes

Member of ECFA since: 1993


Purpose

Our vision comes from Matthew 24:14 - that all people everywhere will hear the story of Jesus.


Mission statement

Advancing Native Missions encourages, equips, and advocates for strategic and fruitful local ministries around the world who are introducing the gospel of Jesus to unevangelized and unreached people where they live.


Statement of faith

We believe ...

...that the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are the inspired word of God, inerrant in the original documents and of final authority in all matters of faith and practice;

...that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit;

...in the full deity and perfect humanity of our Lord, His representative and substitutionary sacrifice, His bodily resurrection, His ascension to the Father's right hand, His present high priestly ministry, and His personal return in power and glory;

...in the regeneration by the Holy Spirit, which is absolutely necessary for the salvation of fallen, sinful, and lost mankind and which is a free gift of God's grace received by personal faith through Christ Jesus;

...in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit, by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a godly life;

...in the bodily resurrection of the just and unjust: those who are saved to everlasting blessedness, and those who are lost unto the resurrection of damnation;

...and that the universal church is composed of all true believers in Christ Jesus who are united in Him and to one another by the indwelling Holy Spirit. The chief functions of the church are to worship God and witness for the Lord Jesus Christ until He returns. The local church is composed of a group of believers in a specific locality who gather in Christ's name for the breaking of bread, prayers, fellowship and teaching.

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Financial efficiency ratings

Sector: Foreign Missions

CategoryRatingOverall rankSector rank
Overall efficiency rating685 of 110775 of 124
Fund acquisition rating906 of 110896 of 124
Resource allocation rating857 of 110895 of 124
Asset utilization rating99 of 110712 of 124

Financial ratios

Funding ratiosSector median20232022202120202019
Return on fundraising efforts Return on fundraising efforts =
Fundraising expense /
Total contributions
5%10%9%5%6%6%
Fundraising cost ratio Fundraising cost ratio =
Fundraising expense /
Total revenue
5%10%9%5%5%6%
Contributions reliance Contributions reliance =
Total contributions /
Total revenue
98%99%100%100%100%100%
Fundraising expense ratio Fundraising expense ratio =
Fundraising expense /
Total expenses
5%9%8%6%6%6%
Other revenue reliance Other revenue reliance =
Total other revenue /
Total revenue
2%1%0%0%0%0%
 
Operating ratiosSector median20232022202120202019
Program expense ratio Program expense ratio =
Program services /
Total expenses
84%79%81%81%80%81%
Spending ratio Spending ratio =
Total expenses /
Total revenue
99%105%115%89%95%105%
Program output ratio Program output ratio =
Program services /
Total revenue
85%84%94%72%76%85%
Savings ratio Savings ratio =
Surplus (deficit) /
Total revenue
1%-5%-15%11%5%-5%
Reserve accumulation rate Reserve accumulation rate =
Surplus (deficit) /
Net assets
3%-21%-52%28%15%-20%
General and admin ratio General and admin ratio =
Management and general expense /
Total expenses
9%11%11%14%14%14%
 
Investing ratiosSector median20232022202120202019
Total asset turnover Total asset turnover =
Total expenses /
Total assets
1.373.793.732.292.513.61
Degree of long-term investment Degree of long-term investment =
Total assets /
Total current assets
1.301.671.661.341.441.66
Current asset turnover Current asset turnover =
Total expenses /
Total current assets
2.366.336.183.063.626.00
 
Liquidity ratiosSector median20232022202120202019
Current ratio Current ratio =
Total current assets /
Total current liabilities
18.3416.5577.03176.7937.729.30
Current liabilities ratio Current liabilities ratio =
Total current liabilities /
Total current assets
0.050.060.010.010.030.11
Liquid reserve level Liquid reserve level =
(Total current assets -
Total current liabilities) /
(Total expenses / 12)
4.791.781.923.893.221.79
 
Solvency ratiosSector median20232022202120202019
Liabilities ratio Liabilities ratio =
Total liabilities /
Total assets
7%7%4%3%15%7%
Debt ratio Debt ratio =
Debt /
Total assets
0%0%0%0%0%1%
Reserve coverage ratio Reserve coverage ratio =
Net assets /
Total expenses
62%25%26%43%34%26%

Financials

Balance sheet
 
Assets20232022202120202019
Cash$1,440,531$1,728,789$3,218,054$2,428,839$1,551,536
Receivables, inventories, prepaids$29,944$14,896$20,625$30,427$118,658
Short-term investments$0$0$0$9,610$7,208
Other current assets$0$0$0$0$0
Total current assets$1,470,475$1,743,685$3,238,679$2,468,876$1,677,402
Long-term investments$96,090$77,798$77,480$0$0
Fixed assets$885,785$923,095$960,405$1,000,753$1,044,440
Other long-term assets$4,000$145,338$57,358$92,032$63,906
Total long-term assets$985,875$1,146,231$1,095,243$1,092,785$1,108,346
Total assets$2,456,350$2,889,916$4,333,922$3,561,661$2,785,748
 
Liabilities20232022202120202019
Payables and accrued expenses$88,825$22,635$18,319$65,453$180,378
Other current liabilities$0$0$0$0$0
Total current liabilities$88,825$22,635$18,319$65,453$180,378
Debt$4,207$8,288$12,258$16,117$22,591
Due to (from) affiliates$0$0$0$0$0
Other long-term liabilities$68,859$80,131$79,309$457,257$946
Total long-term liabilities$73,066$88,419$91,567$473,374$23,537
Total liabilities$161,891$111,054$109,886$538,827$203,915
 
Net assets20232022202120202019
Without donor restrictions($117,519)$102,655$1,992,416$657,823$650,691
With donor restrictions$2,411,978$2,676,207$2,231,620$2,365,011$1,931,142
Net assets$2,294,459$2,778,862$4,224,036$3,022,834$2,581,833
 
Revenues and expenses
 
Revenue20232022202120202019
Total contributions$8,769,588$9,327,088$11,113,633$9,364,529$9,499,498
Program service revenue$0$0$0$0$0
Membership dues$0$0$0$0$0
Investment income$17,270$10,456$4,778$16,568$26,800
Other revenue$35,058($2,096)$6,211$6,178$12,857
Total other revenue$52,328$8,360$10,989$22,746$39,657
Total revenue$8,821,916$9,335,448$11,124,622$9,387,275$9,539,155
 
Expenses20232022202120202019
Program services$7,397,071$8,741,156$7,994,630$7,134,951$8,124,615
Management and general$1,034,382$1,167,914$1,359,787$1,295,303$1,357,930
Fundraising$874,866$871,552$569,003$516,020$573,564
Total expenses$9,306,319$10,780,622$9,923,420$8,946,274$10,056,109
 
Change in net assets20232022202120202019
Surplus (deficit)($484,403)($1,445,174)$1,201,202$441,001($516,954)
Other changes in net assets$0$0$0$0$0
Total change in net assets($484,403)($1,445,174)$1,201,202$441,001($516,954)

Compensation

NameTitleCompensation
Oliver AsherPresident and CEO$72,917
Amber ParkerVP Staff Development$68,180
Pr MisraVP Advancement & Strategic Ptnrshp$65,911
Lynn ParkerVP Relationship Dev. & Dir of Reciepting$59,223
Krista DarcusVP International Operations$55,650
Laurie Beth TygertController$40,473
Victor MorrisChaplin$35,525

Compensation data as of: 12/31/2023


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History

Everyone needs the hope of the Gospel, but not everyone has even had a chance to hear about Jesus. That's why Christians have been on mission since Jesus gave the Great Commission, recorded in Matthew 28.

For many years, missions was most often done by sending Western (European and American) missionaries to share the Gospel with unreached people groups (distinct ethnic groups with little or no church movement) in other parts of the world. In the late 20th century, as native (local) Christian movements grew and more countries became closed to American missionaries, it became clear that American Christians could make a greater impact by partnering with these native Christians. After all, they already knew local languages and ways of living! But many American Christians had no idea this was possible.

In the early 1990s, Benjamin (Bo) Barredo was working in missions in the U.S. when he recognized the need for a new organization to increase awareness of native missions and raise more financial support for growing Christian movements in other countries. As he expressed it, he wanted "to dig another well for the Lord's use." In 1992, supported by a small group of committed believers, he co-founded Advancing Native Missions (ANM).

As a step of faith, Bo visited various churches and pastors to share their vision. His first long-distance trip was to Abundant Life Church in San Antonio in October 1992. The pastor of Abundant Life Church, Gerald Ripley, caught the vision, and the church gave ANM its first offering ($880.87) on Oct. 9, 1992. During the trip, the Lord also revealed to Bo what would become ANM's guiding scripture passage: Matthew 24:14.

ANM opened for business on October 20, 1992, in a one-room office in Charlottesville, VA.

ANM's first volunteer, Cris Paurillo, arrived on that first day, and other volunteers and staff soon joined the young organization. ANM's first native partner was Yogyakarta Missionary Training Center in Indonesia, led by Paulus Wibowo.

The one-room office didn't last long. Over the next few years, ANM expanded internationally. By the late 2000s, ANM donors were giving more than $10 million annually to spread the Gospel in more than 50 countries. By 2021, ANM donors were reaching 112 countries and more than 860 of the world's 7,000+ unreached people groups through more than 10,000 native missionaries.

In 2018 Bo moved into a new role as Global Ambassador, turning over the leadership of ANM to Oliver L. Asher, who had previously served as COO and CEO.

Today, ANM continues to spread the Gospel through church planting, caring for children and families, helping communities develop, and more, all through the support of generous donors like you and the work of the native missionaries God has raised up to reach their neighbors with the Gospel.

The Gospel of Jesus Christ has transformed our hearts, and we are on a mission to take that Gospel to every nation on earth.


Program accomplishments

112 countries
13,510 workers
41,607 churches planted so far


Needs

Donations to ANM support native Christian workers who are already accustomed to the languages, cultures, and living standards where they live, so donors can accomplish more with less while participating in the global body of Christ.