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2017 ANNUAL REPOR TTHE CHRISTIAN AND MISSIONARY ALLIANCE

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Mr. David Bishop President/CEO Bishop Business Equipment Co., Elkhorn, Nebraska

Mrs. Marcia Braun Retired International Worker Redding, California

Mr. Keith Crownover President/CEO Delta Health Technologies, Altoona, Pennsylvania

Dr. Stephen Elliot Pastor First Alliance Church, Lexington, Kentucky

Rev. Stephen Fowler Pastor Salem Alliance Church, Salem, Oregon

Rev. Charles Galbreath Pastor Clarendon Road Alliance, Brooklyn, New York

Rev. Daniel Garrido Pastor/Accountant Crossing Church, Colorado Springs, Colorado

Rev. Thomas George District Superintendent C&MA Office, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Dr. Karen Gustafson Professor Crown College, Minnetonka, Minnesota

Mr. Matthew Kelly CFO Association for Biblical Education, Winter Garden, Florida

Mr. Steven Lausell Attorney Jiminez Graffam & Lausell, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Rev. William Malick District Superintendent C&MA Office, Murietta, California

Rev. Iván Martí Sr. Pastor Tabernaculo De La Fe, Orlando, Florida

Rev. Ronald Morrison Pastor Hope Alliance Bible Church, Maple Heights, Ohio

Dr. Jessie Ritchey Professor/International Worker Latin America Regional District

Dr. Jonathan Schaeffer1 C&MA Corporate Vice President; Pastor

Grace Church, Middleburg Heights, Ohio

Rev. Scott Slocum Pastor Essex Alliance Church, Essex Junction, Vermont

Rev. Craig Smith President Tribal Rescue Ministries, Phoenix, Arizona

Rev. Terry Smith2 District Superintendent C&MA Office, Middletown, Pennsylvania

Dr. John Stumbo President The Christian and Missionary Alliance, Colorado Springs, Colorado

Rev. Ralph Trainer Executive Director Beulah Beach, Vermillion, Ohio

Dr. Ronald Walborn Dean Nyack College, Nyack, New York

Rev. Kelvin Walker Pastor Bedford Community Church, Bedford Hills, New York

Mr. Stosh Walsh Founder and Managing Principal

Constant Organizational Development, Wheaton, Illinois

Rev. Kok Wong Pastor Silicon Valley Alliance Church, Milpitas, California

Rev. David Yoon Pastor Dongsan Alliance Church, Little Ferry, New Jersey

CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

2017—2019 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

WHO WE ARE

s I look back over the past year, I again marvel at God’s faithfulness. He has clearly placed Alliance people in the crossroads of human need—

whether banding together to help those devastated by natural disasters or helping refugees and other overlooked people find fresh hope in Jesus—the Alliance family has followed our Father’s heart into the lives of the lost ones He so loves.

Centered in Christ and empowered by His Spirit, The Alliance has remained true to this mission for more than 130 years. Because our strategy is proven and our funding model is strong, the impact of Alliance ministry extends from shore to shore and generation to generation. When we lock arms together as a Christ-centered, Acts 1:8 family, we fulfill Jesus’ mandate to create gospel access for all peoples.

On behalf of the hundreds of Alliance workers you support and the thousands they are leading from darkness to light, thank you! Because of your sacrificial obedience, The Alliance continues to pursue and fulfill what our heavenly Father holds dear.

Privileged to serve arm-in-arm with you,

Jonathan Schaeffer

he Christian and Missionary Alliance (the C&MA, The Alliance) establishes churches, schools, clinics, hospitals, community centers, and radio stations and engages in other

strategic initiatives in partnership with governmental and nongovernmental organizations. These entities request assistance from C&MA partners, who help them fulfill their vision for development in their communities and nations.

The C&MA, a faith-based organization, also provides holistic, compassionate care to men, women, and children whose lives have been impacted by disease, poverty, political turmoil, and natural disasters. The C&MA has been a pioneer in training emerging leaders throughout the world to reach and disciple their own people.

To learn more about the C&MA, visit: www.cmalliance.org.

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The Board of Directors also includes two international workers currently serving in a Creative Access Country.

We desire to know Jesus Christ as Savior, Sanctifier, Healer, and Coming King and

to complete His Great Commission

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10,472 new baptisms

26,903 new believers

32 new church plants started

3 new American Sign Language churches

173 federal, military, and institutional chaplains

5 regions 62 countries

60 national church partners**

22 sending national church partners

15,000 students in 120 C&MA theological schools worldwide

437,671 worshipers

in 1,999 churches

speak 37 languages and dialects

676 international workers*

in 137 cities

serve 70people groups

*This number does not include the 38 international workers serving with CAMA, the relief and development arm of the C&MA.

**The U.S. Alliance enjoys a fraternal relationship with the Alliance World Fellowship—a global family of 60 autonomous national church networks consisting of 22,000 churches in 81 countries with more than 6 million “Alliance” worshipers.

UNITED STATES STATS:

INTERNATIONAL STATS:

Holy ground: a time of focused prayer at a U.S. Alliance gathering

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Disaster Relief

Discipleship

Evangelism

Helping At-Risk Women

Hospitals and Clinics

Leadership Training

Member Care

Prison Outreach

Refugee Assistance

Schools

Theological Education

Youth and Children’s Ministries

Bible Translation

Broadcasting

Business as Mission

Camps

Church Planting

Community Development

Conflict Resolution

Counseling

Children in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, enjoy listening to gospel stories told by Alliance workers.

If ever there were a group of Christ-followers birthed from taking the whole gospel to the whole person, it is The Alliance. History has shown that they are consistent in showing the love of Jesus, in word and deed, to those whom God loves.

—Eric Swanson, Co-author of The Externally Focused Church

DIVERSITY OF IMPACT

8 9A joyful young woman celebrates her new life in Christ at Eagle Church in Zionsville, Indiana.

UNITED STATES

DREAMS REALIZED £ In the past year, the C&MA has given $225,000 in 21 grants as part of the “Dream

Incentive” grant program. One such grant was awarded to an Alliance church in Edgewood, Maryland, to renovate a dilapidated basketball court and to establish an outreach program to young people in the community. Another grant funded an English-language tutoring program for Spanish-speaking children in an Alliance church in Florida.

CHURCH PLANTERS EQUIPPED £ More than 200 individuals are currently preparing for new church-planting projects

through training provided by the C&MA’s “Greenhouse Initiative.” The goal of this program is to establish 100 congregation-based training centers where church-planting teams can be mentored and equipped.

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A Jordanian church leader prays for the Syrian refugee families who have fled to Mafraq, Jordan.

The least of these: Relief supplies were delivered to a small village near Quito, Ecuador, following a magnitude 7.8 earthquake.

LATIN AMERICA

NATURAL DISASTER VICTIMS HELPED £ Last year, Ecuador suffered a major earthquake, and Peru and Colombia experienced

devastating mudslides. Alliance national churches in other Latin American countries have joined together to respond to these natural disasters and are taking the initiative to help their neighboring nations.

CLOSED DOORS OPENED £ The Alliance church-planting movement in Cuba began 20 years ago. Today there

are 62 Alliance churches across Cuba with the goal of planting 60 more by 2020. Now, with the opening of Cuba, the U.S. Alliance has been invited to assist churches in Latin America and Canada to come alongside their Cuban brothers and sisters to provide training and encouragement.

EUROPE & THE MIDDLE EAST

�REFUGEES FOUND HOPE £ Two Alliance couples, in partnership with the German C&MA, launched a new

initiative to serve the thousands of Syrian refugees in Berlin. In just a few months, the team renovated and opened a storefront community center called The Lighthouse. Four Muslim-background adults have already received Christ through this ministry.

MULTINATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS ESTABLISHED £ An Alliance team of three Americans and two Brazilians started a new church in a

rented storefront in the city of Paredes, near Porto, Portugal. The team has employed creative methods of evangelism and has been proactive in building favor among community residents.

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Africans in a remote village listen intently to an audio recording of God’s Word.

Alliance workers are using creative methods to introduce Jesus to people bound by centuries of religious tradition.

AFRICA

GOSPEL SHARED THROUGH STORYTELLING £ An oral approach to sharing the gospel among the formerly resistant Vili people

of southern Congo has resulted in an unprecedented response. An Alliance orality team conducted a three-week trip to Vili villages and shared the good news through oral stories—37 people made decisions to follow Jesus. One of the village chiefs is now considering the claims of Christ.

BELIEVERS BAPTIZED £ God’s Spirit is at work in a country in North Africa. Three years ago there were only

six recorded baptisms; whereas this past year, 72 people came to faith in Christ and have been baptized. Next year, Alliance workers are trusting that number will double!

NORTH & CENTRAL ASIA

DISCIPLESHIP GROUPS FORMED £ The Alliance team in a former communist-controlled country has garnered an

excellent reputation from three local universities where they teach conversational English. Students are invited for additional English lessons and cultural activities at a rented center where the gospel is presented in seeker-friendly ways. Four Bible discussion groups have formed as a result of relationships built.

NEXT-GEN LEADERS TRAINED £ In a strategic city in China, an Alliance team has developed an intensive seven-

step discipleship program for training university students. This program has now expanded to include the training of Chinese pastors across China as well as Chinese leaders from five other countries.

14 15Dozens of future church leaders in Southeast Asia participate in a pastoral training seminar.

ASIA & PACIFIC

LEADERS DEVELOPED £ God is up to big things among the Hmong people in Thailand, Vietnam, and Laos. In

one country alone, there are more than 1,000 Hmong churches—and most are without a pastor. Recently, International Ministries and the U.S. Hmong District partnered in sending a couple to train new pastors and to establish a series of training centers.

WORKERS ASSIGNED TO UNREACHED PEOPLE GROUPS £ Two new couples were appointed for ministry on two southeast Asian Muslim-

majority islands. Each couple will take the gospel to one of the many Muslim people groups, among whom there is little to no gospel access.

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2017 FINANCIALS YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2017 STATEMENT OF ACTIVITY

REVENUES REVENUES, GAINS, AND OTHER SUPPORT

EXPENSES

EXPENSES

FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITYThe C&MA seeks to uphold to the highest standards of financial accountability and transparency. The C&MA complies with the standards of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability. ECFA’s seven standards of responsible stewardship are drawn from Scripture and provide a benchmark of compliance for financial accountability, transparency, fundraising, and board governance. (For more info, visit www.ECFA.org.)

To request our audited financial statements, including wholly owned subsidiaries, e-mail communications@cmalliance.org.

2017 2016

CONTRIBUTIONS AND GRANTS $53,032,877 $50,218,735

LEGACIES, TRUSTS, AND ANNUITY RESIDUUMS

$3,737,430 $1,726,306

INVESTMENT INCOME $777,096 $254,190

OTHER INCOME $3,713,706 $2,641,405

TOTAL REVENUES, GAINS, AND OTHER SUPPORT

$61,261,109 $54,840,636

2017 2016

PROGRAM EXPENSES – DOMESTIC & INTERNATIONAL

$49,221,164 $44,852,738

MANAGEMENT & GENERAL $5,681,720 $6,048,423

FUNDRAISING $2,324,213 $2,234,066

TOTAL EXPENSES $57,227,097 $53,135,227

CHANGE IN NET ASSETS $4,034,012 $1,705,409

Management & General10%

Africa

14%

15%

13%

18%

20%

Latin America6%

Asia & Pacific

North & Central

AsiaEurope & the Middle East

UnitedStates

Fundraising 4%

38% Non-Church

Churches62%

Foundations & Organizations 8%

Legacy 6%

Other 6%

Investment 1%

17%

62%

14%

86%

Churches

Individuals

Management & Fundraising

Programs

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FROM THE PRESIDENT

love being teamed. The privilege of advancing the love of Jesus to the people of the world is too great a calling to attempt alone. Hence, it is with deep appreciation that I thank you for

your partnership. The stories you’ve just read are your stories. Because of your vital support and sacrifice, lives are being changed around the globe.

As I look forward to what lies ahead for The Alliance, I have great expectancy. Tumultuous times provide tremendous opportunity for the gospel to be demonstrated and articulated. The love, hope, forgiveness and restoration available in Jesus are most vividly evidenced in times of crisis, instability and hardship. As we enter into the suffering, we evidence the truth that evil doesn’t get the final word.

It is at moments such as we now live that The Alliance arises with the message that transforms.

Again, I thank you for your partnership and I look ahead with anticipation that more redemptive stories will be written.

Together for His Kingdom,

John StumboPresident, U.S. C&MA

Building authentic personal relationships often opens the door to share the love of Christ with those who are seeking truth.

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Anything that doesn’t directly aid in the advancing of the

gospel must be questioned, silenced, stopped, or replaced.

–John Stumbo

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