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Adventures In Missions Changing lives through Short-Term Missions

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An overview of Georgia-based nonprofit Adventures In Missions, a short-term missions organization that mobilizes young Christians to travel all over the world to serve the poor in the name of Jesus.

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Adventures In MissionsChanging lives through Short-Term Missions

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History of Adventures In Missions• Founded in 1989 by Seth Barnes in a

small garage office

• 1992 – over 1,000 people join AIM on summer mission trips

• Today – over 80,000 people sent out on short-term mission trips since 1989

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Where we go…

over 80,000 participants sent out

70+ countries

20 years

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The Vision“To raise up a generation of radically

committed disciples of Christ”

• Change lives the way Jesus did through a focus on discipleship

• Listening for God’s direction in our work among the poorest of the poor

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Youth Group Trips“We came into the trip expecting to help others, but we never realized how much we would actually get out of it.”

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Youth Group Trips• Trips ranging from 3 days up to 2 weeks

• Assessment of group needs

• Pre-trip training and materials

• Complete trip management, allowing leaders to focus on discipleship of participants

• Debrief of the trip experience

• Follow-up ministry

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Adult and Family Trips“I’d read the statistics. But then I traveled to Swaziland and I held a statistic and talked to a statistic…It was totally different.”

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Adult and Family Trips• Vision trips

• Men’s/Women’s groups

• Spring Break trips

• Family-oriented trips

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Ambassadors“During my daughter’s time with AIM, she learned to pray and be content…She came back loving God, those in need, and her family in a bigger and deeper way.”

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Ambassadors• Ages 14-18

• Trips ranging from 2 to 4 weeks

• Designed as an exposure to awaken teens to the concept of calling and discipleship

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Real Life“I know that I am ruined for doing anything other than reaching out to the hurt and the lost of this world.”

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Real Life• Ages 18-22

• Trips ranging from 1 to 3 months

• Designed to take young adults further in their growth with God

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The World Race“… is about saving me. Saving me from a life of complacency. I’m starting to find the true person that God created in me.”

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The World Race• Ages 21-35

• 11 month trip to 11 countries

• Uses adventure and pilgrimage to initiate young adults into a Kingdom-minded life

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Disaster Relief“There is a space to fill. There’s an open window for us as the Church to go and fill that space. I can feel the holy anticipation in my spirit whenever I think about Haiti.”

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Disaster Relief• Hurricane Katrina

• Haiti Earthquake

• Church-to-church network

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The AIM Difference“To succeed, we must constantly attempt things which are doomed to fail without God.”

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AIM Distinctives• Interdenominationalism and Unity

• Partnership through the local church

• Listening Prayer

• Discipleship vs. Evangelism

• Church without walls

• First to the poor, the oppressed, and the hopeless

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How can you help?

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How can you help?• Prayer

• Get involved

• Go on a trip, Volunteer

• Spread the Word about AIM

• To your church, friends and family

• Financial Support

• Staff members, Programs, General Giving

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To contact us or stay informed:• Website: www.adventures.org

• Email: [email protected]

• Phone: (770) 983-1060 or 1-800-881-2461

• 6000 Wellspring Trail, Gainesville, GA 30506

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Adventures In MissionsChanging lives through Short-Term Missions