CHRISTIAN MISSIONARY FELLOWSHIP
Transforming Lives and Communities
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
God is at work all over the world. At CMF International, we believe in connecting people to God's mission. We know that it is through connection with God's work that real transformation can occur in individual lives and in entire communities. Around the world, people are seeking answers to the problems in their lives and communities. CMF provides connections to God's good news, providing dynamic Christ-centered communities that offer good news of transformation now, not merely after this life. Many churches and Christians around the world do not know how best to connect with this transformative work within God's mission. CMF provides an opportunity for that connection through ongoing ministry teams, partners, and long-term relationships in 25 countries around the world. Through our more than 70 years of experience, we provide the framework for effective, transformative global mission engagement.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Church Catalyst
Church planting and partnership with church planting movements. 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.
Globalscope
We build university student communities. The mission of Globalscope is to transform the world’s university students through authentic and relevant campus ministry. We want to go into all the world, campus by campus, building community, one student at a time!
Young men and women who have the desire to invest their lives in connecting this generation with God serve as Globalscope international campus ministers, creating dynamic Christian communities on university campuses around the world.
Marketplace Ministries
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.
We also connect Christian business people with Christian entrepreneurs on all our ministry fields to create new business ventures that lead to jobs and economic Kingdom transformation.
Urban Poor Ministries and Child Sponsorship
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!
Where we work
Accreditations
Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability 1987
External reviews

Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of overall donors
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults, Children and youth, Religious groups
Type of Metric
Other - describing something else
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
We measure total financial partners that are actively connected to God's mission through CMF each year. Jan 1, 2021saw a transition of our MOHI child sponsorship program to a newly created org.
Number of baptisms
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults, Adolescents, Religious groups
Related Program
Church Catalyst
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
We measure the number of baptisms each year as one key marker of lives transforming through the ministries of CMF International.
Number of partner churches
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Christians
Type of Metric
Other - describing something else
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Context Notes
Each year we measure the number of church partners actively connected to God's mission through CMF. It is vital to us that we are a resource for connecting churches with global ministry.
Number of New Christ-Centered Communities
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults, Children and youth, Religious groups
Related Program
Church Catalyst
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
A key Church Catalyst program metric has been new churches planted each year. Beginning in 2021, we now measure "new Christ-Centered communities" which includes more than formal traditional churches.
Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
We create dynamic Christ-centered communities that transform the world through partnerships, the sending out of missionaries, and child sponsorships.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
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.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
We have connections with long-term partners around the world.
We work through teams in 25 countries.
We are innovative and dynamic. One model does not fit every context.
We strategically work in ways that have verifiable results.
We have formal structures of accountability.
We understand the Gospel of Jesus to be holistic, bringing good news to every area of a person's life.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Just in the last year (2021) we have measured:
+2,045 New Christ-Centered Communities
+Over 4,000 Baptisms
+182 fulltime missionaries, with 20% of these missionaries coming from outside the United States.
+14 campus ministries in 9 countries with 68 campus ministers
+Over 150,000 patients treated at CMF clinics
+5 New solar-irrigated gardens; a total of 900 families in Turkana, Kenya now have access to growing food
+1000 women in Malawi have been trained in development and are now providing for their families through what they have learned
+300 special needs youth and their families were ministered to through special needs camps in Ukraine
+Total number of Church Planters trained in TZ is 159 from 34 people groups and 185 total churches planted
And many others. Please download and read our Annual Reports for more: http://www.cmfi.org/annualreport
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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CHRISTIAN MISSIONARY FELLOWSHIP
Board of directorsas of 04/26/2022
Dr. Nancy Pace
Bob Clemens
Retired Business Executive
Drew Depler
Christian Financial Resources
Rick Grover
East 91st Street Christian Church
Craig Hanson
Connection Pointe Christian Church
Kristen Hodge
National Bank of Indianapolis
Ron Kastens
Milligan College
Warren Miller
Retired Physician
Bryan Myers
Academy Christian Church
Nancy Pace
Retired Physician
Julie Ronde
Pikes Peak Christian Church
Dale Sachtleben
West Side Christian Church
Jeff Swaney
Eastside Christian Church
Jennifer Johnson
Johnson University
Liz Acosta
Mountain Christian Church
Carlos Franco
International Business
David Case
Northwest Christian Church
Lindsay Hicks
Campus Minister
Jamie Haney
Business Executive
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
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CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes
Organizational demographics
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