To see sustained, indigenous movements of
disciples making disciples,
churches planting churches,
and the Kingdom of God coming in its full expression
among every unreached people group.
To finish the Great Commission, we must get the gospel to every people group (Matthew 24:14), so we train believers world-wide to effectively target and reach Unreached People Groups.
AIMS has trained more than 150,000 leaders.
We deploy indigenous missionaries to preach the gospel and plant churches among Unreached People Groups in their home countries, at a fraction of the cost of traditional mission models.
AIMS has deployed 1500+ missionaries in more than 40 countries.
We empower native missionaries to be financially sustained by helping them launch holistic projects that meet the needs of targeted Unreached People Groups and provide funding for long-term mission movements without outside assistance.
Current projects include goat-rearing, catfish farms, barber shops, recycling businesses, sewing centers, bee-keeping, chicken farms, and more!
We connect our partners to the work of missions through detailed updates highlighting salvations, baptisms, new churches, and personal stories from around the world.
No more feeling disconnected to the work of missions.
While more than 95% of missions resources target areas already exposed to the gospel, AIMS prioritizes reaching the 7,000+ Unreached People Groups who have yet to hear the name of Jesus.
AIMS empowers local missionaries to achieve financial independence through Holistic Sustainability Projects that create jobs, fight poverty, provide access to hard-to-reach communities, and support ongoing ministry efforts.
In just a few years, AIMS missionaries have played a key role in seeing 12 ethnic groups move from unreached to reached! With your support, we can keep advancing the gospel to the world’s most unreached people.
AIMS is committed to stewarding every dollar with care. By partnering with indigenous teams, we reduce overhead costs, ensuring that nearly every dollar you contribute goes directly to supporting missionaries and holistic projects. Operational expenses are covered by private donors, maximizing the impact of your giving.
AIMS is a global team of 1,000+ near-culture missionaries across 40+ countries who preach the gospel and plant churches among unreached people. Our teams are supported by four regional offices staffed by local leaders with deep cultural understanding of their regions.
Our cutting-edge web system uniquely positions AIMS to track the gospel movement among UPGs, monitoring key metrics like salvations, baptisms, new churches, and sustainability initiatives, while providing real-time field reports for our partners. This system also fosters collaboration among missions organizations, ensuring every UPG has a dedicated gospel messenger.
In 1985, Dr. Howard Foltz and his wife Pat founded AIMS.ORG (previously called Accelerating International Mission Strategies), with the purpose of challenging and mobilizing churches to take the gospel where it has never been proclaimed. AIMS has trained over 170,000 pastors and leaders worldwide to engage in cross-cultural ministry and church-planting movements among the world’s least reached people groups. Since 1985, more than 51,000 churches have been planted by the national partners AIMS has trained. As a result, an estimated 34.3 million people have heard the gospel and approximately 3.1 million people have found Christ.
Joshua Bold is the President of AIMS.ORG. In 2005, Joshua attended Bible School after being supernaturally delivered from drug addiction. Three years later, he and his wife moved to northern Iraq as missionaries, where they planted a house church, baptized former Muslims, and opened a cafe. Joshua now spends his days mobilizing the Church to send native missionaries to the remaining unreached tribes of the earth.
Terry Roberts has served as the Senior Pastor of Faith Christian Family Church in Warrenton, Missouri with his wife Becky for 30+ years. He received his Bachelors in Business and M.A. from Regent University, and graduated from Rhema Bible Training Center. While sitting under Dr. Foltz as a student at Regent, he developed a heart for unreached people groups and has been a member of AIMS Board since 2007. Terry helps train international leaders through EQUIP and AIMS, and has ministered overseas on 40 mission trips.
Thant McManus, chairman of the AIMS board, is committed to reaching unreached people groups with the gospel. He has ministered in Eastern Europe, the Balkans, Central Asia and Latin America. In each of these regions, Thant has labored in church planting, evangelism, and teaching AIMS Training. Thant received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Theology, at the Life Christian University and Seminary, Concord, North Carolina. He was elected as an AIMS Board Member in 2006, and has been a tremendous advocate and encourager for AIMS Ministry.
Mark Cowart is the Senior Pastor of Church For All Nations (CFAN), a multi-site church with two campuses in Colorado Springs, Colorado. With the mission of empowering locally, sending globally, and reaping eternally, Pastor Mark seeks to fulfill Mark 11:17 where Jesus said “…My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations.”
Sue Mulhern is a lead intercessor for AIMS.ORG. Her passion for prayer was birthed while living in Germany, and since then she has served in various prayer ministry positions around the world for 35+ years. Believing that “prayer is the first work of missions,” Sue is passionate about the Church rising up as the faithful Bride of Christ, unreached people groups of the world, evangelism and discipleship among the nations, and fulfilling the Great Commission.
Steve Pearson has served as the Senior Pastor of Church of the Savior in Lexington, KY for 25+ years. He graduated from Oral Roberts University and Asbury Seminary. With a passion for people, prayer, evangelism, the Church, his family, and extending the kingdom of God to all four areas of Acts 1:8, Pastor Steve aims to make a difference among the nations by instructing his congregation to finish the Great Commission.
Toby Spoon is a businessman who is passionate about fulfilling the Great Commission. Raised as a “missionary kid,” he felt a call to missions from a young age. After graduating Christ for the Nations Institute, he served as an Associate Pastor and was one of the founding staff members of AIMS.ORG.
Throughout 31 years of working in the marketplace, Toby has maintained a commitment to ministry, missions, and efforts to reach unreached people groups. His desire is to help entrepreneurs release the anointing and calling on their lives to directly support the fulfilling of the Great Commision.
Bart Ingallina is en entrepreneur, pilot, and advocate for unreached people groups. He graduated from the Air Force Academy and Trident University, and has served in the U.S. Army and National Guard.
Bart has faithfully partnered with AIMS since 2018, and he continues to propel the work of missions forward as an intercessor, counselor, and Board Member. His zeal for nations to know the love of Christ is tangible and his countless contributions to AIMS.ORG are in invaluable.
Our Board of Directors serves to define and protect the mission of AIMS.ORG, offer guidance in the adoption of new policy, and ensure that all corporate activities are aligned with the strategic ministry objectives of AIMS.ORG.
An AIMS partnership is a synergistic and mutually beneficial relationship between AIMS and another entity for the purpose of reaching unreached people groups with the gospel of Jesus Christ beyond the capacity of either partner individually.
Our definition is based on three things:
A common mission to reach Unreached People Groups with the gospel. This is the only purpose for which we will enter into partnerships.
A synergistic relationship. Both parties create a greater contribution together than they would independently.
Mutual benefit. We recognize that we need one another to accomplish the mission.
These are some of the domestic partner ministries of AIMS who actively contribute towards the vision of reaching Unreached People Groups with the gospel. Together, we are witnessing a move of God on multiple continents!
For information on becoming a ministry partner, please click the link below to fill out the application form.
become a ministry partner
As a Christ-centered charitable organization, we aim to steward the resources entrusted to us with the highest level of excellence and transparency. Our financial accountability, reporting processes, and results around the globe are consistently commended.
We are a founding member of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA), an accreditation agency promoting fiscal integrity and sound financial practices among its organizations.
To earn accreditation, an organization must meet the Seven Standards of Responsible Stewardship outlined by the organization.
We recognize our need for reliance on God and global partnership with the Body of Christ to fulfill our ministry in His Kingdom.
Matthew 5:1-11, 6:33; I Timothy 6:15-16
We understand and value that prayer is the first work of missions and the ongoing work of missions. God’s Kingdom is advanced through prayer and spiritual warfare.
Psalm 2:8; John 14:13-14; I John 5:14-15; Luke 10:2
We value the well-being of those we serve, and we serve with higher motives then the accomplishment of ministry tasks alone.
Matthew 22:39; I Corinthians 13:1-3; John 13:34-35, 15:12; I John 3:16; Philippians 2:3-4; Ephesians 5:1
We value holding true to our word, following through on our commitments, and presenting ourselves with authenticity.
Psalm 15:4; Matthew 5:37; Proverbs 28:13
We value ministry initiatives that will accelerate the completion of the Great Commission—reaching all unreached people groups.
Matthew 24:14, 28:18-20; II Peter 3:11-12
We value ministry that equips churches to do self-initiated strategic missions.
Ephesians 4:11-12; II Timothy 2:2; Acts 1:8, 13:1-3; Romans 1:11
We value being spiritually proactive and passionate, not passive but ruthless against sin and anything contrary to God’s will. Not just being busy, but strategically proactive.
Romans 12:11; Colossians 4:12; Jude 12; II Corinthians 7:7; Isaiah 59:17; I Peter 1:22, 4:8; II Timothy 1:16, 4:7; John 2:17; I Timothy 4:6
