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Annual ReportACCTS 2011

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ACCTS ANNUAL REPORT 2011 • PAgE 2

Changing the World, One Military Person at a Time

Dear ACCTS Friends,

2011 was a year that reminded us that a small group of people, or even just one person, can literally change the world. Time magazine even named “The Protestor” as its Person of the Year; from the Tunisian fruit vendor who set himself on fire and sparked the Arab Spring revolutions, to the protestors in Greece, Spain, and Russia, it has been a year of great change. Likewise, in the Christian world, military personnel who become Christians and spread their faith to their coworkers and family can have just as much of a world-changing impact.

Major “A” is an example of one man’s faith that is transforming the spiritual landscape of his country. A major in the armed forces of a Central Asian country that is not friendly towards Christianity, he was sent to the U.S. to study and further his usefulness to his military. While here, he met ACCTS staff members who befriended him, shared Christ’s love and story, and led him to a new relationship with Christ. When his education here was complete, he returned to his country and, a while later, formed the first military Christian fellowship in his nation. It hasn’t been an easy road for him or other military believers, as Christianity is not well tolerated in their nation, but they and others in Central Asian nations continue to follow Christ despite the cost.

Scripture is full of examples of individuals who courageously followed God, and whom He used to bring His plan of salvation to the world. In ACCTS we are privileged to work with such men and women, who boldly obey the voice of God, and whom He is using today to transform their militaries and their nations.

During the past year, ACCTS staff have visited dozens of countries to help establish and nourish military Christian fellowships (MCFs) and chaplaincies, and to support, disciple, and mentor military Christian leaders, many of whom feel isolated because they serve in countries that are hostile to Christians and the Gospel. But despite the many challenges to the Gospel in the militaries of the world, we have much to be thankful for. General Lee Pil Sup, the president of the Association of Military Christian Fellowships (AMCF), recently reported that there are now MCFs in over 130 countries.

Yet that still leaves over sixty countries with no MCF. Therefore, we will continue to work to see the Gospel message reach every military of the world. To this end, we will keep supporting international military Christians through staff visits and ministry that support the goals of local and regional MCFs. This includes leadership, ethics, and military family conferences; English language camps; international chaplain training; and other activities.

In addition to working overseas, we want to expand our outreach to foreign military personnel who are studying here in the U.S., as well as passing on the vision of international military ministry to the next generation of U.S. military personnel. So we are prayerfully looking for new staff who can carry forward the work that God has accomplished through our current staff members.

Finally, we have begun working with our sister organizations in the U.K (Military Ministries International) and South Korea (Military Service Organization) to plan for an AMCF World Conference in South Africa in 2014. At the last world conference in 2004, there were representatives from over 130 countries, and we are looking forward in faith to seeing even more countries send leaders who will unite as “all one in Christ Jesus” in 2014.

In all of these efforts, we are confident that God will provide the people and resources to accomplish His work, as we seek His face and strive to live lives worthy of the Gospel. God gave us much fruitful ministry in 2011, and we are profoundly grateful for those of you who have supported ACCTS through your intercessory prayers and continuing financial support. We look forward with great anticipation to 2012, and we pray for the lives that will be changed forever by hearing the Good News of Jesus Christ in the foreign militaries of the world through the ministry of ACCTS. Thank you for being part of this world-changing ministry.

In Christ,

Phil Exner COL (USMC, Ret.) Executive Director

“Likewise, in the Christian world, military personnel who become Christians and spread their faith to their coworkers and family can have just as much of a world-changing impact.”

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Japanese and U.S. cadet participants in ACCTS’ Academy Exploration Asia

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West Point cadet teaching English to Chinese students

“We are very grateful to you for equipping ourselves with the Word of God, encouragement and guidance which will be very effective for MCF-B [Military Christian Fellowship of Bangladesh], as well as our life for spiritual growth.” ACCTS’ annual • Chaplains Interaction

program in April provided training for international chaplains from Bangladesh, Cameroon, Grenada, Haiti, and Mongolia. Discussions focused on ministering to soldiers with combat operations stress, ministering to wounded soldiers, marriage and family counseling issues, suicide prevention, and Bible study methods.

Our staff organized, taught at, and •participated in numerous conferences hosted by indigenous military Christian fellowships (MCFs) in Moldova, Swaziland, Ukraine, and other nations. They presented seminars and small group discussions covering topics such as Christian leadership, military ethics, financial planning, and Bible study methods.

At the request of local military Christian •fellowships, ACCTS staff were heavily involved in planning for and leading MCF-

hosted chaplaincy training courses in Panama, Argentina, and Paraguay. These courses included training in critical incident stress management, critical incident debriefing, and Bible study methods.

In Ukraine, staff members worked closely •with MCF leaders to host English language camps for military personnel, their family, and friends. These camps included English-language Bible studies and spiritual discussions. ACCTS’ also hosted an English language program in China.

ACCTS’ online • Journal of Faith and War continues to reach people around the world with military ethics-related articles, and we published the book, We All Knew a Little Greek: An Account of the Life of “Tok” – Charalambos Nikolaou Tokatloglou, featuring the life and witness of a man who has been deeply involved in military ministry.

ACCTS staff members at •several locations in the U.S. ministered to hundreds of international military students who come to this country each year to study. Their ministries included helping with physical needs (such as helping them find places to live, etc.) and spiritual needs (hosting English-language Bible studies).

Our ongoing work in China is •geared toward friendship and

2011 in Review

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Chinese children who received medical care through ACCTS

Military-related dependents learning English in Ukraine (continued)

2011 BOARD MEMBERSCDR (USN, Ret.) Bryan and Sherri Burt

Ward and Jody Bursley

Capt (ANG) David Chang

LCDR (USN, Ret.) Cal and Linda Dunlap

Col (USMC, Ret.) Phil Exner

LtCol (USAF) Terry and Kristin Goodrich

CDR (USN) Steve and Molly Hoffman

Sue Huggler

Ann James

COL (USA, Ret.) Phil and Rosa Lewis

LtCol (USAF, Ret.) Ed and Elizabeth Lorenzini

COL (USA, Ret.) Tony and Julia Pfaff

LtG (USA, Ret.) Gary and Cathy Speer

2011 STAFF MEMBERSLTC (USA, Ret.) Harry Argo

LTC (USA, Ret.) Dick and Linda Barnes

LtCol (Australian Army, Ret) Russell and Helen Bielenberg

Chaplain (COL, USA, Ret.) Ken and Jonna Carpenter

COL (USA, Ret.) Earl and Sue Casner

CDR (USCG, Ret.) Frank and Ginny Cole

LtCol (British Army, Ret.) Noel and Meryl Dawes

LCDR (USN, Ret.) Cal and Linda Dunlap

Col (USMC, Ret.) Phil and LtCol (USMC, Ret.) Sue Exner

LTC (USA, Ret.) Brock and Linda Fallon

COL (USA, Ret.) Mike and Leslie Fligg

Maj (USAF, Ret.) Vic and Marsha Grazier

LtCol (USAF, Ret.) Jim and Lois Greshel

Emanuela Kalemi Haien

Maj (USAF, Ret.) Russ and Bonnie Hammerud

He, Gang and Jodie Wang

Elizabeth Humphrey

CDR (CHAP, USN, Ret.) Don and Elaine Jukam

Bernhard and Cheryl Kaltenbach

Mike and Joyce Knefley

COL (USA, Ret.) Bill and Suzanne Lumpkin

COL (USA, Ret.) Don and Karen Martin

CAPT (USCG, Ret.) Stan and Doris Waldrop Mincks

LtCol (USAF, Ret.) Dell McDonald

CAPT (CHAP, USNR) Steve Morgan

LtCol (USAF, Ret.) Paul and Suzy Neu

Dickson Ogwang

CAPT (USCG, Ret.) Pete and Jacki Prindle

Gina Rajah

LTC (USA, Ret.) Bob and BJ Reifsnyder

COL (USA, Ret.) Rick and Melissa Ryles

Leslie Santee

Chaplain (LtCol, USAF, Ret.) Rob and Delores Stroud

Maj (USAF, Ret.) Carson and Wendy Tavenner

Col (USAF, Ret.) Ed and Sally Ward

LTC (USA, Ret.) Harry and Linda Waters

CHAP (COL, USA, Ret.) Norris and Dr. Lois Webster

cultural exchange. •With that in mind ACCTS sponsored five trips to this land, including medical missionary work, leadership conferences, and U.S. cadet visits.

Two U.S. military cadets participated •in our Academy Exploration Asia trip, during which the cadets met with military leaders and personnel in Korea and Japan and taught English in China.

In 2011 ACCTS featured several •military-related prayer events for various regions of the world to keep military needs in people’s minds and prayers.

After 17 fruitful years as

ACCTS’ executive director,

Cal Dunlap stepped down

from that position in July

2011. We are incredibly

thankful for the direction

Cal and Linda gave to

ACCTS over those years

and the unique ways in

which they shared Christ’s

love and joy with military

Christians around the world,

as well as with our staff and

supporters. We are blessed

as well to have them

both continue on as staff

members, directing ACCTS’

work in China.

Director Steps Down

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Ministering in Difficult Financial Times

Overhead $74,773 8.62%Publications $117,855 13.59%International Ministries $674,531 77.79%Total $867,159 100%

God’s economy does not necessarily match our own, a fact which has been brought home to me many times during this last year. ACCTS’ finances have seen wonderful “highs” – thanks to the generosity of God’s people who support us – and “lows”, as donors find their financial situation changing, necessitating lower donations to charities like ACCTS. Yet even in the “lows” – or what we view as the challenging times – God is providing, financing and empowering His work so that individual lives are changed. Praise God!

Our ministry is not flashy, and does not lend itself to reports where we list how many people we helped save from starvation, or how many hospitals we built to serve the sick. Rather, what we have accomplished spiritually might be best summed up by this letter we received recently from a soldier in Afghanistan:

Thank you so much for the devotional! It is always nice to get a package from back home. I want you to know that I gave it to a young captain who works with me who was struggling with his faith. He now reads it every day and meets with me on Wednesdays for a small mini Bible study…getting stuff like the devotional lets us know that you haven’t forgotten that we are still out here. Thank you for your kind and thoughtful gift. In Christ, Maj. E.

ACCTS’ mission is to encourage soldiers around the world, no matter what their nationality, by developing their Christian leadership skills, assisting them in forming and growing strong independent military Christian fellowships, and helping them grow closer to Christ. We provide a means for military folks to be led to God through the witness of their fellow soldiers, to whom we were privileged to minister.

While the need for international military ministry grows,

our finances have not kept up with those needs – yet God, through His people, is still faithful. As in past years we have kept our overhead expenses under 9% -- which means that for every dollar we received, at least $0.91 went directly to ministry.

We are excited about 2012 and what it holds for God’s kingdom work among the world’s armed forces. By the careful and prayerful use of the financial donations with which we are entrusted, we believe God will move mightly in the lives of military Christians in nations around the world.

In Christ,

Bernhard KaltenbachDirector of Finance

“Yet even in the ‘lows’– or what we view as the challenging times – God is providing, financing and empowering His work so that individual lives are changed.”

Phone calls, emails, newsletters, and hand-written notes of encouragement are all ways in which our staff stay in touch with military Christians in over 130 nations – but there is no substitute for face-to-face ministry. The countries listed in this segment are ones to which our staff traveled in order to meet with individual military Christians and military Christian

fellowship leaders to discuss outreach ideas, pray over ministry and personal needs, plan for upcoming conferences and meetings, and teach ideas on ministering effectively:

Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Germany, Hungary,

Jamaica, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania, Moldova, Mongolia, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Swaziland, Uganda, Ukraine, United Kingdom, USA, Vietnam, Zimbabwe

Sharing the Gospel and Our Lives

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Moving Ahead…With You While this annual report focuses on ACCTS’ 2011

accomplishments, plans for 2012 are already being

implemented – and we hope you can be a part of them. This

year we are specifically looking for co-workers to join us

in the area of ministry to international military students.

Thousands of international military personnel come to the

U.S. each year to study, and we are looking for people to build

relationships with those students, befriend them, share Christ,

and encourage others to do so as well. If you would like more

information on becoming an ACCTS staff member or co-worker

working with international military students in Monterey,

California; Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; Carlisle, Pennsylvania;

Washington, D.C.; or San Antonio, Texas, please visit our

website (www.accts.org) or call our office at 1-800-487-8108.

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Note: ACCTS staff member names are in bold print.

1 Pray with ACCTS as we look to expand our ministry to international military students who are studyingintheU.S.Today,praythatwewillfindstaff members to minister in the Monterey, Cali-fornia area, which is home to international stu-dents attending the Defense Language Institute, and the Carlisle, Pennsylvania area, home to the Army War College. 2 Today, pray with ACCTS as we look for staff members whom God is calling to befriend and share Christ’s hope with international students in the Washington, D.C. area and the Fort Leav-enworth area, which is home to the U.S. Army’s Command and General Staff College. 3 Today, ask that more people join our ongoing work in San Antonio so that international military students will have an opportunity to get to know American Christians while they are here. Praise God with us for ACCTS staff members Bill and Suzanne Lumpkin, who already minister in San Antonio.

4 International military students who study in the U.S. return home to careers enhanced by what they learned here. Our hope is to also enhance their understanding of Christ and, if they are already Christians, what it means to minister to military personnel in their home countries. Pray for our current staff who are working with interna-tional military students, including Vic and Marsha Grazier. 5 Pray for the Holy Spirit to guide ACCTS’ leader-ship, including Phil Exner, executive director, and Sue Exner, staff member. 6 Today, please pray for wisdom for Ed Lorenzini, ACCTS’ board president, and Bernhard Kalten-bach, ACCTS’ deputy director.

7 Most of ACCTS’ donations come from individual Christians who believe in the need for internation-al military ministry; thank God with us for these donors and pray as we also look for other sources of donations, such as foundations, chapels, churches, and individuals who are doing estate planning. 8 Pray with Frank Cole, Dell McDonald, and others who are preparing for this April’s Chaplains Interaction. Pray also that the international partici-pants will be given leave time and visas to attend. 9 Ask that the Ukrainian military Christian fel-lowship’s newsletter, Be Ready, continue to help Christian and non-Christian military personnel learn more about Christ. Pray for Dick and Linda Barnes and their ministry of encouragement to Ukrainian MCF leaders, including Vasily K. 10 Pray that God will open doors between South and North Korea, and for wisdom for all govern-ment leaders involved. 11 Pray for the Holy Spirit’s leading for staff mem-ber Leslie Olmstead Santee in using her video skills to promote the work of ACCTS in 2012. 12 Late last month the military Christian fellow-ship of Chile, the MEU, held their national confer-ence. Ask that the Holy Spirit give attendees the desire to follow Christ faithfully while also serv-ing their nation. Praise God for the stability and prosperity of this South American nation and ask for God’s continued blessings on Chile and its people. 13 From 13-24 February the military Christian fellowship of Peru, with help from ACCTS and other organizations, will host a Basic Chaplaincy Course for approximately 50 students. We will

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also help them with an American English Language Training course which runs congruently. From 22-24 February they will also give an updated course for students who participated in a previous chaplaincy course. Please pray for these events. 14 St. Valentine’s Day Valentine’s Day can be par-ticularly poignant for military couples separated by the demands of their service. Pray for these defend-ers of our country, asking the Source of all love to give military families a special sense of His comfort and hope while they are apart. 15 Pray that the German military Christian fellow-ship,theCoV,willfindwaystoeffectivelyministertoGermany’s military personnel who are deployed over-seas, as well as to those in Germany. 16 A Chinese leader has asked ministries to come to China “to listen, to learn, and to love.” Pray for AC-CTS and other Chris-tian organizations as we seek to do just that in this country of 1.35 billion souls. Pray particularly for He Gang, Jodie Wang, and Cal and Linda Dunlap’s work in China. 17 Pray with military Christians in Moldova as they continue to distribute Bibles to their nation’s military personnel. 18 Pray for peace and reconciliation in Iran and safety for Iran’s armed forces personnel during this volatile time, as well as safety for international troops still in Iran. 19 General Lee -- the president of our ministry part-ner, AMCF -- requests daily prayer for nations which don’t have MCFs. Pray today that individual military Christians in those nations will be led by God, in His timing, to develop fellowship groups to encourage their fellow believers. 20 Presidents Day (USA) Pray for U.S. political leaders, including President Obama and Congress, and U.S. judicial leaders. 21OngoingfinancialissuesintheU.S.havehadanincreasing impact on ACCTS’ international ministry, asourfinancialdonorsfeelthepinchoftightenedbudgets. Pray for wisdom as we continue ministering with reduced funding. 22 Praise God for the world’s oldest military Chris-tian fellowship, Armed Forces Christian Union in the

United Kingdom, and pray for God’s hand over their upcoming ministry events, including the 2-4 March Spring Weekend. 23 Pray with military Christians in Russia who hope to have their registration as a multi-regional organi-zation (named “Faith and Courage”) approved. Pray that God will guide and direct their ministry in this huge and diverse nation. 24 ACCTS’ sister ministry, Military Ministry Interna-tional in the U.K., hosts its Supporters Weekend this Saturday and Sunday. Pray that God’s love and unity will be evident during this weekend event. 25 In early March military Christians in Central Afri-can Republic will gather for a week of chaplain train-

ing. Pray with all those who are attending and leading the event, including ACCTS staff member Dickson Ogwang. 26 Praise God with us that ACCTS staff members Bob and B.J. Reifsnyder were recognized in January for their ongoing min-istry to the world’s mili-tary chaplains. They received the NAE Chaplains Commis-sion Centurions Award in recognition of their work. Ask for God’s continued guidance of their work with military chaplains and other military Christians in Latin America. 27 Pray with ACCTS

as we plan for Academy Exploration trips in March with cadets and midshipmen from the USNA and USAFA. 28 Pray that ACCTS staff members who are attend-ing February’s leadership conference in Germany will be a blessing to military Christian leaders who will be in attendance. 29 Today is Leap Day – an “extra” day to do as Jesus stated in Matthew 22: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’Thisisthefirstandgreatestcommandment.And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’” Pray that today your heart will be drawn closer to God, that your love for others will grow, and your opportunities to share God’s love will also expand.

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