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| Seth Barnes, Executive Director |
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Raised in a Christian home, Seth’s parents encouraged his
involvement with missions at an early age. He went to Guatemala for
two months as a junior in high school and the Andes Mountains of Peru
the following year, where his passion for missions continued to grow.
In 1977, he enrolled at Wheaton College near Chicago, Illinois. As a
senior, he worked in a Cambodian refugee camp where many fled to
because of the oppression of the Khmer Rouge.
Soon after graduation, Seth married Karen and they moved directly to
Indonesia, where Seth worked in economic development, helping the
poorest of the poor. In 1981, they moved to the Dominican Republic
where he did similar work. Seth then attended the Darden School of
Business at the University of Virginia and graduated with an MBA two
years later.
Upon graduating, Seth was faced with a choice between two divergent
paths: a secure life in corporate America that would support Karen and
their kids, or a life of risk, starting a missions agency with a
friend. Seth chose to obey God and helped successfully start a
ministry. Two years later, in 1989, God planted a new seed in his
heart: Seth obeyed and launched what is now Adventures in Missions
(AIM).
Within a year, he was leading hundreds of people overseas on
short-term mission trips. Today, that number has grown to thousands.
AIM has taken over 90,000 people into the mission field and now has
full-time ministry bases all over the world. Seth currently lives with
Karen and two of their five children in Gainesville, Georgia. |
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Tim Abare is Chief Operating Officer of Adventures. For twenty-five years Tim has worked with respected leaders and companies in business,
entertainment, and ministry. Tim has served at a senior level for several non-profit and private sector companies and is widely recognized as a thought and action-leader with a
solid history of building people and organizations. As Chief Operating Officer, Tim is dedicated to developing a culture of philanthropy internally, a movement of generosity externally,
and a tribe of radicals courageously and actively doing God’s will globally. Tim has been married to high-school sweetheart, Ann, for 36 years.
They have six over-the-top children, four daughters-in-law, and one grandbaby… so far. |
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Clint Bokelman is Director of our short-term missions program for
youth, adult and family groups. After growing up in a Christian
household and attending Bible school, Clint became a full-time youth
minister at a church near Omaha, Nebraska. In 1995, his burden for the
lost deepened on an AIM mission trip to Tampico, Mexico. Two years
later, he joined the organization, as part of a traveling mobilization
team. He now oversees all youth, family, and adult group trips. Clint
lives in Gainesville, Georgia with his wife Amie and their three kids:
Sydney, Caden and Olivia. |
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Allison Johnston is Coordinator of the World Race. She first went on
the World Race in 2007 and returned to the field in 2008. She joined
AIM in 2009 and has been serving in her role full-time since then.
Originally from Ohio, Allison is based in Gainesville, where she
oversees field support for the World Race. |
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Kelly Chadwick is the Program Coordinator of both Ambassadors and the Passport. Ambassadors sends out high schoolers all over the world and the Passport is our college-age program, sending students out for 1-9 months. Having previous experience in youth ministry and after spending a year on the World Race in 2008, Kelly wanted to continue serving the Kingdom through full-time ministry. She joined AIM in 2009 and now oversees all individual missions opportunities for 14-22 year olds. Kelly lives in Gainesville, Georgia. |
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