Church Ministries

A light in a dark place. SEND missionaries have been just that for over 60 years across the Far North, taking the light of the gospel to those who have never heard. Our vision is to see lives transformed, families changed, and whole communities touched by the light of our hope in Jesus Christ.

Could you have a part in this bold venture? We are asking God for 105 new missionaries in the next 5 years to join our team and make known the gospel of Jesus Christ in communities of largely indigenous peoples in Alaska, the Yukon Territory, and northern British Columbia.

We have exciting opportunities for those with the traditional missionary skills of evangelism, discipleship, and teaching the Word, as well as bi-vocational missionaries including school teachers, village health aides (providers of primary health care), pilots, and others. Our team-based ministry strategy blends the various skills of each member for maximum impact on an entire region.

Vance Havner said, "The problem today is that the spiritual situation is desperate but many of God's people are not." What will it take to bring light to the spiritually desperate people of the North? People just like you.

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Summer Service--Summer Missionary Program

For more than 30 years Alaska has sponsored a challenging and effective Summer Missionary Program. You can spend eleven weeks of ministry in this land of contrasts--wilderness beauty and rustic living conditions combining to give you a summer you’ll never forget. Opportunities include:

Kids’ clubs Camp counseling One-on-one discipleship Teen and adult outreach Radio broadcasting Health care Maintenance/construction Office work/administration

Radio--The Northern Light Network

Visit us at www.krsa.net! Vince Joy, founder of the Central Alaskan Mission (later SEND International of Alaska), clearly understood the need to reach people who lived in the bush areas of Alaska--some so remote that they couldn’t even be reached by airplane. Vince saw radio as the solution to this problem.

His original idea has developed into the Northern Light Network, a subsidiary of SEND International of Alaska. The NLN exists to provide public service, encourage listeners with uplifting programming, reach the lost with evangelistic programming, and build up believers with sound Biblical teaching. Today the NLN consists of two AM broadcast stations and three FM translators. Click here to link to the NLN home page.

• In Alaska’s Heartland--KCAM, Glennallen

Early in the morning of March 27, 1964--Good Friday--the engineers gave the final check and announced that KCAM was ready to begin broadcasting. All they were waiting on now, before actually signing on the air, was for the FCC to finish tying up all the red tape.

At approximately 5:30 PM Alaska time, the earth began to shake. It shook for three minutes, while the ground rolled like waves of the sea. Aftershocks followed all through the night. It was The Big One, the quake that would come to be known as the Good Friday Earthquake.

When the earth steadied, KCAM went on the air with emergency power under special authority to aid rescue and restoration efforts during the crisis. Regular authority for full-time broadcasting was granted on April 16, 1964.

KCAM Radio covers Southcentral Alaska’s Copper River Valley--an area about the size of Ohio. The station is located in the town of Glennallen, at the foot of the majestic Wrangell Mountains. KCAM’s programming includes national and local news, weather, community news, family, teen and children’s programs, and a wide variety of music. Click here to link to KCAM’s web page.

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• In Alaska’s Panhandle--KRSA, Petersburg

People in Southeast Alaska’s “panhandle” also wanted a Christian radio station. SEND International of Alaska conducted survey trips to the communities of Sitka, Wrangell, Petersburg, Juneau, and Ketchikan, and eventually the mission filed for licensing for a radio station in Petersburg, Alaska’s Little Norway.

KRSA, on the air since September 25, 1982, serves Petersburg’s Mitkof Island, the communities and waterways around Petersburg, and--by translator--the more distant communities of Haines, Sitka and Wrangell. Click here to reach KRSA’s home page.

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Would you like to work with radio in Alaska?

The NLN has numerous openings for broadcasting personnel at both KCAM and KRSA:

• 2 broadcast engineers (HIGH PRIORITY!)
• 1 station manager
• 4 broadcasters/announcers
• 2 newspersons
• 2 directors of marketing
• 1 office manager

If you have an interest in one of these positions or would like more information, please email nln@alaska.net

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Health Care--Cross Road Medical Center

SEND maintains an affiliation with the Cross Road Medical Center in Glennallen, AK. CRMC provides medical care to the Copper River Valley in the name of Christ. The staff provides compassionate caring and healing as a means of bearing witness to their faith and as an opening to sharing the Gospel.

• SERVICES

Family Practice
CRMC functions as a Family Practice clinic with regular weekday hours. In this setting a wide range of medical needs are addressed. Medical staff are able to take extra time with patients, attending to their physical, spiritual, and emotional needs.

Emergency Services
24-hour emergency and trauma services are provided at CRMC. A nurse is on duty around the clock. These services are supported by x-ray, lab, and pharmacy. For patients needing advanced care, medivac services are available. A physical therapist is also on staff.

In-Patient Care
CRMC is a four-bed facility. Patients who don’t need to be sent to town, yet are too sick to go home, can stay overnight under staff observation.

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• STAFFING

Most of the medical staff at CRMC serve as missionaries. They serve either with an existing mission organization and are on loan to CRMC, or come as CRMC missionaries who have raised support from churches, family, and friends. They come for varying lengths of time, from two weeks to several years, or even longer. Short-term missionaries and volunteers are vital to the organization.

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• OPPORTUNITIES

CRMC offers opportunities for health-care professionals to serve in the following capacities:

• Physician
• Nurse
• Physical Therapist
• Pharmacist
• Lab Tech
• Physician’s Assistant
• Certified Nurse Practitioner

For more information visit the CRMC home page.

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Education--Alaska Bible College

Alaska Bible College, located in Glennallen at the crossroads of the Glenn and the Richardson Highways, is the only accredited resident Bible college in Alaska. Since 1966, ABC has continued to grow and expand its vision for ministry-focused Biblical education. More than 60 students currently attend the college, which is fully accredited by the Accrediting Association of the Association for Biblical Higher Education and offers a B.A. degree, an A.A. degree, and a Bible Certificate.

ABC strives to develop men and women for Christian service. Based on clear, Bible-centered doctrine, ABC holds to the basic beliefs of the Christian faith. Basic spiritual, Biblical, vocational and other objectives are taught, lived and instilled through the program into the lives of those studying at the college.

When it began in 1966, ABC was a division of SEND International of Alaska. The college is currently in the process of becoming independent from SEND. At present, however, most ABC personnel remain on missionary support as SEND missionaries or self-supporting volunteers.

Visit their website at www.akbible.edu.

Opportunities for Service at ABC

• Music Professor - Qualifications - Master's degree in Music
  
  
• Vice President for Institutional Advancement - Responsible for Public Relations, Publications, Alumni Services, and Donor Development. Qualifications - Bachelor's degree (advanced degree preferred) and at least 2 years experience in Public Relations or Donor Development and proven administrative, communication, supervisory, writing skills, and a knowledge of computer systems. Must be willing to serve as a missionary who raises his or her own financial support.
  
  
• Dean of Distance Education - Oversees all distance education activities of Alaska Bible College. Qualifications include a Master's degree in the area of distance and/or adult education, expertise in administration and management, interpersonal and communication skills. Must be willing to serve as a missionary who raises his or her own financial support.
  
  
• Director of Admissions and Recruiting - Must be willing to serve as a missionary who raises his or her own financial support. The Director of Admissions is responsible for recruiting prospective students to ABC, administering the student admissions process, providing information to prospective students and their families, preparing weekly progress reports, supervising and directing personnel assigned to the department, and assisting in preparing and administering the budget for the department. Requirements for the position include a Bachelor's degree and two years experience with college recruitment and admissions. Satisfactory training in recruitment and admissions may be substituted for the experience requirement. Knowledge of the college academic process, proven administrative, communication, supervisory, computer, and writing skills are desirable. Must be willing to serve as a missionary who raises his or her own financial support.
  

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