The ACCTS Board meets semiannually to perform their oversight responsibilities and assess ACCTS ministry progress toward our three strategic goals. The following data is excerpted from ACCTS staff member reports for the period 1 October 2019 - 31 March 2020.
Strategic Goal 1: Prepare military Christian personnel for spiritual growth and ministry
- Hosted AMCF Quinquennial meeting of AMCF officers - event characterized as
"a concentrated time of getting to know each other face-to-face, deepening relationships, and seeking God's will for continued military ministry."
- Traveled to Antigua with a team of four in to provide the Antiguan Army and Police Forces with training as marriage mentors and financial mentors
- COVID-19 forced cancellation of planned International Chaplain Training 2020 for 23 March thru 3 April 2020, with 12 candidates from 11 nations.
- Discipled military Christians in Bhutan, India, Laos,, Myanmar, and Vietnam
- Delivered Sunday Sermon at OCF WSS on the Right Role of Authority in Servant Leadership
- Forced to cancel scheduled AELT for Mongolian MCF due to COVID-19
- Attended discipleship conference in Italy to encourage spiritual growth and ministry
- Baptized one soldier, discipled several others
- Attended MCF conference in Croatia to encourage leaders in their outreach to neighboring nations
- Attended regional conference in Spain to encourage leaders in spiritual growth
- Hosted Bible Study for internationals at WPAFB
- Discipled families in Pakistan and Egypt, and encouraged Turkish families seeking asylum
- Continued to mentor ACCTS Moldova staff member
- Plenary speaker at Ukrainian Women's Leadership Conference
- Regular participants in Fort Carson Bible Study
- Served as Professional Ethics advisor at USAF Academy
- Discipled international military students in San Antonio and Dayton
- Took US and UK cadets on joint ACCTS/MMI tour of Western European battlefields to study the faith lessons from various battles, and help them begin to integrate their faith with their military careers
- Hosted monthly online AMCF prayer group and began a parallel group to accommodate participants in European and African time zones
- Facilitated Bible Studies for numerous international students in Texas and Ohio, including Brazil, Congo, Madagascar, Nigeria, and Turkey
- Served in a pastoral role for many ACNA chaplains in US and Canada
- Led a Welcome Home Initiative retreat
- Discipled military Christians from more than 40 nations
Strategic Goal 2: Help establish and strengthen military Christian Fellowships
- VP reports at QC 2019 reported 42 country visits, 31 regional conferences, 22 PSO training events, 16 new MCFs, and 13 chaplain trainings courses.
- Facilitated link ups between AMCF VPs and MCFs following QC 2019
- Provided encouragement to Croatia MCF leader
- Traveled to Antigua, Bhutan, India, Indonesia, Laos, Moldova, Myanmar, Nepal, Russia, Singapore, Ukraine and Vietnam to encourage and disciple MCFs
- Exploring opportunities for cooperative MCF ministry with MMI in the Middle East and Sweden
- Supported annual AMCF Day of Prayer
- Coordinated National Prayer Breakfast attendance for Valley Forge Military Academy and College cadets
- Published November 2019 AMCF Handbook update and streamlined processes to facilitate more timely future updates
- Continued to explore digital distribution of AMCF Handbook in multiple languages to make it more useful to MCFS
- Prayed daily for numerous AMCF and MCF leaders
- Held periodic teleconferences with MMI and MSO leaders to coordinate AMCF support around the world
- Continued to mentor and disciple a member of the Mongolian MCF studying in Colorado
- Translated numerous documents into Spanish to support Latin American MCFs
- Encouraged African MCF leaders to take ownership of on-line prayer group
- Continued to encourage and advise AMCF VPs, and developed a VP Orientation program to prepare new VPs for their duties
- Plans to represent ACCTS at FCMM 2020 cancelled due to COVID-19
- Started Pray and Plan process for 2014 World Conference in Brazil
Strategic Goal 3: Broaden ACCTS support base and expand its ministry
- Added three new staff couples
- Served as Recording secretary for Christian Fellowship of Military Ministries International to share ACCTS' ministry and mission
- Translated AMCF Newsletter into Spanish
- Translated ACCTS in Action into Spanish
- Shared ACCTS mission and ministry with prayer team of 40
- Shared ACCTS mission and ministry with 8 young people at local church
- Met with CRU Military to discuss joint ministry opportunities
- Coordinated monthly Hampton Roads United Military Ministry luncheon to share ACCTS mission and ministry
- Encouraged support for AMCF, MMI and North American Region Weeks of Prayer
- Continued to publish monthly ACCTS and AMCF newsletters
- Continued to update and improve ACCTS and AMCF websites and App
- Posted ACCTS ministry activities and prayer requests on social media such as Facebook and WhatsApp
- Continued to seek
"Joshuas" to replace aging ACCTS staff
- Published monthly
"God Stories" about how God is using ACCTS' ministries among the uniformed services of the world
- Interviewed on weekly radio talk show Frontlines of Freedom about ACCTS mission and ministry
- Posted periodic updates about ACCTS ministry activities on Facebook
- Continued relationship with Inter-American Air Force Academy in San Antonio
- Shared ACCTS mission and vision with local chapels, chaplains, and churches both in US and abroad
- Established electronic donation receipt software to facilitate donor giving
- Served on the boards of OBI and IAEC
