Camino Global, Avant – What has changed, what has not…

This is an important post, so please take a few moments to read carefully.

You may or may not have received communication from Camino Global, or Avant – but here’s the news. The two mission agencies are uniting to become one mission.

First, the practical information. Regarding our ministry, our relationship with Camino, and donations, nothing has changed (and may not be changing over the next few weeks or even months). So you don’t need to worry about changing where/how you donate – donation information is always up to date here.

Second, what actually is happening? As I mentioned before, Avant and Camino Global will be joining together. The name of the mission will be Avant Ministries. However, “Camino Global” will retain its “brand” for the time being as a Spanish focused ministry within the mission. So you will continue to see both names.

Camino’s three offices will be affected in different ways. The Guatemala office will remain where it is. Eventually, both the US office and the Canadian office will move to where Avant’s current offices are (Kansas City and Winnipeg).

There are a number of reasons for the change, and there’s no reason to get into all the details here. However, the leadership of both missions hope that we will be “better together”.

If all goes as planned, the “new” mission will have over 500 missionaries in 50 countries. Camino of course has a strong presence in Spanish speaking countries.

The missions have put up a website to answer some of your basic questions (click the graphic to go there):

How will this affect our ministry? This news is very fresh, and it will take months – in some cases, years – before everything is worked out. We have no immediate plans for major changes. Both Camino Global and Avant are committed to making disciples for Jesus Christ, and in many ways they are very similar organizations. However, every missionary with Camino will need to make their own decision whether or not they will continue under Avant.

Our desire is to serve the Lord in this corner of Mexico City, where so few understand the gospel. Please pray that God will guide us, and especially the other missionaries in Mexico, as we work through these changes in the weeks to come.

We will continue to communicate with you (especially those who receive our newsletter and email update), but we all need to be patient.

If you have questions, you can contact us at any time here.