The future of CMF
Announcing our new Executive Director
We are so grateful for the leadership Doug Priest has brought to CMF as our Executive Director for more than two decades. During his leadership, countless souls have been impacted for Christ. Doug’s leadership has also helped CMF become a very highly-regarded missions organization with missiological credibility, integrity, and effectiveness.
In May 2015, Doug communicated his intention to retire on or before July 31, 2017. We are pleased to announce that Dr. Kip Lines will begin serving as the new Executive Director of CMF on June 1, 2017. He is a visionary leader who is grounded in missions experience and insight; a leader of people who values CMF’s global community of missionaries, donors, and friends; and an inspirational communicator who engages multigenerational and multinational communities.
Kip currently serves as Professor of Intercultural Studies at Hope International University in Fullerton, California, where he has taught since 2012. Before joining the faculty at Hope, his work included intercultural church planting leadership, pastoral ministry in North America, and nine years (1999-2008) as part of CMF’s ministry in Turkana, Kenya. He served as team leader for this work from 2003-2008. During his time in Kenya, Kip founded and served as the dean of the Turkana Bible Training Institute, where he not only developed a two-year curriculum and taught classes but also provided oversight of the entire program and eventually transitioned the Institute to Turkana leadership in 2008.
Kip holds a B.A. in Bible and Ministry from Milligan College, an M.A. in Religion with a major in Christian Doctrine from Emmanuel Christian Seminary, and a Ph.D. in Intercultural Studies with majors in Anthropology and World Religions from Asbury Theological Seminary. He and his wife Katy have two sons, Patrick (18) and Brian (14).
We look forward to working alongside Kip and seeing how he will use his gifts to lead CMF. We hope you will join us in welcoming him!
Sincerely,
Jim Donovan, Chair
CMF Board of Directors
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