Who We Are

We are a partnership of missionaries, nationals, and churches participating in life-changing work across the globe.

CMF has been part of my life since I was in grade school. My parents served on the first team in Ethiopia in the ‘60s and ‘70s. It wasn’t long after leaving Ethiopia as a missionary kid that I decided to return as a missionary myself, and through the rest of my education I pursued this goal. Then, in 1977, my dreams were crushed as radical political change and evacuation of the CMF team meant a return was impossible. However, my wife and I switched our field interest from Ethiopia to Kenya, becoming bush church-planting missionaries there and in Tanzania. Later, we served in Singapore in a variety of mission roles. In 1995, the CMF Board called me to become the Executive Director – a role that God had been preparing me for all of my life.

I tell you all of that personal history to show the continuity found within CMF as played out in my life. Although technology and strategies have changed throughout the years, we have consistently ministered to the hearts, souls, and minds of people around the world. We celebrate 63 years of participating in the extraordinary fulfillment of Christ’s command to go into all the world. We give God all of the glory!

You are invited to find out more about CMF – our work today and our dreams for tomorrow – throughout this website. Learn more about where we work, how we serve, what vision we have for our ministries. We welcome your questions and ask you to consider partnership or serving with us in Christ’s world mission.

Doug Priest
Executive Director