Finishers Project
3303 S Lindsay Rd
Suite 108 Gilbert, AZ 85297
Ph. 480.854.4444
Contact Our Staff: Don Parrott, President/CEO
Nelson Malwitz, Chief Innovation Officer
Paul Erdmann, Chief Operating Officer
Tom Adelsman, Director of Church Partnership Network
Paulette Fitch, Executive Assistant Agency/Profile Relations
Larry Rus,Agency Relations Director
Renee Ladd, Assistant to the President
Colleen Erdmann, Bookkeeper
Director of Coaching Network
Bill Poff, Web site development
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Meet the Staff
Here is the Finishers Staff based in Gilbert, AZ.
L to R : Tom Adelsman, Colleen Erdmann, Paul Erdmann, Renee Ladd, and Don Parrott |
Coming Events
Click on these links to find more information about each event.
Missions Fest Seattle
Seattle , WA
October 3-4, 2008
Pasadena, CA
October 17-19, 2008
Dallas, TX
November 7-8, 2008
Atlanta, GA
November 14-16, 2008
Portland, OR
January 16-17, 2009
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Finishers Movement Among Other Nations
The initial focus of The Finishers Project at its launch in
1998 was to help connect mid-life adults in North America with significant
global impact opportunities for ministry.
In the last few years over 1200 have been placed in full time missions
while many more have gone short-term and more still are in active
transition. However, the commission to
make disciples of the nations was given to all believers worldwide. In recent years we have seen dramatic growth
in the sending of cross-cultural workers from countries previously referred to
as mission fields.
Believing that cooperating with the kingdom efforts being
initiated in other countries is God-honoring and a wise use of resources, under
the leadership of the founder, Nelson Malwitz,
Finishers has become involved in assisting those efforts in appropriate
ways. To that end we have seen God open
some amazing doors and develop unique projects to provide more workers for the
harvest.
Australia:
Finishers has cooperated with Second Wind in Australia to
establish a ministry similar to Finishers, but aimed at their own people. The web-based matching tools used by
Finishers have been installed on the Second Wind website enabling them to
connect adults with kingdom opportunities. As the Lord of the Harvest sends out his workers, he is directing
workers from Australia to countries where he is not directing as many North
Americans, locations such as Myanmar and the South Pacific Islands. We are in
talks with leaders from Britannia, Canada, England and New Zealand to replicate
the matching service in each country.
Africa:
Another area that has a keen interest in mission is West
Africa, especially Nigeria, where 20 percent of all Africans live. Their vision is to recruit, train and deploy
50,000 believers in 15 years time, into North Africa and the Middle East.
Finishers Project built websites for the mission
associations and mission agencies in Nigeria and Ghana. Our purpose is to enhance their efforts to
communicate a missions vision in those countries and assist them in connecting
their missionaries with appropriate missions roles in North Africa and the Middle East.
An understandable reality to the missions movement in Africa is the lack of financial resources. For this reason, Finishers is working to
assist leaders in setting up mid to large sized enterprises in agriculture and
water projects to fund their missionary movements.
Latin America:
Latin America has the luxury of having a mission industry
association, COMIBAM, to cover all of what they call Ibero-America. This
includes those in Spain, Portugal, Central and South America as well has
Hispanics in North America. Finishers is
partnering with COMIBAM to install a multilingual matching website that connects
people with Latin American sending organizations. Interestingly, the Latin peoples have a
particular interest in serving among Muslims.
The Lord has placed in their heart a desire to serve in this part of the
10-40 Window.
Asia:
Finishers Project has developed a website designed to gather
profiles of people in western nations for matching people with a heart to make
a difference for God with organizations that are operating in restricted
countries in Asia. This is an
unprecedented opportunity to penetrate areas resistant to the gospel.
Middle East - Iraq:
Nelson recently returned from Iraq where he gathered
information about how to participate in nation-building activities from
proposals that are being generated by USAID, the military and Iraqi nationals
in all 18 provinces. The vision of
Finishers Project is to help connect Christ-followers from North America with
opportunities that are being funded by USAID and Iraq.
Summary
Praise God that He is involving the nations to go to the
nations in his ultimate plan to fill the earth with the knowledge of the glory
of the Lord as the waters cover the seas.
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Helping
Boomers with their Parent-Child Relationships
How do you have those heart-to-heart
conversations concerning when an aging parent should stop driving or hire a
caregiver? One provider has found that fully one third of adults have
trouble communicating with their parents about sensitive subjects related to
aging. They suggest that when a person turns 40, or their
parents are 70, this type of conversation needs to start. One of the key
reasons behind this type of dialogue is to help keep seniors safe from misuse
of medications, self-neglect, accidents and other issues that can be prevented
through better communication.
From the Finishers perspective, we
believe such adult-to-adult conversations also need to take place regarding the
possibility of future missions-related roles. This communication needs to
be on a peer-level relationship, while at the same time listening to and
respecting the parent's concerns and issues. To abandon them and not
listen is not an appropriate option for us. There is no one correct
answer for this issue. Each family needs to seriously seek out the
communication times and manners through which they can arrive at the correct
answers for their situation. The important issue is to dialogue together,
not just assume all will be well because we want to serve the Lord with our
latter years.
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A Couple of Event Reminders -
Dallas Finishers
Forum: Our next Finishers Forum will be November 7-8 at Bent Tree Bible Fellowship, 4141 International Parkway, Carrollton, TX (Dallas area). Have you attended one
yet? If not, we highly recommend it! Make plans now to be part of this dynamic
weekend. If you have attended,
who do you know in Texas that should be there?
Here's the registration link:http://www.finishers.org/texas/reg_tx.php
The Journey Deepens Retreat: Two events are planned -- one in Pasadena, CA, and one in Atlanta, GA. These weekends will deepen your relationship with Jesus and help you explore what it is like to be a missionary, discover whether a missionary or sender role is God's fit for you, and connect with mission agencies. Click on the links on the left under "Coming Events" to learn more or to register.
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Don Parrott CEO,The Finishers Project
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