Iberoamerican Ministries — Organization Profile
Iberoamerican Ministries, also known as IAM, is a Christian mission organization based in Monroe, Washington. The organization describes itself with the words “Planting. Serving. Sending.” and works to see peoples, communities, and nations transformed by Christ through global movements of Kingdom disciples.
The organization’s core focus is planting churches, serving with compassion, and sending disciples through church planting, leadership training, education, children’s outreach, compassion projects, and missionary development. IAM states that its vision is to see peoples, communities, and nations transformed by Christ through global movements of Kingdom disciples, and its mission is “to plant churches, serve with compassion and send disciples.”
Iberoamerican Ministries serves in South America, West Africa, the Middle East, and Europe, with work publicly identified in Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Central America, Sierra Leone, Spain, Italy, and the Canary Islands. Its history began with missionaries arriving in Chile in 1977 and planting churches in Maipu, a community outside Santiago. IAM was founded as a nonprofit mission organization in 1992, and the work later expanded into Peru, Ecuador, southern Chile, the Middle East, Sierra Leone, and Europe.
The organization operates through church planting, discipleship, leadership development, compassion ministries, schools, tutoring programs, feeding programs, community centers, housing projects, clean water work, business-as-mission, and missionary sending. In Chile, IAM’s Maipu churches have grown into a network of churches led by national leaders and pastors. Its IAM Institute began in 1996 to train leaders, missionaries, and pastors in biblical studies and is active in Chile, Ecuador, and Peru.
A distinctive part of IAM’s work is developing local leaders and churches that can continue extending the kingdom work beyond their own communities. In Ecuador, IAM’s ministries include church plants, schools, children’s programs, and housing projects connected to earthquake response. In Sierra Leone, IAM’s work includes clean water through manual borehole wells, medical and food-related compassion work, and church planting in rural villages. In Central America, IAM also describes business-as-mission work in software, web services, specialty coffee, and nonprofit consulting.
People can engage with Iberoamerican Ministries by giving, praying, subscribing to updates, contacting the office, supporting missionaries or projects, and following its ministry news. Supporters can give online or by check, designate gifts for specific workers or projects, and stay connected through IAM’s newsletter, website, and social media channels.
Key Links
- Website: https://iamweb.org/
- Who We Are: https://iamweb.org/who-we-are/
- Where We Serve: https://iamweb.org/where-we-serve/
- Get Involved: https://iamweb.org/get-involved/
- Newsletter: https://iamweb.org/newsletter/
- Give: https://iamweb.org/give/
- Contact: https://iamweb.org/contact/
Contact Information
- Email: ia*****************@***il.com
- Phone: 360-805-2885
- Mailing address: P.O. Box 1493, Monroe, WA 98272
Socials
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IberoAmericanMinistries/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iberoamericanministries/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@IberoamericanMinistries
Leadership
- Chad Courtney — Executive Director
- Scott Wallace — Director of Development
- Fabiola Cripe — U.S. Office
- Zenaida Ruiz — U.S. Office
- Joe Markum — President, Board of Directors
- Dr. Lynne Ellis-Gray — Treasurer, Board of Directors
- Jeff Philips — Board Member
- Jeff McKinley — Board Member
- Doug Kallestad — Board Member
- Gabriel Phillips — Board Member
- Bryan Young — Board Member
- Elizabeth Cassidy — Board Member
- John Campbell — Board Member
