My name is Chuck Todd and I’m the President of World Missions Alliance. I want to introduce myself and welcome you to our WMA family! When my wife Helen and I started this ministry in 1999, we had clear guidance from God that our service in the Great Commission had two goals – proclaiming the Gospel in the world’s “hot spots” and helping Christians like you find their place in world missions.
Our ministry motto is: Changed lives Change lives!
This means if your life has been changed by Christ, you can help others experience the same through World Missions Alliance.
From the moment you accept Christ into your heart you are called to be an ambassador for Him. Your story, your testimony and your relationship with Jesus are powerful tools that make an effective missionary and can help others to experience transformation through Christ.
At World Missions Alliance, we want to help you fulfill your calling and discover your greater purpose through short term missions. We aim to lead you through each step – from preparation for your journey to the safe return home at the end of the mission.
The Impact of Your Story
Once your life has been changed though Christ it is only a matter of time before you start feeling the urge within you to share this transformation with someone else. Have you felt it? If yes, congratulations – this is Christ calling you into the Great Commission!
The idea of becoming a missionary is both fascinating and frightening all at once. You may be asking yourself, “Am I qualified to be a missionary?”.
Do you have a story? Has your life been changed by God? Do you feel the desire to help others experience similar change? If your answers to these questions are yes, then you are qualified to be a missionary!
For the last 26 years the World Missions Alliance has been helping people changed by Christ to change the lives of others through short term missions. Now, we want to help you do the same.
You Are Welcome
World Missions Alliance is the community where you are valued as a follower of Christ just the way you are. At the core of our community is the belief that “God doesn’t call the qualified but qualifies those He calls”.
As a ministry, we give you an opportunity to fulfill your unique part in the Great Commission regardless of gender, age, race or social status. We accept applicants from all stages in their spiritual walk with Christ. Our mission teams represent beautiful diversity. Each team member is handpicked by God to play a uniquely designed role in the ministry.
Each of us was created to reflect a particular part of the image of God. So, without you, a piece of the puzzle is missing and the beautiful tapestry of God’s plan is incomplete.
Whether you have been on a mission trip before or not, a mission trip with WMA is a unique experience. If any of the following describes you, you are one of us:
- Convinced that the Love of Christ is the solution to the world’s problems.
- Seeking a deeper intimacy with God
- Passionate about sharing the Gospel.
- Compassionate towards to hurting and suffering people.
- Willing to learn, grow and move forward in your walk with Christ.
- Looking for lasting friendships with Christians who live what they believe.
Once you filled out the application form, signed our statement of practice and faith and submitted a letter of recommendations from a pastor or spiritual mentor and your application has been approved, you are qualified to travel on any mission trip with World Missions Alliance.
There are quite a few individuals within World Missions Alliance family who have been with us for over 20 years and have traveled on over 50 mission trips. Then, there are those who just started recently. We have had missionaries as young as 3 years old and as old as 93.
What to expect once you have been approved?
The work we do on the mission field is very much a team effort. Every team member is an important part of the overall success of the mission. We will do our best to utilize your unique talents and skills during the mission.
The ministry schedule is prepared in advance and includes various types of outreaches depending on the country including evangelism, medical missions, refugee outreaches, orphanage ministry, intercessory prayer, drama, worship, and many others. The goal is to help local churches in growth and effectiveness and win souls for Christ, but we need YOU on the team.
If you haven’t filled out the mission trip application yet, I encourage you to do so today. Helen and I look forward to welcoming you into the WMA family!
We have a team in our office in Branson West, MO as well as trusted partners in each of the countries where we work to help you focus on sharing the good news, your testimony and using your skills and talents to help the hurting people while they take care of the logistics, details and the follow up after the mission is complete.
Our team is always ready to listen, be there at the right time to answer your questions and concerns and pray with you when you need it. We love our WMA family.
To go on a mission trip with WMA you must fill out an application form and submit a letter of recommendation from your pastor, ministry leader or a spiritual mentor. It can be done very easily and quickly online.
Here is the link to our online application https://rfwma.org/about/mission-trip-application/ and here is the link for you to forward to your pastor or whomever you choose to write your letter of recommendation https://rfwma.org/about/letter-of-recommendation/.
Submitting an application does NOT obligate you financially, require you to travel with us or sign you up for a trip. It is simply the first step in getting to know each other and you being approved to travel on WMA mission trips.
How We Began
- World Missions Alliance was founded in 1999 by Chuck and Helen Todd to fulfill a 2 fold vision: preach the Gospel in the world’s “hot spots” and give Christians the opportunity to fulfill themselves in the Great Commission.
- The vision was birthed in 1991 when Chuck Todd, an American missionary, met his future wife, a Russian interpreter Helen, while pastoring a church in post-Communist Moscow. Both of them have had powerful encounters with God, Chuck – when he was miraculously healed by God at the age of 3 and Helen – having received faith through a Gospel tract smuggled into the Soviet Union by missionaries.
- While in Russia they have witnessed the Moscow coup in 1993, Chuck saved Helen from the crossfire of the battle, and soon after they were married.
- Driven by the passion to spread the Gospel in the closed nations they have personally witnessed historic events and experienced God’s protection under most dangerous circumstances – outbreak of SARS in China in 2000, the Fallujah crisis in Iraq in 2004, the Sichuan earthquake in China in 2008, the earthquake in Nepal in 2015 and many others.
- Today World Missions Alliance reaches into 20 countries (former Soviet Union, China, Iraq, Nepal, Ireland, France, Indonesia, Argentina to name a few) around the world meeting the needs of local churches, helping the needy and the poor and opening doors for Christians to experience the blessing of God’s harvest.