Chief Financial Officer

Avant and Crossworld are both Great Commission organizations committed to reaching unreached people groups around the world. As cross-cultural ministries, they operate in a combined total of 70 countries.

Avant is an interdenominational, global mission agency founded in 1892. It pioneers church planting and development among unreached populations and operates with a global budget of $25.25 million and serving in 50 countries around the globe.

Crossworld was established in 1931 (formerly UFM), is a global Christian missionary organization with over 260“disciple-makers” serving in approximately 35 countries. Its operating budget is $18 million.

The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) is responsible for overseeing all financial affairs for both Avant Ministries and Crossworld. The CFO leads the Finance Leadership Team of both organizations through a unique and deeply collaborative Shared Services Alliance and serves as an ex-oficio member of the executive leadership teams of both organizations. The CFO provides regular financial reporting to their CEOs (Avant and Crossworld) and Board finance committee (Crossworld).

Key responsibilities also include overseeing the budgeting processes, ensuring compliance with financial policies and FASB standards, managing investment advisory relationships and 403(b) retirement plans, and maintaining appropriate business insurance coverage. Additionally, the CFO supports strategic business development in unreached countries and participates in board and committee meetings as needed.

Avant was founded in 1892 as the World’s Gospel Union and operated throughout the 20th century as the Gospel Missionary Union before adopting the name Avant Ministries in 2003. Over the past 50 years, multiple sending agencies have merged with Avant, the two most notable being the Evangelical Union of South America in 1975 and Camino Global in 2019. Camino was originally founded as the Central American Mission (CAM) two years before Avant, in 1890.

At the time of the Avant-Camino merger six years ago, Avant’s membership reached 500 for the first time in the history of either pre-merger organization. Avant is best known for two key strengths: a strong focus on church planting and its commitment to reaching unreached people groups. Furthermore, national churches in some of their longest-established fields—especially in Latin America, and to a lesser extent in Africa—value their ongoing relationships and partnerships.

Many of these churches have transitioned from being mission fields to becoming mission-sending churches themselves, broadening their global influence through collaboration.

Crossworld’s story begins in 1931, when it was founded as Unevangelized Fields Mission (UFM), beginning with missionaries in the Congo and Brazil.

Since then, Crossworld has faithfully sent workers to the nations across the world, and over the years, they’ve witnessed God produce lasting and meaningful fruit through that mission.

In 2010, a few years after changing the name to Crossworld, the orgnization refreshed its vision to be a community of disciple-makers from all professions, committed to bringing God’s love to life among the least-reached. They believe the global task of disciple-making is both the responsibility and privilege of the entire body of Christ. This includes those in traditional ministry roles—such as evangelists, pastors, and church planters—as well as those in professions often referred to as “secular.”

The message of the gospel is saturated with the truth of God’s love. Disciple-makers learn how to bring that truth into the lives of people who have yet to experience it—sharing God's love in tangible, meaningful ways. By helping others flourish according to God’s design, Crossworld disciple-makers bring His love to life in all its fullness.

Avant’s MISSION

To glorify God by helping others enjoy His presence through planting and developing new churches in the unreached areas of the world.

Ends Driven. Outcomes Based. Healthy church metrics which emphasis planting and developing.

Committed to Relational Care. We invest in the long-term health and well-being of…