Latin America Mission
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Latin America Mission
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Founded in 1921 under the name Latin America Evangelization Campaign.
Evangelical mission agency; founded by Harry and Susan Strachan in Costa Rica, 1921; focused on church planting, evangelism, camping ministry, orphanage administration, Christian education, theological training, literature production, medical care, agricultural and community development, youth ministry, use of media for evangelism and nurture, and cooperation with other agencies; operation based in Costa Rica, focused there and in Colombia, although extending to other Latin American countries and communities in the U.S.; developed the Evangelism-in-Depth program to involve lay Christians at the local level in ongoing evangelism; actively sought to develop indigenous leaders; restructured in 1971 to become a part of the Communidad Latinoamericana de Ministerios Evangelicos, which consisted of ministries which LAM had helped started in various countries. This structure was dissolved in 1984. The mission continued and several institutions in other countries became independent.
Senior directors included Harry (1921-1945) and Susan Strachan (1921-1950), R. Kenneth Strachan (1945-1965), Horace L. Fenton (1965-1977), Clayton L. Berg (1977-1989) and Paul Landry (1990-1995), David M. Howard (1995-1999), David Befus (1999-2007), Jack Voelkel (2007-2009), Steve Johnson (2009- ); field headquarters located in San Jose, Costa Rica; U.S. headquarters located in New Jersey and later Miami, Florida.
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https://viaf.org/viaf/127927774
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Christian education
Christian literature
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Church development, New
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Evangelicalism
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Evangelistic work
Indigenous church administration
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Colombia
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Latin America
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Latin America
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Mexico
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Costa Rica
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