type evangelical missions agency founded 1992 headquarters elizabethtown pa area served worldwide key people tim johnston president revenue 1 246 886 in 2006 1 website http www.fiaintl.org friends in action global fia is an evangelical missionary organization that exists to accelerate the work of proclaiming the gospel to isolated people groups around the world that have not had the opportunity to hear the good news of jesus christ . the organization s international headquarters is located in elizabethtown pa . friends has affiliates in the united kingdom canada and the usa . contents 1 history 2 strategy 3 projects 4 references 5 external links history edit fia was founded in 1992 as friends of ntm a helper organization to new tribes mission . initially they focused primarily on promoting the ministries of that particular agency through support work such as well drilling and the construction of airstrips in remote areas where missionaries were already working . since then fia has developed a broader scope and now partners with any organization working toward its common goal . strategy edit friends main areas of focus include missionary services equipment projects work teams and sending missionaries . fia networks with existing missionary works on the foreign field and with local churches both in the united states and abroad . they seek to equip those already involved in church planting ministries with the resources needed to continue such work . 1 their approach is largely project based . rather than taking up long term residency in any particular area fia raises funds and sends short term workers from north american churches to accomplish goals which missionaries and third world churches would have difficulty achieving on their own . examples of such projects include building of airstrips in remote jungle locations building missionary homes and staff housing 2 drilling water wells where there is no good water source 3 as well as the construction of radio stations 4 and the collection and distribution of dry goods such as seeds to be used in humanitarian projects on the foreign field . fia has small full time staff instead relying upon volunteer work from churches throughout north america and europe to provide most of the labor . projects edit the organization has ongoing projects in bolivia 5 guinea 6 mexico 7 mongolia 8 nicaragua 9 papua new guinea 10 west africa 11 and vanuatu 12 . they also have several us based ministries such as a hospitality network 13 which comprises over 800 homes throughout north america . these families have volunteered guest facilities in their houses to traveling missionaries home on furlough or on deputation headed to the foreign field . references edit http www.ecfa.org memberprofile.aspx id 4066 external links edit friends in action international new tribes mission retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title friends in action & oldid 647219447 categories christian missionsevangelical parachurch organisations navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 15 february 2015 at 08 45 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view