Andrew Adair to lead Mission Sending Alliance
Presbyterian Frontier Fellowship and The Outreach Foundation, validated mission support groups of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), have joined in a strategic alliance for the purpose of sending new missionaries in response to God’s mission call. This alliance will focus on expanding the evangelistic capacity of global partners and proclaiming the gospel among the unreached peoples of the world.
We are pleased to announce that the Reverend W. Andrew Adair has accepted a call to lead this joint effort.
Since 1997 Andrew and his wife, Teri, have served as PCUSA co-workers in Asia. As the country director of a creative organization, Andrew provided leadership and management to a field-driven, field-based partnership of professionals from 11 different countries and more than 13 partner agencies. Under his leadership, the ministry grew to more than 80 long-term workers and 80 national staff members.
Prior to his service in Asia, Andrew served for almost five years as mission pastor of Highland Park Presbyterian Church in Dallas. He earned his M.Div. from Fuller Theological Seminary with a concentration in Cross-cultural studies and a degree in Economics from Vanderbilt University. Before entering seminary, Andrew worked as a bank investment officer and portfolio manager. Andrew and his family live in the Houston area. He and Teri have three children: Rebekah, Matthew and Gabrielle.
In launching this new mission effort, Andrew will lead ongoing consultation with key stakeholders to launch a mission effort that will:
For more than two decades Presbyterian Frontier Fellowship and The Outreach Foundation have mobilized congregations to participate in God’s mission. We are grateful that this strategic alliance will enable us to serve congregations in new ways. Our prayer is that through this effort more Presbyterians will be called, equipped and supported in mission service.