We thank the Lord for other Christian ministries, but by utilizing an all-volunteer US Staff and an all-Indonesian supported worker team, it is possible that we are winning more people to Christ per donated dollar than just about anyone! We are a member of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA) (see www.ecfa.org) and have received a Gold Star rating from Candid (formerly GuideStar), an organization that evaluates non-profits. 

Board Member, Rev. Richard Lawson, D. Min., shares this summary and five-star review of CFTIW:

❝ We will begin our endorsement by stating that we are board members of Christ for the Island World (CFTIW).We served as missionaries in Indonesia for 20 years, five of those in an area where CFTIW is active. CFTIW’s goal is to glorify and honor the Lord by obeying the Great Commission. Our means is our more than 30 Bible College graduate Indonesian evangelists who share the Gospel and establish churches among the unreached and little reached people on the islands of East Nusa Tenggara, Bali, Papua, and Kalimantan.

With selected churches CFTIW implements our Living Water for Indonesia (LWI) ministry. We augment our evangelism outreach through LWI creating lifesaving clean water systems using Sustainable Village Technology that CFTIW has pioneered. Our trained Indonesian LWI teams work with villagers to install ram jet pump technology. These are not bore hole wells that need constant maintenance. Using a stream with even slow water current the jam jet pump moves water to a higher elevation into filtered holding tanks. Filtered water is accessed for personal use while the unfiltered for agriculture. As the villagers are part of the installation process they are equipped to maintain the system.

Not only does this water save lives and improve the quality of life, but by the power of the Holy Spirit, it creates receptive hearts that respond to the Gospel. By evangelism and water the love of Christ is shared in both Word and deed.

The islands that receive the LWI are coral islands with poor soil and very limited rainfall, literally months without a drop. According the the World Health Organization water-caused diarrhea results in more under 5 childhood deaths (1.5 million annually) than does malaria, AIDS, and measles combined. LWI systems provide individuals with better hygiene for personal cleanliness and healthier food preparation options. Now villages can use a water supply allowing for more than one crop, usually corn or millet; cultivate a year round garden; and maintain a fish pond. A wonderful discovery is that the water projects allow girls to daily attend school. Formerally these preteen and teenage girls would spend hours every day going to water sources and then carry their heavy loads up from the ravine. Now, these same girls can attend school giving them a more positive potential for their future.

My wife and I have been directly involved in missions for 50 years with overseas service and promotion as well as fund-raising. We’ve met many wonderful and deserving organizations that need funding, as does CFTIW. No Westerner receives renumeration from CFTIW. There may be other organizations that do more with what they have but we don’t know of any.

Under the Same Wing,

Richard and Pamela Lawson ❞

Paul Walmsley - President and Board Chair

In 1983, Rev. M. Kenneth Taylor founded Christ for the Island World, Inc. as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Four years later, Ken asked Paul to “keep the books” for the ministry. Paul agreed and has served the ministry as a volunteer ever since as either Treasurer, President, and/or Board Chairman.

Paul came to faith in Christ at an early age. Paul’s other Christian ministries have included two years each as President of Carolina Christian Fellowship (Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship chapter at UNC-CH) and Carolina Christian Toastmasters, eleven years as Global Outreach Ministry Team Chairman at his church, and thirteen years as a volunteer with Greater Greensboro Youth for Christ.

Paul passed the Certified Public Accountant Exam in the State of North Carolina. He and his wife Judy have been married since 1969. Judy’s support, especially in prayer, has enabled Paul to be effective in his involvement with CFTIW and the other ministries. 

Michael Haran - COO, CFO

Mike and his wife Judy began supporting CFTIW financially in 2001 and in 2005 were named to the Board of Directors. That same year, Mike accompanied then-Executive Director Clay Trainum to Indonesia, where he met many of our supported workers for the first time, including Rev. Dr. David Aryana, our current Indonesian Field Director. Since then, he has been back to Indonesia five more times, visited more than 50 remote villages on 7 islands in the NTT District, and met most of our supported workers.  In 2008, Mike was named Treasurer and, in 2010, Executive Director. 

Both Mike and Judy are retired from careers in the textile industry. They are active in their church and are long-time volunteers with Hospice, Freedom House, and other Christian ministries.

Rev. Dr. David Aryana - Indonesian Field Director

David’s father, who was one of the very early Christian evangelists on the island of Bali, was killed during the uprisings in 1965 only a few days before David was born. At the age of nine, the Lord prompted him to learn more about his father and his work, so he rummaged through his father’s bags, read his evangelistic materials and accepted Christ as his Savior. He then promptly took his father’s gospel tracts to the all Hindu school he attended and shared his faith in Christ. This troubled his mother greatly as she had already lost her husband because of his faith and was afraid she would lose her son as well. After graduating from Bible College in Java, David pastored for sixteen years, seeing significant growth and maturity in two churches. He also served as Regional Director for his denomination for eight years, supervising almost eighty existing churches and church plants.

David joined CFTIW as full time Indonesian Field Director in 2007. Prior to that, he served the ministry in a part time capacity as liaison to the outpost workers, translator, evangelist, preacher, and teacher. As Field Director, he is pastor to our supported workers throughout the mission field, with responsibility for all in-country activities, including selection of workers, distribution of funds, strategic planning, and project management (such as Living Water). His leadership is characterized by his personal commitment to achieve unity in the church body throughout Indonesia.

David’s wife Masta works as a Government Health Administrator in children’s health and nutrition. This secular position gives her credibility on the predominantly Hindu island of Bali. Masta often has a leadership role in events for women, including Wise Women’s Camps (similar to Promise Keepers for men in the US). She often travels with David to minister to children both with the Gospel and with vital nutrition and public health training. David and Masta have three sons, Nathan, Aaron and David Ray.