Impacting Nations

It is my great joy to submit, to the conference, my first report as the director of ACCI. Over the past two years, we have seen great acceleration in the number of ACC people responding to God’s call for the nations. Since Covid, a record number of enquiries have been made and many people have commenced onboarding as ACCI field workers.

Innovations we’ve made over the past two years

Following Covid, we recognised we no longer required a physical location for our office. We have since decentralised the office and we now meet in a virtual space. This also means we are no longer restricted to hiring people who live locally and our team now covers four states.

Last year, Chad Irons, who has been with us for 12 years, felt the call to go back to the field. He has now transitioned from General Manager to being a field worker in Cambodia, along with his wife Corrie. Chad is also on our Board, as a field worker representative, and continues to add his experience and wisdom to the direction of our organisation.

In other news, we have just launched our new website. It contains information about our people and our projects, enabling individuals and churches to partner with work that is in keeping with their passion and vision. It also clearly articulates who we are, why we’re here and what we believe God has in store for the nations.

We are currently transitioning our overseas ACCI conference to a biennial event. In the off year, we are encouraging as many missionaries and partners as possible to gather with us at National Conference. During the years we’re not meeting in person, we’re also providing the opportunity for everyone to come together at a virtual conference in August. I’d encourage everyone in our movement to plan to come along to that virtual gathering this year.

Please also take the time to engage with our team at National Conference, both through our Missions stream on the 18th April and at our Expo stand. We look forward to catching up with you and answering any questions you might have.

Support for Appeals and Pojects

We are grateful for the incredible generosity and support for the ACCI Appeals and Projects in the twoyear conference period. These include: Flood Appeal ($292.3K); Afghanistan Appeal ($378.3K), Tonga Appeal ($87.9K), Ukraine Appeal ($290.9K) Ukraine Appeal: $290.9K) and Earthquake Appeal ($180.3K). Projects include: 1DAY Non-Tax Deductible (NTD): $93,449); PROJECT22/23 NTD: ($90,909.38)1DAY Tax Deductible (T; D) ($176,544.62); and PROJECT22/23 TD: ($93,995.36).

Launching at Conference

This year at National Conference, we are also pleased to launch our internship program. This is primarily focused on young people in their 20s – offering them a six-month cross cultural ministry experience, coupled with a 40-hour online training course. We believe this could transform the lives of many young people from our movement, returning them to their local churches with a vision and passion to serve God for the rest of their days!

Finally, I wish to thank all our staff, missionaries and partners for their incredible hard work and support as I have found my rhythm in this new role. We look forward to a fruitful new season together.

John Hunt Director: ACCI