Bill Thomson

Northeast Regional Representative

My first AIM mission trip 1998

Wife: Janice

Children: 4, one in every age group

Phone: 862-377-5582

Being a “lifer” in youth ministry, I’m all about mentoring youth and my brothers and sisters in youth ministry. Having been a youth pastor, church elder, parent of a teen, and seems like yesterday (today at heart) a teen myself, I have a unique perspect

ive on how each of these is vital to mobilizing a church for missions.

My vision is simply to help the church be the church. Most churches want to reach their world for Christ, to be involved in fulfilling the Great Commission. When a Hurricane Katrina hits, they want to be Christ's hands and feet, to step in and show Christ's love.What they lackisestablished relationships in those areas from which they can assess needs and reach people. Churches need to be matched up with researched opportunities that meet their passion and their gifts and abilities. My ministrywith Adventures In Missions is to help meet that need. The primary purpose of my ministry is to mobilize churches for missions, andhelp churchesin strategic locationshost mission teams to help reach their communities for Christ

I have lived in northern New Jersey my whole life. Many youth in the northeast, even entire churches, are apathetic in their faith. Short term mission trips are a great way to move youth from apathy to energy by not just learning about God, but experiencing God at work, and hearing from Him in new and exciting ways. The trips can bring students from the classroom into the lab, or the field trip that ties all the classroom learning to real life.