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MAF Featured in Upcoming International TV Show
Thursday February 6, Nampa, Idaho
Nampa-Based International Ministry Launches Radio Program
Wednesday January 28, Nampa, Idaho
MAF Featured in Upcoming International TV Show
Thursday February 5, Nampa, Idaho
NAMPA, Idaho – During the month of February, the Christian Television Network (CTN) will televise an international program featuring the ministry of MAF (Mission Aviation Fellowship) in Kalimantan, Indonesia, on the island of Borneo.
Photo above:“All Over the World” series founder and producer Ian Skelley shows the children of a Kalimantan village his high-tech video camera.
The 30-minute episode of “All Over the World,” which will be available locally through DirecTV and Dish Network, highlights the ongoing efforts of MAF missionaries to improve the lives of the residents of Kalimantan, and to reach them with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Based in Nampa, MAF is a faith-based, nonprofit ministry that serves missions and isolated people around the world with aviation, communications and learning technologies. “All Over the World” (www.AOTW.TV) showcases the day-to-day work of missionaries on the front lines of ministry.
Ian Skelley, creator and producer of the series, said CTN chose to feature MAF because of the valuable perspective on missions its people can offer viewers.
“These missionaries are highly skilled bush pilots, mechanics and wives, but they are so much more. Their lives are a combination of spirituality and adventure—facing dangers every day while doing God’s work,” Skelley said. All of Kalimantan’s interior villages depend greatly on MAF flights. The film crew was able to capture several lifesaving flights to airlift gravely ill people from the jungle.
MAF video producer Ron Wormser traveled with the television crew for a week in Borneo, the world’s third-largest island, located in the South China Sea.
“I’m always impressed with the quality and commitment of the MAF staff serving in such isolated places,” said Wormser, who will be assisting CTN in producing additional episodes about MAF. The next two programs will feature MAF service in Haiti and Lesotho.
In the Treasure Valley, CTN programming is available via satellite providers DirecTV and Dish Network. Both will televise the MAF episode on Friday, February 13 at 5:30 p.m. and Saturday, February 14 at 1 p.m. The program may be repeated during February.
The Christian Television Network (www.ctnonline.com) grew from Florida’s first Christian television station, founded in Pensacola in 1979. Soon more stations were added, and CTN was born. CTN provides unique, wholesome, award-winning programming for the entire family, reaching a potential audience of more than 15 million viewers. Through its international satellite, CTN has the potential to reach 500 million people.
Founded in the United States in 1945, MAF (www.MAF.org) missionary teams of aviation, communications, technology and education specialists overcome barriers in remote areas, transform lives and build God’s Kingdom by enabling the work of more than 1,000 organizations in isolated areas of the world. With its fleet of 134 bush aircraft, MAF serves in 54 countries, with an average of 281 flights daily across Africa, Asia, Eurasia and Latin America. MAF pilots transport missionaries, medical personnel, medicines and relief supplies, as well as conduct thousands of emergency medical evacuations in remote areas. MAF also provides telecommunications services, such as satellite Internet access, high-frequency radios, electronic mail and other wireless systems.
For more information, click here or call (208) 498-0800.
Nampa-Based International Ministry Launches Radio Program
Wednesday January 28, Nampa, Idaho
NAMPA, Idaho – MAF (Mission Aviation Fellowship), a faith-based, nonprofit ministry based in Nampa that serves missions and isolated people around the world with aviation, communications and learning technologies, has launched a new radio program that features the ministry’s mission work.
An interview-format program, “A Higher Plane” features renowned Christian radio host Rich Buhler and John Boyd, president and chief executive officer of MAF. It airs Monday through Friday, three times a day, on KBXL 94.1 FM – at 7:26 a.m., 11:56 a.m. and 4:55 p.m. – as well as twice a day on KSPD 790 AM – at 11:55 a.m. and 4:55 p.m. Current and archived broadcasts also can be listened to from the “News & Media” section of the MAF Web site, www.MAF.org.
“We are delighted to have this opportunity to share the important mission of MAF with our friends and neighbors in the Nampa area,” said Boyd. “We pray this program will be a blessing to them, especially to those who have not yet heard of the work we do around the world.”
"I'm extremely excited about this program," said Buhler, himself a pilot. "I have known and loved the ministry of MAF for more than three decades. It’s a privilege to help anyone understand what a unique, effective and trustworthy ministry MAF is."
“We are so pleased to have Mission Aviation Fellowship in the Treasure Valley, and are excited about airing its new daily program, ‘A Higher Plane,’ on our stations,” said David Schafer, assistant manager of the radio stations. “We know it will be a blessing to people as they hear the difference MAF is making in lives around the world.”
Boyd, a native of Scotland who grew up in Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa, has served with MAF for 15 years, including in Zaire/Congo, Haiti, Lesotho and South Africa. Before joining MAF as a missionary pilot, Boyd enjoyed a successful career in business. He became president of MAF in January 2008.
Buhler, an ordained minister, broadcaster, speaker, best-selling author, broadcast journalist and producer, is a popular guest on radio and television. Buhler is the host of the radio program “Talk from the Heart,” a live, Christian talk show broadcast daily from KBRT 740 AM in Los Angeles. He is president of Branches Communications of Villa Park, Calif., a radio-television-film production company.
Founded in the United States in 1945, MAF (www.MAF.org) missionary teams of aviation, communications, technology and education specialists overcome barriers in remote areas, transform lives and build God’s Kingdom by enabling the work of more than 1,000 organizations in isolated areas of the world. With its fleet of 134 bush aircraft, MAF serves in 54 countries, with an average of 281 flights daily across Africa, Asia, Eurasia and Latin America. MAF pilots transport missionaries, medical personnel, medicines and relief supplies, as well as conduct thousands of emergency medical evacuations in remote areas. MAF also provides telecommunications services, such as satellite Internet access, high-frequency radios, electronic mail and other wireless systems.
For more information, click here or call (208) 498-0800.
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