Discipleship - Skills Training - Leadership Development
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Jesus’ reconciling work in this world drives the MAF imperative of being a transformational ministry. Jesus is the practical model for all MAF staff members to demonstrate God’s love through their message of hope, compassionate actions, and consistent lifestyle. The divine incarnation undergirds the importance of people going, living, and embodying Jesus among those to whom they minister.
Indigenous brothers and sisters in Christ share the vision of bringing hope and help to their own countrymen. As an incarnational presence, MAF enables them to carry out that vision by transferring skills and knowledge. Utilizing formal settings, distance education and mentoring, MAF builds national capacity through discipleship, skills training, and leadership development.
Discipleship —As part of its missiological mandate, MAF trains and disciples fellow believers. National brothers and sisters in Christ, working hand in hand with MAF, make an invaluable contribution to help overcome barriers to the Gospel and the advancement of God’s Kingdom.
Skills Training —In partnership with MAF-approved schools such as LeTourneau University and the aviation program of Moody Bible Institute, MAF supports an ongoing program that provides nationals with flight training and college-level courses leading to a bachelor’s degree in mission aviation. The curriculum includes Biblical studies, aircraft maintenance, information technology (IT), finance, and management.
Leadership Development —The goal of MAF is to help equip church leaders for their task of building churches and equipping their congregations for ministry. MAF-Learning Technologies (MAF-LT) 
enables Bible and ministry skills training for church leaders in the developing world by providing
technology, expertise, consulting services,and synergism in digital
publishing and distance education.
In partnership with organizations such as Moody Bible Institute and Greater Europe Mission, in fiscal year 2006 alone, MAF-Learning Technologies supported 19 ministries in 18 countries. More than 100 church leaders, previously without access to ministry training, were trained through distance education courses while thousands more accessed digital reference and study materials.
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