Released: June 3, 2005

AIMS Board of Directors Appoints Three New Vice Presidents

VIRGINIA BEACH (VA): The Board of Directors of Accelerating International Mission Strategies (AIMS) is pleased to announce the appointment of three new leaders for its global outreach team: Bill Fast, Vice President of Operations and Chief Operating Officer; Donna Fast, Vice President of Financial Operations and Chief Financial Officer; and a new Vice President of International Ministry.*

Bill and Donna Fast joined AIMS in 2004 as Director of Operations and Director of Financial Operations, respectively. Bill Fast served in the U.S. military for 29 years, retiring as a Colonel. He holds an M.S. degree in Systems Management from the University of Southern California. Donna Fast worked in corporate industry for twenty years, most recently with the Nabisco Corporation. Donna holds an M.B.A. in Finance from Loyola University in Chicago. Both have taken graduate courses in Biblical studies and missions at Capital Bible Seminary in Maryland.

The new Vice President of International Ministry* served for four years as a missionary with Calvary International in the Ivory Coast of Africa. In 1999, he joined AIMS as West Africa Coordinator and completed a M.A. in Missiology and a M.B.A. from Regent University. He returned to Calvary International to serve as their Africa Director for the next two years. After returning to AIMS in January 2005, he was promoted to Vice President of International Ministry.

For 20 years, AIMS has challenged the Church to take the Gospel where it has never been proclaimed. During that time, AIMS has equipped more than 75,000 national pastors and businessmen to minister more effectively, produced dozens of seminars, and launched a humanitarian outreach called Compassion Aid Network (CAN). As a result of AIMS' ministry and the associated partnerships developed, 29 million people have heard the Gospel (many for the very first time), 14,000 churches have been planted, and more than 2.2 million people have received Jesus Christ!

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* Note: The name of the Vice President of International Ministry has been omitted for security purposes.

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