Désiré has been a Man of Peace with ATC for over 20 years and has faithfully served in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as a leader, pastor, and deep lover of Jesus. He has persevered through several wars and attacks in his home country and has come alongside ATC in providing aid to starving children, ministering to victims of Interahamwe, providing support to people displaced by governments and natural disasters, and training the brave pastors of the DR Congo. The DR Congo has faced unimaginable hardship, and Pastor Désiré has dedicated his life to serving people in these difficult circumstances, always bringing the love of Jesus as the ultimate hope in this war-torn region. 

James fled his village as young boy when it was under siege from an extremist Islamic group. As he fled to Khartoum by jumping on the top of a train, he suffered the loss of his father and separation from the rest of his family. Undaunted by this as he arrived in Khartoum, he continued his eduction studying theology and evangelism. ATC first met James eight years ago in an evangelism training mission. He became a key partner with ATC three years ago, as he sensed a unique call to evangelize the Darfurians, a nomadic tribe of herdsmen that had devastated his village and even killed some of his family members years before. James now leads ATC's evangelism mission in Darfur, taking the gospel across the border into Sudan with the goal to reach the unreached people group of 300,000. 

"Chim Chim" is one of many people in the Middle East who has found himself in a difficult situation outside his home country. Tenaciously, Chim Chim has used the time of displacement to further his education at a theological seminary. He has also devoted himself to ministering, both physically and spiritually, to those in his local area that are in need of rescue from devastating and complex circumstances. As a partner of ATC in the Middle East, Chim Chim has aided us in identifying smaller and typically disadvantaged minority populations where there is opportunity for physical ministry and an openness to evangelism and church planting. Chim Chim's experience and contacts in the region are invaluable in allowing ATC to minister in an effective and direct manner.

In his teens "Beek” experienced a miraculous healing that led to his conversion from Hinduism to Christianity. Despite his family's disdain toward his conversion, Beek continued to share his faith with his father while away at a distant bible college. When Beek returned home, he discovered his father had become a Christian, only to be killed shortly after in a focused persecution against Christians in his hometown. Beek quickly realized that the persecution had left many children, particularly young children, without parents. ATC was quick to partner with Beek and others to build and establish an orphanage, House of Love, in Asia for the children who remained. Beek continues to oversee House of Love, as well as evangelism and church planting efforts in the region.

Sioux Falls is our courageous Man of Peace working on the front lines of the War in Ukraine. He has put his life on the line countless times to bring food, aid and the love of Jesus to people who have had no other hope of survival or help, stuck in bunkers and basements while bombs exploded outside their house in what used to be thriving towns and cities. He works closely with a church network and Answering the Call to bring supplies and aid to those who need it most on the front lines in Ukraine. He continues to help facilitate food shipments and strategic movements to get supplies to thousands of people who are still in areas that are being heavily bombed and cannot access this aid themselves. Like many Men and Women of Peace in the fields, Sioux Falls has become family to the ATC team. 

The Domingo Family is working in Colombia and along the Venezuela border to help
people in need who are coming out of Venezuela. They work specifically with an
indigenous group that is incredibly marginalized to bring the love and hope of Jesus
through meeting needs and ministering to those in difficult situations coming out of
trafficking and oppression. This family also courageously takes Bibles into Venezuela, despite danger from from the government, to provide thousands of people with Bibles who have never received one before.