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About

OUR DIRECTOR
Janet Robertson graduated from Glasgow Bible College, Scotland in 1977 and then served 8 years with Youth With A Mission in Holland, India, Nepal, and Morocco. More About Janet

OUR TEAM
As a student in the ACTS program you will learn from instructors, who are qualified and experienced within their respective fields.  In addition to our regular faculty, the Institute invites other successful professionals from around the world to impart their knowledge and experience to our students.

Our faculty are qualified academically and professionally and provide an emphasis on relevant instruction to help students meet real-world challenges.

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OUR STUDENTS
Meet our Acts Students and see what they are doing.

STUDENT OUTREACH OPPORTUNITIES
Click Here to see upcoming outreach opportunities and read about previous opportunities and mission trips.

FUTURE PLANS
Our goal is to increase ACTS to become truly worldwide in its scope. We hope to have students from every continent and in every part of the world. This will help us to reach all people groups with the positive message of Jesus Christ that is for everyone.

Under the umbrella of Encounter Missions International (EMI), we hope to train and send people of God, who are called to share the Good News of Jesus throughout the world.  Our goal is to have 20 ministries in 20 cities by 2020.  We currently have 5 missionaries in three different places around the world, all of whom studied under the ACTS Diploma in Ministry program.  The 20-20-20 plan will likely involve more ACTS graduates, as others respond to the call of God on their lives.

OUR STAFF

	DIRECTOR Janet Robertson jrobertson@emiglobal.org Janet Robertson graduated from Glasgow Bible College, Scotland in 1977 and then served 8 years with Youth With A Mission in Holland, India, Nepal, and Morocco. Janet moved to the United States to pursue a degree in International Business, and, upon graduating, she and her partner Rev. Turnbull founded Encounter Missions International.
	STUDENT ADVISOR Cris Kimbrough ckimbrough@emiglobal.org Cris received his B.A. (Hons) and Teacher Certification from Cal Baptist Univ. He served twenty-five years as an educator, mostly in Hong Kong, as both teacher and Principal. Cris completed his M.A. in Social Sciences with an emphasis is Leadership Studies from Azusa Pacific Univ and was a health education consultant at the State Dept of Education in New Mexico.  During a two-year teaching stint in Dominica, West Indies, Cris rediscovered his call to serve God and headed to California to complete the ACTS Diploma in Ministry program and to serve God in the GLBT community through Glory Tabernacle and EMI.
	IT ADMINISTRATOR Tara Harding tharding@emiglobal.org Tara Harding was born in the United States but raised in New Zealand. On a ten year “vacation” to the US Tara found Encounter Missions International and re-discovered her childhood calling to work with missions. Having graduated with a BS in Computer Information Systems, Tara helped expand the ACTS Bible School by developing the online platform, serving EMI through ongoing website development and maintenance. She continues as a consultant and assistant to EMI and ACTS and remains a strong supporter of the organization.