Frontiers 
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Summary
Millions of Muslims will never hear the Gospel unless someone goes to tell them. Frontiers is a community of people passionate to know Christ and make Him known among Muslims around the world. With more than 35 years of experience in the Muslim world, they recruit, train, and send teams to make disciples, plant churches, and transform communities in the least-reached places. They're a field-led, grace-filled community committed to life-long learning.
Frontiers workers serve in every region of the Muslim world, including: North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, the Balkans, Central Asia, the Caucasus, South Asia, and Southeast Asia.
Our Process:
1- Recruit
Frontiers coaches across the U.S. find followers of Christ who share our heart for Muslims. Our commitment is to encourage and cast vision for the growing numbers of believers who are answering the call of God, saying, "Here am I, Lord, send me" (Isaiah 6:8).
2- Train
Our workers live in some of the most difficult places in the world. Equipping them for effective ministry is essential. From language learning and disciple making to personal development and healthy team dynamics, our training prepares workers for fruitfulness on the field.
3- Send
Frontiers sends teams to inspire transformational movements to Christ in the places least reached by the Gospel. Our approach prioritizes getting field workers to the places where the need is the greatest.
4- Serve
Frontiers' pastoral coaches assist workers through every phase-from their initial transition to the field and throughout the challenges of ministry to Muslims. A dedicated team also serves workers' children, encouraging them as they adapt to new cultures.
Contact information
Mailing address:
Frontiers
PO Box 60730
Phoenix, AZ 85082-0730
Website: www.frontiersUSA.org
Phone: (800) 462-8436
Email: [email protected]
Organization details
EIN: 953731505
CEO/President: Bob Peckham
Chairman: B. Routh
Board size: 8
Founder: Dr. Greg Livingstone
Ruling year: 1982
Tax deductible: Yes
Fiscal year end: 06/30
Member of ECFA: Yes
Member of ECFA since: 1996
Purpose
To inspire transformational movements to Christ within least-reached Muslim people groups by sending teams to catalyze change, because even the most uncharted frontiers need Jesus.
Frontiers is working to fulfill the Great Commission by making disciples among Muslim peoples who don't know the saving message of Jesus Christ.
Our global priorities focus on the peoples and places with the least access to the Gospel. To this end, we work to recruit, train, and send teams of workers to live in Muslim communities and bring Christ's message to those who have yet to hear it.
Mission statement
With love and respect, inviting all Muslim peoples to follow Jesus.
Statement of faith
We believe in the full, verbal inspiration of the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments: as authoritative, sufficient, infallible and without error in the original manuscripts, not only as containing, but as being in themselves the only written Word of God; and the need of the teaching of the Holy Spirit for a true and spiritual understanding of the whole.
We believe in one God, eternally existing as three co-equal persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
We believe that human beings were created in the image of God, but were tempted by Satan and sinned, and are therefore under God's condemnation. As a consequence of Adam's fall, human nature is totally depraved.
We believe in the absolute deity of our Lord Jesus Christ; His virgin birth; His real and perfect humanity; the authority of His teaching, and the infallibility of all His utterances; His work of atonement for the sin of the human race by His vicarious suffering and death; His bodily resurrection, and His ascension into Heaven; His present high-priestly intercession for His people; and His lordship over His Church as its supreme Head.
We believe in the justification of the sinner, solely by faith, on the grounds of the merits and vicarious suffering, death, and bodily resurrection of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
We believe in the necessity of the work of the Holy Spirit in conviction of sin, regeneration and sanctification, as well as in ministry and worship.
We believe that the true Church is composed of only those persons who, through saving faith in Jesus Christ, have been regenerated by the Holy Spirit and are united together in the body of Christ of which He is Head.
We believe in the resurrection of the body; the judgment of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ; the eternal blessedness of believers in Christ; and the everlasting, conscious punishment of unbelievers.
We believe in the imminent personal and visible return of our Lord Jesus Christ in glory.
We believe that Christ commanded the Church to go into all the world and make disciples of all peoples, baptizing and teaching those who believe.
Donor confidence score
Transparency grade
C
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Financial efficiency ratings
Sector: Foreign Missions
| Category | Rating | Overall rank | Sector rank |
| Overall efficiency rating | | 714 of 1106 | 87 of 144 |
| Fund acquisition rating | | 810 of 1107 | 104 of 144 |
| Resource allocation rating | | 530 of 1107 | 67 of 144 |
| Asset utilization rating | | 598 of 1106 | 68 of 144 |
Financial ratios
| Funding ratios | Sector median | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 |
Return on fundraising efforts Return on fundraising efforts = Fundraising expense / Total contributions | 6% | 9% | 10% | 11% | 11% | 11% |
Fundraising cost ratio Fundraising cost ratio = Fundraising expense / Total revenue | 5% | 8% | 10% | 11% | 11% | 10% |
Contributions reliance Contributions reliance = Total contributions / Total revenue | 99% | 97% | 98% | 98% | 98% | 98% |
Fundraising expense ratio Fundraising expense ratio = Fundraising expense / Total expenses | 5% | 10% | 11% | 11% | 11% | 11% |
Other revenue reliance Other revenue reliance = Total other revenue / Total revenue | 1% | 3% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% |
| Operating ratios | Sector median | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 |
Program expense ratio Program expense ratio = Program services / Total expenses | 84% | 85% | 84% | 85% | 83% | 83% |
Spending ratio Spending ratio = Total expenses / Total revenue | 99% | 88% | 93% | 98% | 95% | 96% |
Program output ratio Program output ratio = Program services / Total revenue | 82% | 75% | 78% | 83% | 79% | 79% |
Savings ratio Savings ratio = Surplus (deficit) / Total revenue | 1% | 12% | 7% | 2% | 5% | 4% |
Reserve accumulation rate Reserve accumulation rate = Surplus (deficit) / Net assets | 2% | 19% | 13% | 4% | 10% | 10% |
General and admin ratio General and admin ratio = Management and general expense / Total expenses | 8% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 6% | 6% |
| Investing ratios | Sector median | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 |
Total asset turnover Total asset turnover = Total expenses / Total assets | 1.33 | 1.32 | 1.61 | 1.90 | 1.95 | 2.00 |
Degree of long-term investment Degree of long-term investment = Total assets / Total current assets | 1.23 | 1.12 | 1.18 | 1.23 | 1.24 | 1.29 |
Current asset turnover Current asset turnover = Total expenses / Total current assets | 2.02 | 1.48 | 1.90 | 2.34 | 2.42 | 2.58 |
| Liquidity ratios | Sector median | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 |
Current ratio Current ratio = Total current assets / Total current liabilities | 19.87 | 61.44 | 46.85 | 58.76 | 54.99 | 55.51 |
Current liabilities ratio Current liabilities ratio = Total current liabilities / Total current assets | 0.05 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 |
Liquid reserve level Liquid reserve level = (Total current assets - Total current liabilities) / (Total expenses / 12) | 5.62 | 7.97 | 6.20 | 5.05 | 4.88 | 4.58 |
| Solvency ratios | Sector median | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 |
Liabilities ratio Liabilities ratio = Total liabilities / Total assets | 7% | 3% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 3% |
Debt ratio Debt ratio = Debt / Total assets | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Reserve coverage ratio Reserve coverage ratio = Net assets / Total expenses | 67% | 74% | 61% | 51% | 50% | 49% |
Financials
| Balance sheet | |||||
| Assets | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 |
| Cash | $11,134,956 | $7,659,069 | $4,942,170 | $4,661,680 | $4,561,286 |
| Receivables, inventories, prepaids | $505,541 | $315,110 | $377,906 | $485,622 | $250,104 |
| Short-term investments | $11,720,285 | $9,977,862 | $9,640,825 | $8,944,842 | $7,527,042 |
| Other current assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total current assets | $23,360,782 | $17,952,041 | $14,960,901 | $14,092,144 | $12,338,432 |
| Long-term investments | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Fixed assets | $2,853,709 | $3,158,579 | $3,423,030 | $3,364,429 | $3,562,634 |
| Other long-term assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total long-term assets | $2,853,709 | $3,158,579 | $3,423,030 | $3,364,429 | $3,562,634 |
| Total assets | $26,214,491 | $21,110,620 | $18,383,931 | $17,456,573 | $15,901,066 |
| Liabilities | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 |
| Payables and accrued expenses | $380,211 | $330,611 | $254,606 | $256,276 | $222,274 |
| Other current liabilities | $0 | $52,610 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total current liabilities | $380,211 | $383,221 | $254,606 | $256,276 | $222,274 |
| Debt | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Due to (from) affiliates | $305,838 | $126,105 | $235,785 | $64,348 | $228,678 |
| Other long-term liabilities | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total long-term liabilities | $305,838 | $126,105 | $235,785 | $64,348 | $228,678 |
| Total liabilities | $686,049 | $509,326 | $490,391 | $320,624 | $450,952 |
| Net assets | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 |
| Without donor restrictions | $9,278,729 | $7,239,269 | $6,666,946 | $5,989,693 | $4,613,185 |
| With donor restrictions | $16,249,713 | $13,362,025 | $11,226,594 | $11,146,256 | $10,836,929 |
| Net assets | $25,528,442 | $20,601,294 | $17,893,540 | $17,135,949 | $15,450,114 |
| Revenues and expenses | |||||
| Revenue | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 |
| Total contributions | $38,241,253 | $36,166,353 | $34,940,506 | $35,110,676 | $32,605,419 |
| Program service revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Membership dues | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Investment income | $1,214,253 | $414,685 | $601,951 | $361,511 | $435,155 |
| Other revenue | $84,460 | $152,969 | $173,561 | $249,218 | $205,287 |
| Total other revenue | $1,298,713 | $567,654 | $775,512 | $610,729 | $640,442 |
| Total revenue | $39,539,966 | $36,734,007 | $35,716,018 | $35,721,405 | $33,245,861 |
| Expenses | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 |
| Program services | $29,495,278 | $28,716,065 | $29,571,132 | $28,287,366 | $26,239,378 |
| Management and general | $1,799,397 | $1,680,881 | $1,631,482 | $1,967,358 | $2,050,915 |
| Fundraising | $3,318,143 | $3,629,307 | $3,755,813 | $3,780,846 | $3,484,376 |
| Total expenses | $34,612,818 | $34,026,253 | $34,958,427 | $34,035,570 | $31,774,669 |
| Change in net assets | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 |
| Surplus (deficit) | $4,927,148 | $2,707,754 | $757,591 | $1,685,835 | $1,471,192 |
| Other changes in net assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total change in net assets | $4,927,148 | $2,707,754 | $757,591 | $1,685,835 | $1,471,192 |
Compensation
| Name | Title | Compensation |
| J S Sadar | Treasurer/CFO | $112,156 |
| R Peckham | CEO | $88,975 |
| C Dvoret | Secretary | $43,524 |
| R Blincoe | President | $32,040 |
| J Liverman Board MemberDir | of Strategy Coordination | $20,358 |
Compensation data as of: 6/30/2020
Response from ministry
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The information below was provided to MinistryWatch by the ministry itself. It was last updated 4/18/2024. To update the information below, please email: [email protected]
History
It was 1982 and the missions agency Greg Livingstone was recruiting for couldn't handle any more new missionaries. It was then that Greg, soon-to-be founder of Frontiers, realized God was calling him to a new challenge: to go where the need was greatest and help reach all Muslim peoples with the redemptive message of Jesus Christ.
"Greg, you must stop recruiting; we're full. We're getting swamped with applicants."
Greg envisioned a new movement committed to bringing the Good News to the least-reached corners of the world. He pictured a wave of people willing to go to some of the most challenging places to share Jesus Christ's message of salvation with Muslims. And so, Frontiers was born.
Frontiers now sends workers from 30 countries across six continents. Through recruiting, training, sending, and serving church-planting teams, Frontiers is helping catalyze reproducing movements to Christ among Muslims.
With love and respect, we're inviting all Muslim peoples to follow Jesus-and dreaming of the day we'll see the Good News brought to every tribe, language, people, and nation (Revelation 5:9).
Program accomplishments
Needs
Your gift furthers our growth to new frontiers by supporting recruitment, training, sending, and serving of long-term workers as well as other daily operating costs!