InterAct Ministries

InterAct Ministries is a Christian missionary organization that works to make disciples and plant churches among indigenous, immigrant and unreached people groups in a region it calls the North Pacific Crescent — a vast area stretching from Siberia across the Bering Strait to Alaska and into western Canada. The organization traces its origins to the 1940s and 1950s, when independent missionaries in the Alaskan bush began to connect and coordinate their efforts. In 1951, sixteen missionaries came together to form what would become InterAct Ministries, and they soon began to coordinate disciple-making throughout the region. For more than seventy years, the ministry has continued this work, living in the communities it serves, learning local cultures, languages and values, building relationships, and sharing the gospel. Its stated mission is to see reproducing disciples among indigenous, immigrant and unreached people groups across Alaska, western Canada and Siberia. The organization emphasizes four main activities: cross-cultural engagement, making disciples, advancing churches, and impacting communities. It reports that many Alaska Natives live in remote villages with limited discipleship opportunities, that many communities in Siberia lack an evangelical church, and that many First Nations reserves in western Canada have limited discipleship opportunities. InterAct Ministries is governed by a board and a leadership team with over 100 years of combined experience in cross-cultural missions. It is supported by donations, with giving options for U.S. and Canadian residents. The organization is based in the United States and operates across the North Pacific Crescent region.

InterAct Ministries traces its beginnings to the 1940s and 1950s, when missionaries in the Alaskan bush had been sent out independently by different churches. Over time, as they connected, they realized they were working toward the same goal. In 1951, sixteen missionaries came together to form what would become InterAct Ministries and soon began to coordinate their disciple-making throughout the region. The organization describes its history as spanning over 70 years of making disciples. Its work has focused on the North Pacific Crescent, a region it defines as stretching from Siberia across the Bering Strait to Alaska and into western Canada. The ministry has served indigenous, immigrant and unreached people groups in this area, emphasizing cross-cultural engagement, disciple-making, church advancement and community impact. It reports that many Alaska Natives reside in remote villages with limited discipleship opportunities, that many communities in Siberia lack an evangelical church, and that many First Nations reserves in western Canada have limited discipleship opportunities. The organization is governed by a board and a leadership team with over 100 years of combined experience in cross-cultural missions. It continues to operate and is supported by donations from U.S. and Canadian residents.

• 1951

  Sixteen missionaries came together to form what would become InterAct Ministries.

A cross-cultural missionary organization focused on least-reached communities in the North Pacific Crescent.

1. 1InterAct Ministriesinteractministries.org
2. 2History – InterAct Ministriesinteractministries.org
3. 3WHO WE ARE – InterAct Ministriesinteractministries.org
4. 4InterAct Ministrieswikidata.org