President
Willem Brandsma
Willem spent nineteen years in Ulaanbaatar teaching economics before coming home to lead Far Shore in 2017. He still speaks Mongolian at the Pryce kitchen Table.
Who we are
Two nurses, a cargo ship and sixty-five years
Far Shore is an interdenominational sending agency with 146 workers in five fields and a staff of eighteen in Colorado Springs.
We are a member of Missio Nexus and the ECFA.
Our history
The short version
Every date below has a family behind it.
1961
Two nurses sail for Mozambique
Margit Haverkamp and Ellen Brandvold leave Colorado Springs on a cargo ship from Galveston. They stay thirty-one years.
1974
The first team in the Andes
A linguist couple settles in Urubamba to begin a Quechua alphabet primer.
1982
A clinic in the Eastern Highlands
Kainantu Clinic opens in a former coffee warehouse with one doctor and three nurses.
1993
Mongolia opens
Three English teachers arrive in Ulaanbaatar the winter after the country opens to foreign workers.
2015
Leadership passes to Mozambicans
The Nampula churches elect their own bishop. Our workers now serve under Macua leadership.
2026
Luke in Cusco Quechua
The first printed Gospel in the highland dialect, after twenty-three years of work.
What we believe
Our statement of faith, in brief
Workers come from more than forty denominations. This is what we all agree on.
God
One God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, who made the world and loves every people in it.
Genesis 1 · John 3:16
Jesus Christ
Fully God and fully man, who died for sin and rose bodily, and is Lord of every nation.
Philippians 2:5–11
Scripture
The Bible is the word of God and belongs in every language people dream in.
2 Timothy 3:16
The Church
Local believers lead their own churches. We serve under them as quickly as they will let us.
Acts 14:23
The nations
God's purpose is a people from every tribe and tongue, gathered before his throne.
Revelation 7:9
In the Springs
The people in the brick house
Every one of us has served on a field. Write to whoever fits.
Partners
We send alongside others
No agency does this alone. These partners train, fly, translate and audit with us.
- HighlandWingsAviationSince 1984
Maintains and flies the clinic aircraft in PNG.
- Andean Word SocietyTranslation
Consultant checking for the Cusco Quechua translation.
- Nampula Bible InstituteRibáuè
Trains the pastors our Mozambique team now serves under.
- Front Range Member CareCounseling
Licensed counselors for workers and their kids, here and by video.