Statement of Faith

We believe the Bible to be inspired, the only infallible, authoritative Word of God. 2 Tim. 3:15-17

We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Mat. 28:19, Ep. 4:4-6

We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood on the cross, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His personal return in power and glory. John 1:1-4, Matt. 1:23, Phil. 2:5-11, Heb. 1:1-4 & 4:15, Acts 1:11 & 2:22-24, 1 Cor. 15:3-4

We believe that, for the salvation of the lost and sinful man, repentance of sin and faith in Jesus Christ results in regeneration by the Holy Spirit and that Jesus Christ is the only way to salvation. Titus 3:4-7, Luke 24:46-47, Eph. 2:8-9, John 14:, Acts 4:12

We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit whose indwelling enables the Christian to live a godly life. Gal. 5:16-18, Rom. 8:9

We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost; the saved unto the resurrection of eternal life and the lost unto judgment. Rev. 20:11-15, 1 Cor. 15:51-57

We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ and that all true believers are members of His Body, the Church. Eph. 1:22-23, 1 Cor. 12:12,27

We believe that the ministry of evangelism is a responsibility of the Church and each Christian. Rom. 10:9-15, Acts 1:8, Matt. 28:18-20, 1 Peter 3:15

Mission

Gather and distribute resources in support of Christ-centered education, healthcare, agriculture and church development ministries in Angola Africa

A History Of Our Ministry

Vision

The Gospel of Jesus Christ embraced throughout Angola, Africa.

In the forward to the book that documents Dr. Bob Foster’s career – Sword and Scalpel: A Surgeon’s Story of Faith and Courage in Africa – Franklin Graham, president of Samaritan’s Purse and World Medical Mission and son of famed evangelist Billy Graham, writes: “I believe Bob is the number one missionary statesman in the evangelical world today and the man God has used in a mighty way to open up new frontiers for the Gospel in some of the roughest areas of Africa.”

All told, the Greensboro, N.C.-based Dr. Foster devoted his career – some 60 years of medicine and ministry – to the peoples of Zambia and Angola, founding three hospitals in remote areas and serving as a surgeon and medical director.

Dr. Foster has been described as a modern Christian hero, serving in primitive conditions and helping those in need despite suffering some of the worst conditions possible, including a civil war that sent hundreds of thousands Angolans fleeing for their lives. In 1988, World Vision International named Dr. Foster as its Missionary Statesman of the Year.

A graduate of the University of Toronto’s College of Medicine, Dr. Foster completed his medical residency at Vanderbilt University in Nashville in 1949 and immediately went to Zambia where he founded and served for 12 years as medical director of Mukinge Hospital. While in Mukinge, he also founded the school of nursing.

Dr. Foster has been described as a modern Christian hero, serving in primitive conditions and helping those in need despite suffering some of the worst conditions possible, including a civil war that sent hundreds of thousands Angolans fleeing for their lives. In 1988, World Vision International named Dr. Foster as its Missionary Statesman of the Year.

A graduate of the University of Toronto’s College of Medicine, Dr. Foster completed his medical residency at Vanderbilt University in Nashville in 1949 and immediately went to Zambia where he founded and served for 12 years as medical director of Mukinge Hospital. While in Mukinge, he also founded the school of nursing.

In 1962, he founded and served as medical director at Luampa Hospital in Zambia, leaving in 1967 to serve as interim director of Africa Evangelical Fellowship.

In 1970, Dr, Foster became medical director of Cavango and Kalukembe Hospitals in Angola. He remained on the field until 1981 when he became international director of Africa Evangelical Fellowship and medical coordinator for mission medical work in Zambia, Angola, South Africa and Zimbabwe. Since 1990, he has performed short term medical work at Jamba, Lubango, and Rio da Huila clinics in Angola.

From 1990 to 2008, Dr. Foster served as the United States representative to AEF-SIM.

In 2005, Dr Foster created a non-profit oraganization called Advancing the Gospel in Angola (AGA). AGA is dedicated to

promoting the Gospel of Jesus Christ in Angola by providing the delivery of goods, services and finances to various peoples, ministries, and organizations throughout Angola.

In the summer of 2010, Dr Robert Foster and his wife Belva returned to their beloved Africa to live out their days with their family members serving in Angola. Concludes Franklin Graham in Sword and Scalpel: “Bob Foster has inspired and challenged me, not only in the ministry with which I’m involved, but also in my personal spiritual journey. When I get to the end of life’s road, I pray that God will have used me even a fraction of the way He has used Bob Foster.”

Board of Directors

Paul Hockersmith, President
Scott VanHaitsma, Vice President
Brian VanderArk, Director of Development
Bonnie Miller,  Secretary
Kevin Vreugdenhil, Treasurer
Steve Foster, Honorary Chairman
John Bloise, Legal Counsel
Bob Vasquez
Dale Frost
Anibal Chimbanda
Mark Faus, SIM Liaison