The AoM Story
The AoM team discovered the need and opportunity to take apologetics to regions outside the West in different ways. For Ben, it was after he had shared his testimony in a church in western Uganda. Monica approached him afterwards and said that pursuing a degree in apologetics was a life long dream of her’s—after she completed her PhD in molecular biology!
For Kristen, it was during trips to South Africa that she discovered the hunger for apologetics in the bible colleges and universities there.
For Doug, his eye opening moment was working with a Brazilian team of pastors visiting his church in Colorado. Since joining AoM, Doug has been teaching and coordinating our Introduction to International Apologetics courses.
The team shares roots through their training at Biola University, one of the leading apologetics programs in the world.
The AoM Vision
Apologetics On Mission has the audacious vision of seeing new and self-sustaining communities of leaders contending for faith in Jesus Christ around the world.
AoM’s focus is going to regions where there is little visibility and access to apologetics training, building long term relationships with leaders in those regions to defend biblical Christianity and to empower the next generation to do the same.
The AoM Team
Ben Clifton, President
Ben is one of the founders of Apologetics On Mission and serves as president of the ministry. He and his wife Joey live in Oregon and have two adult children. Ben off-ramped from a career in tech innovation to pursue apologetics ministry work full time in 2017. He holds a master’s degree in apologetics from Biola University, and has traveled and presented extensively around the world.
Doug Anson, Academic Director
Doug is the academic director of Apologetics On Mission, coordinating AoM’s apologetics training courses. Doug and his wife Mija live in Colorado Springs and have two adult boys. Doug is a retired major general, with a dual track career both with the Army and as a civilian at Los Alamos National Laboratory. He holds a master’s degree in apologetics from Biola University, and teaches apologetics at home and on mission.
AoM believes in historic, biblical Christianity as expressed minimally in the Apostle’s Creed. We believe in the inerrancy of the Bible in all it affirms.
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