Alaska Mission for Christ (AMC) has a history of equipping lay people to expand our mission into remote communities.  We continue that tradition as we continually seek to identify and train men and women to be involved in God's work in Alaska.  

Presently, we link with Leadership Advancement Process (LAP) which uses Web based training to equip lay ministers for Word and Sacrament ministry throughout Alaska.  We also offer AMC training to supplement the LAP process and for those who do not resonate with the computer based training model.  

Lay ministers take ten basic courses on their way to being certified as a lay deacon or deaconess.  The men are certified for Word and Sacrament ministry.  AMC then uses these men to reach to villages that are too small for a full time worker of the Gospel.  

If you are interested in being trained as a Lay Minister or learning more about our lay training program, please contact, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

God is out of control.  He doesn't fit into the little categories and boxes I try to keep him in.  I think that is why the best thing that a missionary can to is to try to stay out of the way.

A couple of months ago, Roger, who is a certified Lay Minister and is training to become a Licensed Deacon, came up to me with good news. His daughter, who was living in another state, was planning to get married. She wanted him to perform the ceremony.  "I don't know what to do." Roger confessed.  "Can you help me?" 

So I helped Roger with finding the order of service. We talked about how to do the service and how this could be an opportunity for outreach. 

Roger's daughter is a Christian, but has not been in a worshipping community recently.  As Roger and his wife, Peggy, worked with her in preparation for the wedding, Roger's daughter asked to have her baby baptized.  Roger agreed. 

As Roger and Peggy continued to help their daughter make plans for the wedding and the baby's baptism, their son-in-law to be also, decided that he wanted to be baptized. 

Roger was a bit nervous about a double baptism, but he agreed to do it.  Before long the son-in-law's mother and a nephew heard the family discussions and decided they wanted to be baptized. 

So when Roger and Peggy stepped on the plane to go to their daughter's wedding they were also planning to celebrate the new lives of four of their relatives. 

Roger and Peggy recently got back from their daughter's wedding. They had a great time.  The wedding went well, but it turns out that Roger did not baptize four people as he had planned.  He baptized FIVE!   What can you say, but "Go God!"