AFRICA - Karen Smith joined International Ministries in 1999. She served as the program director of the New Life Center Foundation for twenty years, providing administrative support, leadership development and overall capacity building for this ministry. In response to God’s continued call on her life, Karen now serves as IM’s Area Director for Africa. Karen writes that “…I am deeply grateful to witness (and support) all that God is doing through IM global servants and our ministry partners in so many countries in Africa! We are engaged in ministries of evangelism, discipleship and theological education, health and wellness, the abolition of global slavery, and community development…to name a few. It’s a great privilege in serve in this new capacity, and being in this role is the fulfillment of a life-long prayer.”