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2021 — GFA World expands into Rwanda, Africa.
2021 — GFA World expands into Rwanda, Africa.
==Programs==
The goal of GFA World focuses on the formation of missionaries who are native to the nation they are serving, with special emphasis on Asia and Africa. The organization has defined its primary mission field as being the people who live in the 10/40 Window, a rectangular region extending from West Africa to East Asia and between 10 and 40 degrees north longitude. By concentrating on this region, GFA World ministers to a dense population of largely poor communities that have had limited or no exposure to the Christian faith.<ref>https://www.gfa.org/about/</ref>
Although GFA World accepts non-native trainers for Bible translation, Yohannan believes sending of Western missionaries into the 10-40 window can result in a waste of resources. He also believes that the imposition of western culture and neo-colonialism that is sometimes associated with Western missionaries should be avoided. In order to increase efficiency and achieve its goals, GFA World has become a repository for donations and financial support of Asian missionaries by non-Asian cultures. GFA World administers these resources to the various programs listed below within its organization.<ref>Stout, Ken. “Fostering Sustainability and Minimizing Dependency in Mission Finances.” Reformed Theological Seminary Masters Thesis, October 2008. Retrieved 5 March 2016.</ref><ref>Bergunder, Michael (2008), "The South Indian Pentecostal Movement in the Twentieth Century", Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, page 54-55</ref><ref>Klaus Fiedler (1994), The Story of Faith Missions, page 404 (26)</ref>
==External links==
==External links==