MBMS International appoints new director

Randy Friesen, a well-known young Canadian MB leader with a passion for mission and discipleship, has been appointed as the next General Director of MB Mission and Service International, starting September 1. He will succeed Harold Ens, who has led the agency the past 12 years, and will be based in the MBMS International office in Abbotsford, B.C.

Randy is currently MBMS International Director for Short-Term Ministries and has given leadership to much of our North American MB youth mission and discipleship ministry for the past 16 years. He was the first Executive Director of Youth Mission International (YMI), a short-term ministry organization for high school and college youth. YMI began under the Canadian Board of Evangelism and has since become part of MBMS International. Randy will finish a study leave in May, during which he completed studies for a Doctorate in Theology from the University of South Africa.

While the new General Director will be based in Abbotsford, B.C., MBMS International plans to maintain a strong office staff in Fresno, Cal. No additional significant changes in staff or organization are anticipated during this next fiscal year as Randy begins his leadership.

Randy and his wife Marjorie are active in leadership and ministry in the Waterloo (Ont.) MB Church. They have two children, Joshua and Olivia.

—Dennis Fast, MBMSI Board Chair