MISSION
“Our mission is spreading the message of the Gospel farther and faster through the equipping and training of evangelical Christian pilots for mission aviation ministry. This includes helping pilots meet the qualifications for major mission aviation organizations, as well as training pilots directly for service with smaller, independent mission aviation ministries, and discipling individuals in the inerrant authority of God’s Word.” (MATA Board Of Directors, 3/14/2017)
VISION
“Our vision is to become a significant supplier of well-trained, evangelical Christian pilots oriented toward mission aviation ministry.”
VALUES
The values that guide everything we do are:
- Belief in God, the Bible, the necessity of a personal relationship with Jesus and walking in the Spirit, and our responsibility to help fulfill the Great Commission.
- Our calling to multiply the effectiveness of the Church by overcoming barriers to transportation through use of Aircraft where necessary or practical.
- Developing and empowering our students for mission aviation service through training and equipping in aviation-related skills, and helping them deepen their relationship with Jesus through discipleship in the Holy Bible.
- Our relationships with sending churches, partners, networking friends, industry, other mission organizations and training agencies, and our community.
- Quality through relevancy, excellence, integrity, and accountability.
We have dedicated our lives to the cause of Jesus Christ, and to that end endeavor to make as much of the time God has given us in training up men and women to fulfill the Great Commission. We recognize aviation as a safe and viable solution to transportation needs around the world and strive to give the best instruction we can to prepare servants of Christ for present or future ministry. (More than 1/6 of the world’s population lives in areas where the airplane is the only or the most practical form of transportation.) Our staff has field experience as missionary pilots, and our alumni are all over the world. MATA staff members are available to speak at local churches, youth groups, schools, and Bible studies sharing the needs and opportunities of missions and mission aviation.
