Wings As Eagles
Mission Air Service
WHO WE ARE
Reaching
Evangelism and church planting reach souls with the saving gospel of Jesus Christ. Using the aircraft that God has provided, Wings As Eagles is able to fly pastors, local church mission teams, and missionaries, along with Bibles and other Christian literature, into remote areas where other means of transportation are unpredictable and unreliable. The Lord has greatly blessed these efforts with hundreds of people accepting Christ as their Savior!
Caring
Natural disasters and man’s sinful actions have brought widespread poverty to many of the remote areas we serve and present opportunities to exhibit practical Christian care. Jesus showed compassion during His earthly ministry by healing the sick and feeding the hungry. Mission teams demonstrate their concern for the people that national pastors and missionaries are reaching by delivering humanitarian gifts and assistance.
Building
As people are being saved, missionaries request help with the construction of permanent buildings to serve these new congregations. Wings As Eagles assists by transporting skilled engineers, carpenters, electricians, and other men and women who are burdened and willing to use their abilities in these remote regions. Missionaries also request help with the maintenance of their aircraft. In some instances we supply parts and do simple repairs on the field. However, with the completion of our own Wings As Eagles hangar in 2005, we are able to do major repairs, as well as our own maintenance, here in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. To prepare young men to serve God in the future as missionary pilots and mechanics, Wings Flight Camp was established in 2003. During the first week in August, campers are challenged from God’s Word by veteran missionaries and pastors, and are given a well-rounded introduction to aircraft maintenance and flight instruction.
HISTORY
Wings As Eagles Mission Air Service was founded in 1984 and serves fundamental Baptist churches and their missionaries. Our main purpose is to help churches and their missionaries in their “Great Commission” goals by taking pastors and their people on short missionary trips. This enables them to enlarge their vision for the souls around the world that need Christ as Saviour and it gives them a greater understanding and burden for their missionary’s needs.
Our representatives present the ministry in various churches around the United States, and we challenge each pastor to take a mission trip with some of the men of his church. A date and destination are set and the trip is scheduled, usually about a year in advance. Once on the field, we distribute literature and assist the missionary wherever possible, including holding evangelistic meetings and building church structures. We seek to meet the physical needs of the people we are reaching through medical aid, dental care, distribution of clothing and food supplies. Upon the return from the trip, the church usually hosts a mission conference. During this time, the pastor, our representative, and those who went on the trip challenge the entire congregation to do more for missions.
Wings As Eagles is non-sectarian in its humanitarian outreach. We are a nonprofit aviation ministry, reaching into Canada, Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean area. Our pilots are all highly qualified, trained, and experienced. From 1984 to 2010 Wings As Eagles flew its aircraft over 3,478 hours, traveled over 533,172 nautical miles, led 183 trips, and transported 1,384 people to the mission field! We thank God for the privilege of serving Him in this great work.