Harvest staff members and associates from around the world joined Food for the Hungry International staff and representatives of more than 20 additional Christian organizations at the five-day Disciple Nations Alliance (DNA) Forum held at Camp Shadow Pines near Heber, Arizona the last week of October, 2005. Over 100 Christian leaders representing 36 nations attended the meeting, which is held at year-and-a-half intervals.

The conference provided these leaders of ministries associated with the DNA—and those interested in exploring possible association—an opportunity to review and refine the mission of the DNA movement, to share experiences and accomplishments, to learn best practices for teaching and serving churches in their countries, and to plan future efforts to advance the Kingdom of God.

The Disciple Nations Alliance was founded by Harvest and Food for the Hungry International in 1997 and is open to collaboration with like-minded organizations.

Read about the DNA mission and how the DNA movement is making an impact around the world:

DNA Mission: DNA is a movement of Christian organizations that want to see engaged, high-impact local churches affecting real transformation in their communities.
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Making an Impact Locally: Examples of churches making an impact in their communities come from Peru and Kenya. (see full text …)

Making an Impact Nationally: Churches in Thailand and Uganda are beginning to have an impact on their nations. (see full text …)

Making an Impact Regionally: An association of organizations and churches in Africa is working toward bringing transformation to the whole continent of Africa.
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Forum Participants: Attendees at the forum included representatives from Harvest, Food for the Hungry International, 18 additional organizations, plus a number of individual churches.  (see full text …)

DNA Operational Principles: The guiding principles for the DNA movement were reviewed and endorsed. (see full text ...)

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