Jim and Karen Crumpacker
AIMers Jim and Karen Crumpacker and son Jason arrived in Kenya in 1982 to work in the Bible school. Nine months later a door opened for them to serve as furlough replacements in Malawi. They received their missionary appointment to Malawi in October 1984. Arriving in Malawi they found a young church that was immature but evangelistic. In the next 20 years the number of churches grew from about 40 to almost 400, with about 30 started in Mozambican refugee camps in Malawi. A Bible school was also built and established. Jim Crumpacker served as area coordinator for Central Africa and later for both South and Central Africa while living in Malawi. In 2003 the Crumpackers returned to Kenya as field superintendent and area coordinator for East Africa, leaving behind their beloved Malawi and returning to where their missionary service began. They live in Nairobi.