The

 ministry of The Navigators began in the 1930's through the call of God to a young Californian, Dawson Trotman. He began to teach high school students and local Sunday school classes. Then in 1933, he and his friends began to extend their work among sailors in the U.S. Navy.

Many hours were spent with individual sailors in Bible study, Scripture memorization and prayer with an emphasis on each teaching another what he had learned. By the end of World War II, thousands of men on ships and bases around the world were learning the principles of spiritual multiplication.

At the same time, the high school students whose lives Dawson had touched went on to reach out to others around them in Southern California. Today, nearly seventy years later, we minister not only in the military and with students on college campuses, but in the marketplace with businessmen and women, among homemakers, ethnic groups, international students, in countries around the world ... wherever there are people who need Christ.

The Navigators was incorporated in California in 1943. The Navigator headquarters was moved to Colorado in 1953 when we obtained the Glen Eyrie property in Colorado Springs. In Colorado Springs, we maintain the Glen Eyrie Conference Center and our publishing division, NavPress, as well as our administrative offices. A few miles away is Eagle Lake Camp.

Our aim is to make a permanent difference in the lives of people around the world. Our purpose--To know Christ and make Him known--describes the center and direction of the ministry. From the beginning, we have sought not only to reach people for Christ but to equip them so that they, in turn, can help fulfill Christ's commision to "go and make disciples of all nations" (Matthew 28:19).

Navigators spend hours with new believers individually and in small groups. They study the Bible, pray, witness, counsel and teach. It is a ministry of individual, intensive training on a person-to-person basis.

Internationally, Mike Treneer is general director of The Navigators, of which the U.S. Navigators are a part. Alan Andrews is the U.S. director, working with a National Leadership Team that oversees the U.S. Navigator ministries.

The Navigators is a faith ministry supported by the contributions of individuals and churches. Field staff, those directly involved in field ministries, are actively involved in raising support for their area of ministry.