Mission Agency

Mission to the World

Location

South Africa

Ministry

Seminary instruction, counseling

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Stanley Armes has known missions all of his life, as his parents were missionaries for 35 years. At an early age he felt a sense of God's call on his life. After graduating from Rift Valley Academy in Kenya in 1965, Stanley attended Covenant College and then Covenant Seminary. During that time he met his wife, Donna.

Donna grew up in Springfield Illinois, and at the age of 10 accepted Jesus into her heart. She completed her nursing degree at Southern Illinois University. Donna has worked in several U.S. hospitals, in community health in Kenya, and served as the director of a U.S. home health agency.

Following Stan's ordination in 1973, the Armes served in Kenya as missionaries for 10 years - first under World Presbyterian Missions until it joined MTW. When the family returned to the States in 1987 due to health reasons, Donna worked as a nurse, and Stan pastored a church in Virginia for five years.

In 1997, God led them to Port Elizabeth, South Africa, where Stan is a teacher at the Bible Institute Eastern Cape (BIEC). Donna is the Personnel Services Coordinator for MTW in Southern Africa and is studying for a master's degree in counseling.

They are blessed with three children, Sarah (12/5/77), Andrea (5/17/80), and Deborah (7/9/82)