Awana

AWANA
Founder(s)Lance Latham, Art Rorheim
Type501(c)3 non-profit religious
Founded1950
HeadquartersStreamwood, Illinois, US
Key peopleJack Eggar, President and CEO; Art Rorheim, co-founder
Area servedUS; Int'l (108 countries)
Volunteers12,000 US churches, 5,100 Int'l churches
MottoApproved Workmen Are Not Ashamed
Websitewww.awana.org

Awana (an acronym for Approved Workmen Are Not Ashamed, from 2 Timothy 2:15), is an international evangelical non-profit organization. It was founded in 1950. Its headquarters is in Streamwood, Illinois. It was founded by Baptist minister Arthur Rorheim in 1950.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Arthur Rorheim, Co-Founder of Awana Children's Ministry, Dies at 99

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