1. News Release
Free Will Baptist International Missions
5233 Mt. View Road P.O. Box 5002
Antioch, TN 37011-5002
For Immediate Release
December 11, 2014
Turnbough Accepts CEO Position of ITA
Antioch, TN—Dr. Jeff Turnbough, director of field operations, received a unanimous request
from the council of International Training Alliance (ITA) to be the CEO of the organization.
During the December meeting of the Board of Free Will Baptist International Missions (FWBIM),
the board voted to second Jeff Turnbough “to ITA to serve as CEO while retaining his
responsibilities with FWBIM as regional director of Europe and candidate shepherd,
understanding that 40% of his salary compensation will be provided by ITA.”
International Training Alliance is a consortium of evangelical mission organizations
begun in 1995. FWBIM has been a member since 2005. Other member organizations of ITA
include General Baptists, Christian and Missionary Alliance, OM, Wesleyan Global Partners,
Wycliffe Bible Translators, World Horizons, TentMakers USA, and Caleb New Zealand.
“Most mission organizations,” explains Turnbough, “do a good job of training workers in
Bible, theology, methodologies, and cross-cultural missiology. We have not done as well with
practical leadership skills: management, relationships, communication, public relations, personal
life management, basic leadership skills, etc.” International Training Alliance addresses these
key areas through the Leadership Matters Course (LMC)—time-tested, practical knowledge
presented in workshop format with ample opportunity for trainees to practice and develop
skills. The LMC training grew out of the Townsend Institute, a training program Wycliffe used
with its missionaries.
More than 30 IM personnel have benefitted directly from the courses. Jeff and Susan
Turnbough serve as senior trainers for LMC, as does IM missionary Robert Bryan. Jeff and Robert
have worked to translate the course into Spanish and French. More than 2,300 individuals from
over 200 mission agencies have participated in the 75 courses held in at least 20 countries. The

2. nine courses planned for 2015 will benefit workers in Cameroon, China, Costa Rica, Egypt,
Germany, the Philippines, Poland, South Africa, and Turkey.
“We are honored to have Jeff chosen for such a significant role,” emphasized Clint
Morgan. “His gifts and competencies qualify him to lead the LMC training program. We are
blessed Jeff can continue serving IM while also serving ITA and the greater Kingdom.”
Jeff declared, “I am immensely thankful to both the ITA council and IM board for
allowing me the flexibility to begin this transition immediately and continue throughout 2015.
During this time, I will shadow the current CEO, Joop Strietman (OM Netherlands), as I release
responsibilities as the director of field operations and focus on my IM roles as regional director
and candidate shepherd.” Jeff will assume the complete leadership of ITA January 1, 2016.