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Dr Johannes Maas ends Asian Tour

By Worldwide Faith Missions

Dated: Apr 04, 2010

Dr Johannes Maas completes six-month missionary tour through Asian countries

Dr Johannes Maas, international president of Worldwide Faith Missions (www.feedthe orphans.org) will
complete six months of missionary travel and evangelism throughout Asia. WFM was founded in 1972
under the leadership of Johannes Maas, who had served as a conference official for the Wesleyan Church.
During a round-the-world missionary tour as director of the Wesleyan Missionary Council, while serving as
speaker at a large convention on the Indian coastal area of Andhra Pradesh, he received a request from a
delegation of village leaders and church officials led by pastor P. L. Paramjyothi , to start a home for
orphans and homeless children. The first children's home was started with 25 children shortly thereafter.
The organization is incorporated in the State of Ohio as a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation, and
maintains its headquarters in Canton, Ohio.
Dr Maas received notability when he was requested to be a guest of the Indian Prime Minister and United
States President Jimmy Carter when the president give a speech to an audience estimated at one million at
the capitol in New Delhi during his presidential visit on January 2, 1978.
On December 9, 1980, Dr Maas was commended by the White House for their humanitarian work in India,
and the contributions of counsel to the White House. This came as a result of an offical White House
request for assistance in repairing the strained relations between Washington and New Delhi. These
strained relations came as a result of the visit of Henry Kissinger to Pakistan in order to arrange the
President Nixon trip to China. Bob Maddox, White House Special Assistant for Religious Liaison for
President Carter, wrote a letter of commendation, "This is to introduce...Worldwide Faith Missions of
Canton, Ohio.... I believe that time and resources invested in this ministry will be carefully and
redemptively used." (signed, Bob Maddox, Special Counsel for Religious Liaison).
Worldwide Faith Missions has been instrumental in rearing and educating children who have become
pastors, social workers, and public officials.
During this six-month tour, Dr Maas has ministered in Bali, Indonesia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,
Thailand, and India. He is concluding his tour in China, and will return to the Missions headquarters in
Canton, Ohio in early May, 2010.

Category Religion, Missions, Asia

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