In 1998, Aaron and Angie, along with their then 2-year-old daughter Mackenzie, were called to Santiago, Chile where Aaron served as a youth pastor in a local church for five years. In 2004, seeing a need for youth leader training throughout the country he launched the Youth Network (which later became Youth Specialties Chile). These youth ministry networks were focused on training and resourcing youth workers throughout all of Chile.
In 2008, the Arnolds returned to the United States after serving 10 years in Chile, and having added a second daughter Sofia (1999) to the family, and are now based at NMSI’s Center for Global Outreach (CGO) in Fort Myers. Aaron leads a ministry division called YouthHOPE, which is dedicated to transforming the lives of global youth by equipping the church to meet their holistic needs. Resources and training for global youth workers are provided as well as awareness of the need for global youth ministry is built stateside. Angie spent some time working in the Finance division and is now the Office Manager and Communications Coordinator for YouthHOPE. YouthHOPE’s ministry is demographically focused on youth between the ages of 12 and 25; their main target being developing countries where youth have little or no opportunities.
Aaron and Angie graduated from Cincinnati Christian University in 1995; Aaron with a BA in Theology and Angie a BA in Christian Education. Aaron went on to earn an MA in Youth Ministry Leadership from Huntington University in 2008.
Aaron also serves NMSI as a member of the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) and is the Vice President of Engagement.
