1,000 cars for missionaries tallied by Macedonian Call Foundation

HOUSTON (BP) — For 25 years, the Macedonian Call Foundation has been providing donated automobiles to international missionary families on stateside assignment, recently reaching the 1,000 vehicle milestone in assisting with immediate transportation needs.

“I’m a former Southern Baptist missionary, and I recognized the need having to come home several times and try to find a vehicle,” said Harvey Kneisel, president and co-founder of Macedonian Call. “It cost me a lot of money to provide a car for three six-month furloughs.”

Kneisel and his wife were missionaries to India and to Guyana during their tenure with the International Mission Board. Now Kneisel serves on the staff of First Baptist Church in Houston as a consultant for church planting and church health.

Vehicles donated to Macedonian Call need to be “drivable transportation,” Kneisel said. “We don’t go by color. We don’t deal in cosmetics, nor in prestige.”

The foundation now has two sister organizations, Kneisel said. A group in Atlanta and one in Tupelo, Miss., contacted him and asked if they could use the Macedonian Call name for a similar ministry.

To contact the Macedonian Call Foundation in Georgia, call Men’s Ministries of the Georgia Baptist Convention at 1 (800) RING GBC, ext 254.