Monnie was reared in a godly Christian home in So. California. He graduated with honors with a double major BA degree in cultural anthropology and cultural geography, from U.C.L.A. in 1971, graduated magna cum laude with a Master of Divinity degree from Talbot Theological Seminary in 1975, and was awarded the Doctor of Missiology degree from Biola University in 1989. For 20 years he served as missions pastor at Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, CA. He was licensed to Christian ministry in February 1972 and was ordained on 11 September, 1975. From 1990-1994 he served as missions pastor at Westminster Chapel in Bellevue, WA. From 1994 until December 2006, he was Global Ministries Pastor at Crystal Evangelical Free Church in Minneapolis, MN.

His missions experience includes traveling to over 130 countries, serving with his wife Joan with Serving in Missions (SIM) in northern Ethiopia (now Eritrea) in 1974, instructing at 14 Bible colleges and seminaries, serving on a number of organizational boards, and working with hundreds of missions agencies and thousands of missionaries.

Monnie’s primary passion is aiding emerging and “underground” churches in theological, missiological, and leadership training in countries like China, Iran, Algeria, the Turkic world, and Northern India. Monnie was academic dean for the Center for Biblical Training at his church for 11 years and has taught more than 60 church based training courses in local church contexts. His writing centers on curriculum development and journal articles on leadership development, training, and practical missiology. He is presently International Director of the Center for Church Based Training based in Richardson, TX.

Agency: East West Ministries http://www.eastwest.org